Jakub Vrana is set to make his NHL debut tonight when the Isles come to town and presumably lose to the Caps. The Caps selected Vrana in the first round, 13th overall, of the 2014 entry draft. He’s posted 16 points in 18 games with Hershey this season and is the Caps top offensive prospect. Maybe he’ll do great! Maybe he won’t! But this definitely adds some extra intrigue to tonight’s matchup.
Speaking of things that are defininite, Tom Wilson will definitely do something tonight that will cause the Isles, as well as a portion of their fans on Twitter, to lose their minds.
The action starts at 7:00 pm on CSN.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| New York Islanders | 8-10-4 | 45.6% | 100.0 | 12.1% | 80.8% |
| Washington Capitals | 13-6-2 | 53.4% | 102.5 | 15.6% | 82.6% |
Projected Lines
Per Isabelle, here’s what we’re working with tonight:
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Johansson
Burakovsky – Kuznetsov – Vrana
Connolly – Eller – Williams
Winnik – Beagle – Wilson
Alzner – Niskanen
Orlov – Carlson
Orpik – Schmidt
Holtby
Your Thoughts?
Interestingly, Trotz seemed to suggest that Kuznetsov is better on zone entries on PP1 than Johansson.
— Isabelle Khurshudyan (@ikhurshudyan) November 30, 2016
Storylines
- Vrana is here! And he’s been working on his FIFA skills. But, perhaps more importantly, he’s been lighting it up in Hershey while getting in some great naps.
- Speaking of video games, Alex Ovechkin has a new endorsement deal that involves being a warrior…?
- Braden Holtby is going to light up a tree at the Canadian embassy.
- Check out Pierre McGuire get the cold shoulder from Pierre McGuire.
- Some photos from Caps casino night
- Shooting the puck is good, but shooting the puck on net is better.
- Fight less, score more: Relationship advice or the story of Tom Wilson?
- For those of you who missed out on our giant Black Friday sale, we’re offering 10% off all orders in our store through December 5th.
The Best Two Songs That End an Album
Music game time, here’s the criteria: you have to pick two songs to listen to for the rest of your life. But they can’t be just any two songs. The songs have to be the last two songs from the same album. A pretty strong contender for me would be Nightswimming and Find the River off of REM’s Automatic for the People. What songs you got?
