The weekend is here, many holidays are near, and we’ve got Caps hockey on the agenda tonight. What’s not to love? Grab a beverage and some good company and get ready to cheer on the team in red.

A banged up Tampa team comes to town tonight to face a Caps team that continues to try to keep pace in the juggernaut that is the Metro division.

Game time is at 7 pm on CSN.

Projected Lines

Chorney might draw in for Schmidt tonight, but that’s not #confirmed yet.

Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Williams
Johansson – Backstrom – Oshie
Vrana – Eller – Burakovsky
Connolly – Beagle – Wilson

Orlov – Niskanen
Alzner – Carlson
Orpik – Schmidt

Holtby

Christmas Music

Because I am not a Grinch, I enjoy holiday music. I’m especially partial to Christmas music because that’s what I grew up around. Here are a few facts about Christmas music:

• Feliz Navidad is the best Christmas song.
• Wonderful Christmas Time isn’t nearly as bad of a song as people make it out to be.
• Crabs for Christmas is an underrated Christmas song.

Storylines

• As Peter noted earlier this season, Alex Ovechkin isn’t quite himself this season.
• But that didn’t stop the captain from getting in the holiday spirit.
• Eric Fehr named his child after some cup that I think is a tribute to Stanley from The Office.
• Brett Connolly deserves more playing time.
• Corsi god Lars Eller is getting a bobblehead.
• Andre Burakovsky: Shampoo model

Happy Birthday, TJ

I can’t put this any better than Locker did

Happy Birthday TJ Oshie! You share the same birthday as Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam one of my favs! Even Flow! #CapsLightning pic.twitter.com/dXio8W3E77

— Craig Laughlin (@Laughlin18) December 23, 2016

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Headline photo: Brian Babineau