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.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 17-14-3 | 49.4% | 100.3 | 23.8% | 79.3% |
| Washington Capitals | 19-8-4 | 53.7% | 101.6 | 19.4% | 84.3% |
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
Full Coverage of Caps vs Lightning
Headline photo: Brian Babineau
