Tonight the Caps are back home and will be facing the New Jersey Devils at the Verizon Center. The Devils are doing their best to try and get a .500 record, but it won’t help them that tonight Taylor Hall will not be dressing due to a lower body injury. For the Caps, Jakub Vrana has been announced as a scratch for tonight. What did Barry Trotz have to say about the decision? “We’re not in a developmental league. We’re in a winning league.” Well, alrighty.
Game time is at 7 pm on CSN.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| New Jersey Devils | 13-15-7 | 47.1% | 98.7 | 15.7% | 81.9% |
| Washington Capitals | 20-9-4 | 53.3% | 101.4 | 18.3% | 85.3% |
Projected Lines
Our gal Isabelle said the Caps’ optional skate this morning was very well attended and Vrana is a scratch tonight. Here’s what the lineup could be:
Johansson – Backstrom– Oshie
Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Williams
Connolly – Eller – Burakovsky
Winnik – Beagle – Wilson
Alzner – Carlson
Orlov – Niskanen
Orpik – Schmidt
Holtby
WJC2017 Kiss Cam
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Storylines
- Ryan Ellis got a chance to meet Ryan Ellis. Yes, you read that correctly.
- Lars Eller is still helping the Caps, despite lack of production.
- Take a stroll back in time and listen to the NHL ’05-’15 soundtrack playlist.
- RMNB Investigates: The case of “Who fell off the damn bench”.
- Ian’s mom got her first hockey jersey for Christmas and her reaction was adorable.
- Dmitry Orlov: Corsi-aming businessman.
- Bad news, Carlzner isn’t working out exactly how we had hoped.
R.I.P Debbie Reynolds
Come on now, I JUST did a “R.I.P” section for her daughter. This sucks and Debbie Reynolds was the bomb.
Full Coverage of Caps vs Devils
Headline image: Andre Malok
