Happy Friday night, sports ball fans. The Chicago Blackhawks are in DC to face the streaking, “ow don’t touch me or you’ll burn yourself” hot Washington Capitals, who are going for their eighth-straight victory. We’ll have not only one 1,000 NHL point scorer on the ice in Alex Ovechkin, but two, as Chicago’s Marian Hossa sits at a cool 1,114 points. The Blackhawks are a great hockey team — the cream of the crop in the Western Conference — so we should have a good one on our hands.
Puck drop is at 7 PM on CSN.
| Team | Record | SA% | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Blackhawks | 27-12-5 | 50.0% | 101.8 | 19.1% | 76.3% |
| Washington Capitals | 27-9-5 | 53.6% | 103.0 | 18.0% | 85.9% |
Projected Lines
No changes.
Ovechkin – Backstrom– Oshie
Johansson – Kuznetsov – Williams
Connolly – Eller – Burakovsky
Winnik – Beagle – Wilson
Alzner – Carlson
Orlov – Niskanen
Orpik – Schmidt
Holtby
Mites on Ice
This is awesome.
@russianmachine tonight's mites on ice….. #allgirls #firsttimeevah go go go @chloe_silverman
— bita silverman (@bitasilverman) January 13, 2017
Storylines
- Why didn’t the Penguins players salute Alex Ovechkin for his 1000th point?
- More reactions to Alex Ovechkin’s 1000th NHL point, here, here, here, and here.
- The NHL released a commercial for their upcoming All-Star game in LA and it features your captain Alex Ovechkin saying “Any questions?” as well as other NHL superstars reciting different movie quotes.
- Hey Mr. Wayne, you owe a certain large Russian man a hockey stick.
- Another awesome Scarlet Caps hosted Hockey ‘N Heels event involving numerous female hockey fans and a Caps player crew led by Nate Schmidt, Daniel Winnik and Brett Connolly.
- Isabelle’s pregame notes today has comments by Bruce Boudreau regarding Alex Ovechkin’s 1000th point, provided by Minneapolis Star Tribune writer Michael Russo.
- JJ Regan has more on the ridiculous turn around that Braden Holtby has been able to accomplish after being pulled against the Toronto Maple Leafs on January 3rd.
- Karl Alzner is going to play in his 500th consecutive NHL game tonight, he’ll become the first player in franchise history to do so.
- An update on some of the young talent sprinkled about through the Caps minor league teams and abroad.
