After a successful win in Montreal, the Capitals travel back home to the Verizon Center to play the Los Angeles Kings and kick off their four-game homestead. The Caps didn’t lose a single home game in the month of January, so they’ll try and extend this today. The Kings will be trying to extend their winning streak to six games.
Puck drop is at noon on NBCSN.
| Team | Record | SA% | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Capitals | 35-11-6 | 52.9% | 103.4 | 20.9% | 84.2% |
| Los Angeles Kings | 27-21-4 | 54.4% | 99.2 | 17.4% | 83.5% |
Projected Lines
Based on yesterday, here’s the projected lineup:
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Oshie
Johansson – Kuznetsov – Williams
Connolly – Eller – Burakovsky
Winnik – Beagle – Wilson
Alzner – Carlson
Orlov – Niskanen
Orpik – Schmidt
Grubauer
Super Bowl Sunday
Pace yourselves, kids. Super bowl Sunday is the second largest food consumption day in America (after Thanksgiving). Be safe, have fun, sports rule. Also the Patriots are the worst and the puppy bowl is amazing.
Storylines
- Pierre McGuire showed up to RMNBX yesterday. Yeah, you read that correctly.
- Laich and Ovechkin continue to chirp each other on instagram.
- Our boys will be in white today:
White at home today. #CapsKings #Ovech1Kin #RockTheRed pic.twitter.com/UD4ZPxjtVo
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) February 5, 2017
- The Caps reassigned Vrana to Hershey.
- Former Capital Jason Chimera reached game #1000! Way to go, Chimmer.
- RMNB’s photog Amanda Bowen was posted on Desean Jackson’s instagram.
- Fans can unlock a special snapchat filter for Alex Ovechkin’s 1000 points.
Scared Kid
We are all this little kid afraid of Bailey the mascot:
Full Coverage of Caps vs Kings
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