Caps vs. Canes pregame: Rock you like a hurricane

February 7, 2017 3:40 pm

After a couple of weird afternoon games, the Washington Capitals will get back to their normal routine, hosting the Carolina Hurricanes tonight at 7pm. The Canes will be trying to extend their three-game winning streak with the NHL’s first star of the week, rookie forward Sebastian Aho. That might be a tad difficult since the Capitals seem to be unstoppable – even more so when they’re playing at the phone booth. They have won nine-straight games at home and currently have a 21-5-1 record at the Verizon Center.

Team	Record	SA%	PDO	Power Play	Penalty Kill
Washington Capitals	36-11-6	52.5%	103.8	20.6%	84.5%
Carolina Hurricanes	24-20-7	51.8%	98.8	17.1%	87.7%

Projected Lines

Thanks to Isabelle Khurshudyan of The Washington Post, the lines this morning looked exactly like you might have anticipated:

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

Alzner – Carlson
Orlov – Niskanen
Orpik – Schmidt

Holtby

Look at this headline

Gold.

Storylines

Did you watch the unreal Wizards game last night? Carlson, Burakovsky, and Orpik were at the Verizon Center to take in the INSANITY.
Head coach no longer, Claude Julien has officially been fired by the Boston Bruins. The new interim coach is Bruce Cassidy (who might sound preeeetty familiar to you).
Catch up on the numbers from our last game against the Kings.
If you’re worried about Marcus Johansson for some reason, don’t be. He’s doing juuuuust fine.
We had so much fun meeting everyone at the #RMNBX party. Check out the pictures from the night!
Wanna go golfing with the Caps? Their latest charity event, ‘Wish Upon a Par’ can make that happen.
Hope your Super Bowl party was just as great as the one Nick Backstrom hosted for the team.
To any gods out there, we’re hoping to even out the possibility of a jinx this season.
Pat Holden is getting your hopes up in the latest Snapshot and telling you this might be the year. MIGHT.
Eddie Lack will be the starting goaltender for the Canes.

Fatima visits UAE Embassy

Fatima is in DC! She’s at the UAE Embassy trading gifts with ambassador Youssef Al Otaiba. See you at #CapsCanes tonight, Fatima! #CapsHIFE pic.twitter.com/TBZ0jifrDc

— MonumentalSportsNet (@MonSportsNet) February 7, 2017

The Capitals chronicled Fatima’s movements today as she gave gifts to UAE ambassador Youssef Al Otaiba.

Super Bowl Commercials

I personally believe that super bowl commercials have been declining in quality the past few years, but I still watch them and want to know what everyone’s favorite is. This was mine of course: