Not even 24 hours later after their shootout loss to the Red Wings, the Washington Capitals are back on the road to New York City. The Capitals will play the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden this afternoon and the two teams are looking pretty similar.
The Capitals will continue having a tough time getting back into the rhythm of the game after their bye week but they will also be tired from playing yesterday. The Rangers will also be concentrated on coming back into the swing of the game after a loss to the New York Islanders and a quick two day break.
Puck drop is at 12:30 PM on NBC.
| Team | Record | SA% | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Capitals | 39-11-7 | 52.8% | 104.0 | 22.1% | 84.5% |
| New York Rangers | 37-19-1 | 47.9% | 102.5 | 20.1% | 82.3% |
Projected Lines
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Oshie
Johansson – Kuznetsov – Williams
Connolly – Eller – Sanford
Winnik – Beagle – Wilson
Alzner – Carlson
Orlov – Niskanen
Orpik – Schmidt
Grubauer
Spring Training
Every year I try so hard to get into baseball and every year I fail. This year I will be trying again and what better way to begin than with spring training? I don’t actually know when training begins, but here are some tweets I saw to get the rest of you hyped up.
All business. #SpringTraining pic.twitter.com/14qphmMpUR
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) February 18, 2017
Bartolo Colon: 1996 Spring Training vs 2017 Spring Training pic.twitter.com/ta4NVjjlfm
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) February 16, 2017
Stop the search. Cutest photo of spring training goes to Hanley Ramirez holding up Dustin Pedroia’s son. (via @bjweiss22) pic.twitter.com/y4DxOwuERG
— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) February 19, 2017
When @TheRealMattKemp makes your day. #SpringTraining pic.twitter.com/YP7gEzfoEn
— MLB (@MLB) February 15, 2017
Storylines
- Hockey fight of the year? Without a doubt, Brooks Orpik PUMMELING Steve Ott.
- Injured Andre Burakovsky is already missing the game.
- Dmitry Orlov made a little kid’s day with a stick from practice.
- The Dallas Stars raised a stick to the return of their play-by-play announcer Dave Strader.
- Zach Sanford now has goals in two-straight NHL games after his goal yesterday.
- Nick Backstrom is the only player to post two point streaks of eight or more games this season.
Full Coverage of Caps at Rangers
Headline photo: Zimbio
