Happy Monday, everybody. The Dallas Stars are in town tonight to face the Capitals and we’re crossing our fingers that someone scores a goal within the first two periods this time.
The Stars currently have not just the worst penalty kill in the NHL, but also the worst road record with only eight wins away from Dallas. That’s great news for Braden Holtby, who, according to Tarik El-Bashir, has never defeated the Stars. He’s 0-3-0 in four appearances.
Puck drop is at 7:30 PM on NBCSN. We will be pretending it’s Joe B and Locker in our heads.
Team | Record | SA% | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Washington Capitals | 44-13-7 | 52.5% | 103.7 | 22.1% (7th) | 84.9% (6th) |
Dallas Stars | 26-29-10 | 49.2% | 98.6 | 18.3% (17th) | 73.5% (30th) |
Same lines, same scratches, same place, same goalie, same time, same everything.
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Oshie
Johansson – Kuznetsov – Williams
Connolly – Eller – Vrana
Winnik – Beagle – Wilson
Alzner – Carlson
Orlov – Niskanen
Orpik – Shattenkirk
Holtby
There have been some developments in terms of the return of Andre Burakovsky. He was placed on LTIR after he broke his hand blocking a shot back on February 9. We will continue to wait with bated breath.
Trotz said Burakovsky would “probably” make the west coast trip (he said to put that in quotations) and would do morning skates/practices.
— Katie Brown (@katiebhockey) March 6, 2017
Non-contact to start with, obviously. Burakovsky is eligible to come off LTIR on March 9.
— Katie Brown (@katiebhockey) March 6, 2017
If Braden Holtby averages 41 wins for the next 10 years, he'll still be about 100 wins away from Marty.
— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) March 6, 2017
Today is Daniel Winnik’s 32nd birthday and we hope it is as wonderful as his pups are.
.@JoeyCapsNation farty💨yet adorable per usual 🐶🐶 pic.twitter.com/IfFl8Op9q3
— Taylor Winnik (@TaylorWinnik) March 3, 2017
Look at them. Such cuties.
Headline image: Nino Muñoz
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