The five-game road trip for the Washington Capitals begins tonight against the Minnesota Wild. This will be the longest continuous road trip for the Capitals since 2011. They will cover four times zones in five games in eight nights.
Both the Capitals and the Wild have secured a playoff spot, so the teams will be focused on keeping a healthy squad while also trying to secure top spots in their conferences.
Puck drop is at 8 PM on CSN.
| Team | Record | SA% | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Capitals | 49-17-8 | 53.0% | 102.9 | 21.8% (6th) | 84.2% (7th) |
| Minnesota Wild | 44-24-7 | 49.6% | 102.0 | 20.6% (10th) | 83.2% (8th) |
Projected Lines
An optional skate took place this morning in Minnesota, so the lines could be different. Safe to assume things will most likely stay the same.
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Oshie
Johansson – Kuznetsov – Williams
Connolly – Eller – Burakovsky
Winnik – Beagle – Wilson
Alzner – Carlson
Orlov – Niskanen
Orpik – Shattenkirk
Holtby
Storylines
- Some pretty important people are standing by the USWNT while the team boycotts the Women’s World Championship for gender equality.
- The Caps had picture day and RMNB broke down the many faces of the very boring day.
- Something interesting that did happen during picture day? We learned Andre Burakovsky occasionally goes by “Dale”.
- The Vezina Trophy winner for the 2016-17 season is this unstoppable cat.
- The super fancy Russia-DC skates Alex Ovechkin wore and auctioned? Yeah, they raised just a little bit of change….$9,500..
- The most important video of the season includes a puppy chasing after a puck. If you haven’t seen it yet, you MUST.
- Who do you think Vegas will pluck from the Capitals? ESPN is predicting Philipp Grubauer will be the one.
- Wanna know what else ESPN predicted? The Capitals to win the Stanley Cup. Ugh.
- Now I ain’t saying Kuzy’s a goal digger…but his sweatshirt does.
- Update on Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Eddie Lack after he was stretchered off the ice last night:
UPDATE: @NHLCanes announce G Eddie Lack’s scans were negative after OT collision and has been diagnosed with a neck strain #TSNHockey pic.twitter.com/bVGnDGQScq
— SportsCentre (@SportsCentre) March 28, 2017
- Friday funday for Dmitry Orlov when he decided to tackle Tom Wilson last week during practice.
- This boy took a magical 24-hour ride from being a college hockey player to NHL goalscorer.
Happy Video for your Tuesday
I think Tuesday is the worst day of the week. To brighten up this rainy and stupid day, watch this video of a little girl that thinks a broken water heater is a robot.
Photo: Brace Hemmelgarn
