The Capitals are on the road and headed to the land of Cuban sandwiches, Big Cat rescue, and nothing else. That’s right, the boys are in Tampa Bay to face off against the Lightning. A quick change in net is the only real change you’ll be seeing from the Capitals, while the Lightning are most likely trying to embed video of Alex Ovechkin’s play into their brains.

Personally, I’m going to be doing some voodoo rituals in order to make sure we see a hat trick of Ovechkin hat tricks, so I suggest you do the same.

The game’s at 7:30 PM on NBC Washington. Good Tweet Pete will have a bedtime story for you, also known as the recap.

Projected Lines

Ya girl, Izzy from the WaPo has your lines. No changes, except in goal. Philipp Grubauer is in the net, but it was planned so DON’T PANIC.

Burakovsky – Backstrom – Oshie
Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Vrana
Connolly – Eller – Chiasson
Walker – Beagle – DSP

Orlov – Niskanen
Orpik – Carlson
Ness – Chorney

Grubauer

Quick Reminder

Is Alex Ovechkin currently en fuego? Yes, he’s a monster, but let’s not forget the unsung hero of those goals…Evgeny Kuznetsov.

It’s banana’s that Alex Ovechkin has 7 goals in 2 games, but I think it’s more crazy that Evgeny Kuznetsov’s assisted on all 7 of them.

— Faizal Khamisa (@SNFaizalKhamisa) October 8, 2017

Storylines

• *MASSIVE TISSUE ALERT* Alex Ovechkin is still making us cry.
• Happy Canadian Thanksgiving. Gobbl-eh, gobbl-eh.
• Good guy Brett Connolly took a cute lil’ fan down the red carpet at the home opener.
• Ovi gosh dang best))))) with the NHL’s first star of the week.
• The Capitals told Devante Smith-Pelly that they will support him if he protests during the anthem.
• What would go great with a bunch of guys that dress like Jaromir Jagr? No, not a haircut, but a surprise appearance from the legend himself.
• Need some fashion inspiration for that next important thing you have? Take a peek at our gallery of the boys looking sharp and walking down the red carpet.
• Chris from the comments has your morning after numbers from Saturday night. What if Alex Ovechkin’s numbers are better just because of the new jerseys? It’s like in Like Mike when all the sudden Calvin Cambridge got new shoes and basically became the best basketball player ever. Just something to think about.
• Ilya Samsonov gobbled up his third straight win in the KHL. Not the worst thing to happen.

All is Fair in Love and Oilers Season Tickets

A couple in Edmonton is divorcing after 35 years of marriage. Recently, they had to appear in court for a custody dispute over their Oilers season tickets. The judge decided to order the couple to split the 41 home games up evenly, with the husband choosing first since the tickets have always been in his name. He also has to pay $15,000 in monthly spousal support to his now ex-wife, so technically she could just buy her own tickets, right? But, like author (and twitter superstar) Pete Blackburn said, the timing here could not have been worse. This couple has had these tickets for years and years. The Oilers just broke their 11-season playoff drought and now they have to split the tickets? Unbelievable, but also, maybe this couple was the key to the Oilers making it into the post-season.

Full Coverage of Caps vs Lightning

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