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    Caps vs Penguins pregame: Do we really have to?

    By Chris Cerullo

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    October 11, 2017 2:56 pm

    The Capitals are back home and matching up against the five time, five time, five time, five time, five time Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins for the first time ever, because none of those other times ever actually happened. Vomits.

    I just want to pretend like games against this team clad in ugly mustard yellow don’t even exist.

    Game is at 7:30 PM on NBCSN. Mr. Holden has your recap tonight, your Twitter feeds shall be aflame.

    Record 1-1-1 2-0-1
    Shot Attempt % 45.4% 45.7%
    PDO 94.9 109.8
    Power Play 16.7% 33.3%
    Penalty Kill 93.3% 92.8%

    Projected Lines

    Izzy from WaPo has your lines. Christian Djoos set to get his NHL debut in place of Taylor Chorney. Tyler Graovac comes back in for Nathan Walker. Braden Holtby is in net.

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

    Orlov – Niskanen
    Orpik – Carlson
    Djoos – Ness

    Holtby

    Happy Birthday Me

    I turned 22 today. Now everyone get in line and individually rationalize my need for attention.

    Storylines

    • Alex Ovechkin is back with CCM. The Great 8 will now exclusively play and train in CCM gear.
    • The Djoos is officially loose. Christian Djoos will be making his NHL debut in quite the environment. Welcome to a really not fun for anyone Caps related rivalry, young one.
    • Peter debuted the only column I think you’ll ever need with Talkin’ Schmidt. I can hear the screams of Facebook now.
    • There are a lot of tickets available for this game at the time of this post. If you feel like doing what I like to call “YOLO-spending”, here’s your moment (I don’t actually say “YOLO-spending”).
    • It looks like the Capitals added a new wrinkle to an ever powerful power play. Beware all ye goaltenders and penalty kill coaches.
    • Marcus Johansson got on the board for the first time for his new team, the New Jersey Devils. This makes me sad.
    • The Vegas Golden Knights honored first responders and the victims of the tragic shooting during an emotional pregame ceremony. Well done.
    • Steve Dangle’s favorite human, Auston Matthews is quite the punny guy. Check out the note he inscribed on Craig Anderson’s stick after his four goal NHL debut game.
    • Wysh has a new role! Definite stick taps.
    • The Pens went to the White House yesterday. I’m surprised no brawl broke out, because I seem to remember them hating orange.

    It’s a great day for these

    Guess what day it is 👀 pic.twitter.com/en8gh3nVK2

    — autumn 🎃 (@Otto_min) October 11, 2017

    Finally get to whip out the deadguins shirts again❤️💙 pic.twitter.com/sf74StClOc

    — Christina Clarke (@ceclarke14) October 11, 2017

    It's a great day to hate the Penguins👌🏻 also I have been told that this is excessive but I choose to ignore that pic.twitter.com/DvckXLehjj

    — Alex Ervin (@AlexErvin928) October 11, 2017

    Direct link to all you will ever need Deadguins related.

    Photo: Rob Carr

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