After a bleh start, the Capitals actually mounted a convincing effort to down the Oilers in Edmonton Saturday. They’ll hope to do it again tonight in Calgary, the final game in what’s been a challenging early-season road trip.
The game is at 9 PM on NBCSNDCROFLBBQ. Your humble author here will provide your recap.
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| Record | 5-6-0 | 5-5-1 |
| Shot Attempt % | 50.0% | 49.0% |
| PDO | 100.7 | 101.1 |
| Power Play | 15.0% | 22.9% |
| Penalty Kill | 76.6% | 75.%% |
Projected Lines
Without a morning skate, it’s hard to know for sure what the lines will be. I suspect some new faces will get rotated into the forward lines (e.g. Nathan Walker). Here’s how the team lined up in Edmonton, but with Grubauer in net.
Vrana – Backstrom – Oshie
Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – DSP
Stephenson – Eller – Wilson
Peluso – Beagle – Chiasson
Djoos – Carlson
Orpik – Bowey
Orlov – Chorney
Grubauer
Georgia
This is a photo of Georgia. It’s my pregame article, so I can just put a picture here anytime I feel like it.
Storylines
- Jaromir Jagr won’t play tonight, which stinks. His return is imminent, so we’ll see him next month.
- Lots to cover from last night, but let’s start with CFTC’s recap and post-game analysis.
- Evgeny Kuznetsov is a goal-scorer again.
- Jakub Vrana also is jokes.
- Lars Eller played his best game of the season.
- DSP got a spot in the top six and made it count.
- Here’s how the Flames will line up tonight, which reminds me that Troy Brouwer is on this team, wow, I forgot:
Gaudreau – Monahan – Ferland
Tkachuk – Backlund – Frolik
Bennett – Jankowski – Versteeg
Glass – Stajan – Brouwer
Giordano – D.Hamilton
Brodie – Hamonic
Kulak – Stone
Smith
Shakshuka
Gordon Ramsay calls these “North African poached eggs,” but it’s shakshuka. I made a similar dish last night, and it was great. The production on Gordon Ramsay videos is so bad that it is also great. Extreme close-ups, haiku voiceover, very little information – just a delight.
Full Coverage of Caps at Flames
Headline photo: Andy Devlin
