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.

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