After downing the Boston Bruins and recording their first winning streak since the first three games of the season, the Capitals now turn to the Arizona Coyotes. If you wanted an example of how it could always be worse, the Coyotes have only won two of their first 15 games.

Game is at 7 PM on NBCSWA. Elyse has her first recap of the season!

Record	2-12-1	7-6-1
Shot Attempt %	46.8%	47.6%
PDO	97.6	103.3
Power Play	16.0%	18.6%
Penalty Kill	72.2%	74.6%

Projected Lines

Morning skate lines are as always from Isabelle at WaPo. Looks like Nathan Walker could be in tonight, but Isabelle was not sure. Braden Holtby will get the first half of the back to back.

Vrana – Backstrom – Oshie
Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – DSP
Stephenson – Eller – Wilson
Walker – Beagle – Chiasson

Djoos – Carlson
Orpik – Bowey
Orlov – Chorney

Holtby

Happy birthday Cara!

It is Cara’s birthday today. Everyone knows fall birthdays are the best so go wish her a happy birthday.

Storylines

• RMNB’s new ugly holiday sweaters have dropped for this year! Get them while they’re hot.
• Are you a season ticket holder and in need of a gravy boat? If yes, well do I have some kind of offer for you.
• Peter had this season’s second rendition of the snapshot for you yesterday. Check it out fam.
• An already weak Hershey defense took another hit as Connor Hobbs is set to miss six to eight weeks with a fractured wrist.
• Matt Duchene was finally traded from the Colorado Avalanche and his final destination is the Ottawa Senators. About fourteen hundred other pieces were also moved in this huge three team deal.
• Jonathan Drouin had a wardrobe malfunction of some sort on the bench that forced him to take his pants off. Yes, you read that correctly.
• The Caps third line has been en fuego recently and Tom Wilson‘s two goal night in Beantown was a direct example of that.

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