That whole “put a streak together” thing that I spoke about the Caps doing in the last pregame did not go to plan. The Caps have, multiple times now, put together a complete effort and then immediately fallen on their faces for a couple games after. It’s the Ottawa Senators in town this time to see if the Caps have what it takes to bounce back once more and hopefully string together a few consistently good performances.
The battle between two of North America’s capital cities starts at 7PM on NBCSWA. I have your recap.
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Record | 8-5-6 | 11-10-1 |
Shot Attempt % | 48.2% | 47.5% |
PDO | 99.5 | 100.9 |
Power Play | 17.6% | 20.0% |
Penalty Kill | 80.0% | 76.7% |
We still have no changes. I don’t think I can shrug any harder. As always per Isabelle:
Stephenson – Backstrom – Oshie
Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – DSP
Vrana – Eller – Wilson
Connolly – Beagle – Chiasson
Orlov – Niskanen
Orpik – Carlson
Chorney – Bowey
Holtby
Asked Trotz why the hesitation to reunite Ovechkin and Backstrom. Said there isn't any. So, why hasn't he done it?
"Just don't feel like it."
— Isabelle Khurshudyan (@ikhurshudyan) November 21, 2017
You want Ovi and Nicky back together? Well, you’re going to need to catch coach Trotz in a different mood apparently.
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