What’s better than ten? Eleven. Your Washington Capitals will be looking for their eleventh straight victory at home as they take on a division rival in the Carolina Hurricanes. The Canes have not been so great on the road of late, giving up a combined twelve goals in their last two road tries.

Another 7 PM start on the familiar NBCSWA. One Patrick Holden will grace your face with the recap.

Record	19-15-8	27-13-3
Shot Attempt %	54.0%	48.4%
PDO	98.4	102.0
Power Play	17.0%	19.9%
Penalty Kill	79.0%	79.6%

Projected Lines

Lines from Isabelle at WaPo. Braden Holtby will get the first half of the back to back against the Canes. Brett Connolly finds himself as the new odd man out.

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

Orlov – Niskanen
Djoos – Carlson
Orpik – Bowey

Holtby

Important game for the Hurricanes

Tonight's game means a little more to Carolina than it does to Washington. pic.twitter.com/luxtWdx1Z8

— Micah Blake McCurdy (@IneffectiveMath) January 11, 2018

Not my favorite visualization, but with Micah’s model if the Canes lose this one in regulation their percentage chance to make the playoffs goes down a huge five percent.

Storylines

• Auston Matthews is unreal.
• Nate Schmidt and some bros are on vacation during the Vegas Golden Knights’ bye week.
• Some familiar faces made the 2018 Canadian Olympic Team.
• The Caps general manager really wants to keep John Carlson in DC for the long term.
• Nashville Predators defenseman, PK Subban attended a Toronto Maple Leafs game on the first day of his team’s scheduled bye week.
• RMNB partier, Pierre McGuire announced that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He is targeting this years Olmypic games for his return. We wish you the best Pierre.
• Very good NHL player, Mike Green has made his first all star team in the NHL since leaving the Caps for the Detroit Red Wings. Deserved.
• Chandler Stephenson seems like he would be a great roommate according to this tweet by Tom Wilson.
• Caps star goaltender, Braden Holtby will be joining his captain Alex Ovechkin and coach Barry Trotz in this years All Star Game. Not joining them will be Carlson, because the NHL had to shoe horn another Penguins player into the game.
• Nationals outfielder Adam Eaton is a great dad for getting his little one into hockey.

The Hurricane

There actually was a “superhero” wrestler in the WWE called “The Hurricane”. He notably had a feud with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

Full RMNB Coverage of Caps vs Hurricanes

Featured Image: Greg Fiume