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.
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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% |
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
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.
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
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