The Washington Capitals will take just a small jog down south from Manitoba to take on another Western Conference foe in the Minnesota Wild. This isn’t the same Wild team that was winning twelve games in a row last year, but Bruce Boudreau still has his bunch firmly in the playoff picture.
Another 8PM start on the ole NBCSWA. Pat will be your recapper.
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| Record | 31-19-6 | 32-17-7 |
| Shot Attempt % | 46.8% | 47.7% |
| PDO | 100.9 | 102.2 |
| Power Play | 21.4% | 21.4% |
| Penalty Kill | 80.6% | 80.0% |
Projected Lines
Young Jakub is back, young Madison is not, and Philipp Grubauer will get the start. Isabelle with your full lines.
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
Vrana – Kuznetsov – Oshie
Burakovsky – Eller – Connolly
Stephenson – Beagle – DSP
Djoos – Carlson
Orlov – Niskanen
Orpik – Chorney
Grubauer
Girls Still Rule
More Olympic dominance from a US woman. Mikaela Shiffrin won gold in yesterday’s Giant Slalom event. She goes for gold again tonight in her best event, the women’s slalom.
If you went to bed early, you missed @MikaelaShiffrin take her first #gold medal in giant slalom! Relive her rise from 5th place in Sochi to the top of the podium in PyeongChang. pic.twitter.com/w5YQhsnbXh
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 15, 2018
Storylines
- Wojtek Wolski scores twice for Team Canada 16 months after breaking his neck.
- Justin Williams and his hair twin, momma Williams have reunited for the Canes mom’s trip.
- Bruce Boudreau trolls Alex Ovechkin about the latter’s Olympic hopes.
- The Capitals have some really interesting pregame rituals to say the least.
- Swedes on a log in the Mall of America.
- Both Dustin Byfuglien and Madison Bowey fined for different fouls during the Caps last game in Winnipeg.
- Barry Trotz thinks Jay Beagle has been a good pup.
Celebrity Big Brother
This is NBA Champion Metta World Peace, also known as Ron Artest, in the Celebrity Big Brother house making two “ducks” fight in a hot tub.
Full RMNB Coverage of Caps at Wild
Headline image: Hannah Foslien
