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Caps at Blackhawks pregame: Everyone plays

The mentors trip continues on Saturday with the Caps in snowy Chicago, Illinois for a date with the Hawks. How will Ovi follow up his four-point night against the Wild? Can Andre Burakovsky keep his comeback going? What kind of argument will we have over Brooks Orpik next?

Tune into NBCSWA at 8:30 PM tonight and we’ll find out together. I’m your huckleberry.

Record 24-26-8 33-17-7
Shot Attempt % 52.9% 48.2%
PDO 99.1 102.4
Power Play 15.9% 21.1%
Penalty Kill 82.7% 80.0%

Projected Lines

On the mentors trip, everyone plays. That means tonight Vrana and Chorney take a seat, as per Isabelle Khurshudyan.

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

Djoos – Carlson
Orlov – Niskanen
Orpik – Bowey

Holtby

Oh.

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Storylines

  • Jakub Vrana and Taylor Chorney will take a seat. On the mentors trip, everyone plays. Trotz says Vrana is the “low man on the totem pole.” I just want to note here that being this is a bad metaphor.
  • The Caps own the Hawks lately.

I’ve Been to Wakanda

One hell of a movie. There’s been a lot of genre films recently that are praised because they feel important, not maybe not all that good. Black Panther, without a doubt, is both.

Full RMNB Coverage of Caps at Hawks

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