The Capitals want to immediately throw away their effort, or lack thereof, against the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night. Lets hope they don’t completely throw it away because they need to remember not to play like that ever again. Will they be able to bounce back against the basement dwelling Sabres?

It’s an early one. Tune into NBCSWA at 3 PM. I’ll have your recap.

Record	17-31-11	33-18-7
Shot Attempt %	46.2%	47.6%
PDO	98.2	102.2
Power Play	17.4%	20.9%
Penalty Kill	79.3%	79.9%

Projected Lines

Jakub Vrana was back with his second line friends at practice and Grubauer was in the starter’s net, as per Isabelle Khurshudyan.

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

Djoos – Carlson
Orlov – Niskanen
Orpik – Bowey

Grubauer

Yikes

Storylines

• The Pittsburgh Penguins have overtaken the Caps for first in the Metropolitan Division.
• Peter gave us all some thoughts on what I don’t even think we can call a NHL hockey game in Chicago.
• Devante Smith-Pelly on racially charged taunts that he received from Blackhawks fans: “You’ve got to start calling people out” on racism.
• Lightning defenseman, Andrej Sustr needed some big time repairs after his visor broke during a fight against the Devils’ Miles Wood.
• Travis Boyd dedicates his four goal game with the Hershey Bears to his sick daughter, Hayden.

Team USA Women Going for Gold

Moving on to play for #WinterOlympics GOLD! #GoTeamUSA

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— USA Hockey (@usahockey) February 19, 2018

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