Tonight the Washington Capitals return to Detroit after beating the Red Wings in overtime at Little Caesars Arena in late October. Mike Green and the boys are amidst an unsuccessful season where their main focus will be on the draft lottery rather than the playoffs. Meanwhile, the Caps look to keep pace with their Metro Division challengers.
We have a 7:30 PM start on NBCSN tonight. Peter has your recap.
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| Record | 27-35-11 | 42-24-7 |
| Shot Attempt % | 48.3% | 48.0% |
| PDO | 99.3 | 101.7 |
| Power Play | 17.6% | 22.7% |
| Penalty Kill | 77.7% | 79.6% |
Projected Lines
Philipp Grubauer returns to the net, Evgeny Kuznetsov will miss his third straight game, and Pheonix Copley will be the back up netminder. The rest of the Caps lined up like this at morning skate:
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
Burakovsky – Eller – Oshie
Vrana – Boyd – Connolly
Stephenson – Beagle – DSP
Kempny – Carlson
Orlov – Niskanen
Orpik – Djoos
Grubauer
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Storylines
- Alex Ovechkin’s museums just got a few new pieces of historic memorabilia.
- With Braden Holtby ailing, the Capitals have recalled goaltender Pheonix Copley from the Hershey Bears.
- Nationals Park is a snowy mess less than a week before the team returns to DC for its last Spring Training game against the Minnesota Twins.
- Brian MacLellan believes that John Carlson‘s contract situation will likely be an offseason decision for the team.
- Carlson and his son Lucca made a Caps snowman after winter storm Toby blew over the DC area.
- Sid the Kid scored a pretty mean looking goal against Carey Price and the Canadiens Wednesday night.
- According to recent reports, prospect Shane Gersich is set to sign an entry-level contract with the Caps, foregoing his senior season with North Dakota.
- Olympic Gold medalist, Monique Lamoureux-Morando is set to join the NHL Network as an on-air analyst.
- Wait a second, that’s not TJ Oshie that’s Evgeny Kuznetsov!
Daniel Bryan is back baby
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