Today is the worst day on the internet. I hope y’all who celebrate are enjoying your Passovers and Easters, and I hope it’s keeping you away from the frozen hellscape that is April Fools’ Day internet.
Let’s keep it light today, and then we’ll all convene at 7:30 PM to watch the Pittsburgh Penguins play host to the Washington Capitals, a game with big first round implications. Elyse is doing the recap, which should be delightful, so see you there.
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| Record | 45-28-6 | 46-25-7 |
| Shot Attempt % | 51.9% | 48.2% |
| PDO | 98.1 | 101.5 |
| Power Play | 26.4% | 22.6% |
| Penalty Kill | 79.4% | 80.2% |
Projected Lines
From WaPo’s Isabelle Khurshudyan, here’s what the Caps did this morning on PPG Paints Arena or whatever it’s called.
Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
Burakovsky – Backstrom – Oshie
Vrana – Eller – DSP
Stephenson – Beagle – Connolly
Kempny – Carlson
Orlov – Niskanen
Orpik – Jerabek
Grubauer
One Thousand
At puck drop Alex Ovechkin will have played in his 1,000th regular season game. Here are some numbers from the first 999.
- 603 goals
- 515 assists
- 1,118 points
- 4,875 shots on goal
- 20,950 minutes on ice
- 647 penalty minutes
- 101 game-winning goals
- 21 hat tricks
- 2 penalty-shot goals in 12 penalty shot attempts
- 22 shootout goals in 70 attempts
- 44 faceoff wins out of 123 faceoffs
- 14,594 on-ice shot attempts (since 2007)
- 97 playoff games with 46 goals and 44 assists
- 7 all-star games
- 6 Richard Trophies, 3 Ted Lindsay Trophies, 3 Hart Trophies
- 12 “liked” tweets, 7 of which are him liking his own tweets, which is really the most Ovi thing
Storylines
- TJ Oshie skated this morning but was previously listed as day-to-day with a lower body injury.
- Shane Gersich, who is not playing tonight, got pranked again.
- The Caps stunk against the Canes.
- My neighbor Haley Skarupa threw out the first pitch at the Os game last night. Then the Os got destroyed.
- The Vegas Golden Knights retired number 58.
- Caps fans are a special breed, as this prom proposal illustrates.
- The New Jersey Devils just got better:
https://twitter.com/NJDevils/status/980471305530200064
Loffs Update
The Caps have three points and one extra game left versus the Penguins. A regulation win would lock up the division title and put the Caps over 100 points. That would also ensure that the Caps have a date with a wild card team, most likely the Philadelphia Flyers.
Remaining schedule, April 1. pic.twitter.com/oZFlQJGq2r
— Micah Blake McCurdy (@IneffectiveMath) April 1, 2018
Full Coverage of Caps at Penguins
Headline photo: Rob Carr
