Down one game in the Stanley Cup Final is better than not being in the Stanley Cup Final at all. Clear eyes, full hearts, folks. Believe in the boys and believe in yourself.
Puck drop is at 8PM (but if tonight is anything like last game…the puck will drop closer to 8:30PM) on NBCSN. After the game, Peter will have your usual recap.
The final regular season stats:
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| Record | 51-24-7 | 49-26-7 |
| Shot Attempt % | 51.5% | 48.3% |
| PDO | 100.4 | 101.4 |
| Power Play | 21.4% | 22.5% |
| Penalty Kill | 81.4% | 80.3% |
Projected Lines
Yesterday, Washington Post’s very own Isabelle Khurshudyan reported that there are no changes in the lineup:
Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
Vrana – Backstrom – Oshie
Burakovsky – Eller – Connolly
Stephenson – Beagle – DSP
Kempny – Carlson
Orlov – Niskanen
Orpik – Djoos
Holtby
Bark-Andre Furry
While we might also have cute pets on our end (see Ovie the Bulldog), Vegas has some preeeetty steep competition with none other than Bark-Andre Furry. I’m obsessed with him.
Obligatory @BarkAndreFurry photo. pic.twitter.com/YiqZIsDKPb
— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) May 30, 2018
Well, my custom “Marc-André Fleury” goalie pads by @CCMGoalie arrived today! They even have my name on them! Thank you Richard Obrand, I love them! ~ Bark🐾 #VegasBorn #GoKnightsGo #CCMGoalie #BarkAndréFurry pic.twitter.com/L0gLTOZRav
— scf – bark-andré furry (@BarkAndreFurry) May 30, 2018
It’s @BarkAndreFurry! #NHLNow pic.twitter.com/SOBUD2uiA0
— NHL Network (@NHLNetwork) May 29, 2018
Storylines
- The good ol’ O’s wished the Capitals good luck ahead of Game Two tonight.
- You might have already noticed, but our site is new! It’s faster, shinier, more secure, etc. Check out the important 101 on our new baby.
- Ted Leonsis did a really nice thing for his employees. He flew 200 of them out to see Games One and Two of the Stanley Cup Final in Vegas!
- As the series continues, be on the lookout for all the street closure notices. Things might start closing earlier than ya think!
- LARS ELLER HOT LAP. I REPEAT, LARS ELLER HOT LAP.
- The morning after numbers for Game One are pretty interesting. Not only that, but the comments are calm too. Which is also interesting.
- Jonathan Marchessault had some things to say about Tom Wilson‘s hit last game. Marchessault said “The league will take care of it”. Wilson has not been suspended for the hit.
- One of the wildest things from last game, in my opinion, was seeing a puck FLY into Alex Ovechkin‘s face. It smacked him and he acted like it was just a gnat in his way. Pierre McGuire on the other hand…
- Capitals fans with Capital One cards can enter the arena early and get some special discounts!
- The Washington Post has a great piece on the shared bond between the Vegas Golden Knights and the Washington Capitals. Lots of Mario Kart on N64.
- The Capitals’ Stanley Cup Final ticket presale sold out within three hours! Sheesh!
- The owner of the Vegas Golden Knights, Bill Foley, was allllll sorts of mad seeing a ton of Capitals fans in the arena for Game One. Wah wah wah.
Arkady Babchenko
If you don’t follow me on social media, you might not know that I have recently been very sick. Still can’t get over whatever is happening in my body, so I’ve been getting into things like Wild Wild Country and Evil Genius. Basically, I’ve been doing my usual thing and digging for fun conspiracy theories and crime stuff, so imagine my surprise when I not only got an excellent article about the owner of the 76ers possibly having some burner twitter accounts to criticize his players, but I also got this story about a journalist being shot and killed….then showing up to a conference ALIVE to confirm he faked his own death!!!
So, listen to this. It was reported that Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko (a big critic of the Kremlin) was shot and killed in Kiev on Tuesday. Apparently, there were plots to kill him, so he faked his death to expose the people that were trying to kill him. Less than 24 hours after his death was announced, Babchenko waltzed in to a press conference to a smattering of applause and probably some very confused people. You can see him take the podium in the tweet below. He starts by apologizing to people that had to mourn his death…including his wife.
Gasps fill the room as Arkady Babchenko, a Russian journalist reported dead yesterday, walks to the podium at a press conference. pic.twitter.com/qV1ZGOjqZk
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) May 30, 2018
I just want to say, if I am faking my own death and surprising people at a conference, I don’t want the reception above. I need people screaming and crying tears of joy.
Headline photo: Newsforyou.today
