Your Washington Capitals have ventured into the Canadian west for their first extended road trip of the season. Tonight they meet good old pal Jay Beagle’s new unit, the Vancouver Canucks. Unfortunately, we won’t see Jay on ice tonight as he is injured.
The legendary Peter Hassett has your late, late night recap. If you’re planning on staying up with us for some after dark puck, tune into NBCS Washington tonight at 9 PM when their coverage starts and with their online streaming service you can do so in bed with your laptop.
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| Record | 5-3-0 | 3-2-2 |
| Shot Attempt % | 43.0% | 46.7% |
| PDO | 100.0 | 99.8 |
| Power Play | 22.7% | 38.5% |
| Penalty Kill | 83.9% | 72.4% |
Projected Lines
Head coach Todd Reirden told the Post’s Samantha Pell that it’s likely that the forward lines that ended the game against Florida would start against Vancouver. These are those lines:
Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – DSP
Stephenson – Backstrom – Oshie
Vrana – Eller – Connolly
Jaskin – Dowd – Burakovsky
Kempny – Carlson
Orlov – Niskanen
Orpik – Djoos
Holtby
More Gritty
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— Big Gay Ice Cream (@biggayicecream) October 19, 2018
Storylines
- Beags has received his ring.
- Brooks Orpik is a smart dude.
- Capitals first round pick, Alex Alexeyev scored his fourth goal of the season, an overtime winner for the Red Deer Rebels.
- Ian was on NHL Network with Jackie Redmond and they discussed a bunch of cool topics like Tom Wilson‘s suspension.
- The Caps have signed second round draft pick, Kody Clark to a three-year, entry-level contract.
- Get this on your wall right now.
- If you’re going to the Washington International Horse Show this week, you’ll be seeing a Caps themed horse jump.
- Alex Ovechkin has gone into the machine shop for some work on his grill.
- The Hershey Bears and Caps goaltending prospect, Vitek Vanecek got their first shutout victory of the season. Vitek was also named AHL player of the week.
- The Caps had some fun on the plane ride out west for this road trip.
- Two Caps prospects got on the scoreboard for the Bears with their first career AHL goals.
Weird things in a water filter
Full RMNB Coverage of Caps at Canucks
Headline image: Rich Lam
