Even when you have a mutual breakup with your ex, it’s still a tad awkward to see them at the first party post-split. That’s how this might be, this evening in Brooklyn, for the Capitals when they face a New York Islanders team coached by Barry Trotz, Lane Lambert, and Mitch Korn. In fact, Coach Trotz even thinks this might be a little awkward, but life goes on!
The puck will be dropping at 7 PM. Flip your television or streaming device to NBCSWA to catch every second of the good guys in action. Julia is on deck tonight to bring you the recap.
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| Record | 12-8-2 | 13-7-3 |
| Shot Attempt % | 46.9% | 47.8% |
| PDO | 103.5 | 102.4 |
| Power Play | 17.1% | 27.8% |
| Penalty Kill | 79.7% | 75.9% |
Projected Lines
Thanks to Izzy at the Washington Post, your morning skate lineups will look pretty familiar:
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
Vrana – Eller – Connolly
Burakovsky – Boyd – DSP
Jaskin – Dowd – Stephenson
Orlov – Niskanen
Kempny – Carlson
Djoos – Bowey
Holtby
Nicklas Backstrom
Keep your eyes peeled for Backstrom possibly doing another really great thing tonight, even though in my eyes he does something great every single day by simply existing!
Nicklas Backstrom can tie Peter Bondra (825) for second on the @Capitals all-time points list with a single point tonight. The list is led by captain Alex Ovechkin (1,149). #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/Kw90qfgXjy
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 26, 2018
Storylines
- Alex Chiasson is better than Sidney Crosby please tell everyone you know, thanks!
- One of the members of the NYC Caps Crew ran into Jakub Vrana at the NHL store. Usually when I am there, I run into a bunch of Manhattan teens running around in Rangers gear, so good for Brandon! Also, if you’re at the game tonight come say hey to the NYC Caps Crew.
- Barry Trotz is going to be receiving his championship ring today! After the presentation, he is no longer a friend. End of story.
- The Caps second-round pick, Martin Fehervary scored his first SHL goal at nineteen years old. Guess you could say we’re starting to get the Martin Fehervar (pronounced “fever”…I’ll keep working on this one).
- Tom Wilson is out here makin’ dreams come true!
- Finally, we can see Evgeny Kuznetsov on the ice since suffering from his concussion.
- The Montreal Canadiens have waived Karl Alzner. I’m going to be honest here, this one made me pretty dang sad.
- The Philadelphia Flyers fired their GM Ron Hextall. This means there is only one solution for Flyers fans:
Flyers pic.twitter.com/bfi3uVg5K6
— NHL Insta Comments (@nhlinstagram) November 26, 2018
Cyber Monday
The Cyber Monday sale in the NHL shop is pretty good @kyledubas pic.twitter.com/l7uundUw02
— Flintor (@TheFlintor) November 26, 2018
Woof. But, you should go to the RMNB shop and snag yourself something for the holidays. Might I suggest the ugly Christmas Sweaters, which you can only grab until December 3???
