Welcome home, folks. We are so glad to have you back. To kick off their six-game homestand, the Capitals are hosting the Calgary Flames on Friday. The Flames are currently on a three-game winning streak and hold an 8-1-1 record in their last ten games. To be honest, I kinda forgot about the Flames, but I guess you could say they’re currently…on fire. I’m sorry.
The great return will begin at 7 PM on NCBSWashington. Don’t forget, you can always stream the game live on the My Teams app. The recap will be coming at you courtesy of Chris from the comments.
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| Record | 33-13-5 | 27-17-6 |
| Shot Attempt % | 52.6% | 48.8% |
| PDO | 100.6 | 102.0 |
| Power Play | 23.6% (8th) | 21.8% (10th) |
| Penalty Kill | 79.0% (21st) | 77.3% (25th) |
Projected Lines
Casual reminder, once again, Alex Ovechkin will be serving his suspension this game for missing the All-Star extravaganza. TJ Oshie will be filling in at the Ovi spot. Isabelle from the Washington Post has us hooked up with the expected lineup:
Stephenson – Backstrom – Oshie
Vrana – Kuznetsov – Wilson
Jaskin – Eller – Connolly
Burakovsky – Dowd – DSP
Kempny – Carlson
Orlov – Niskanen
Orpik – Siegenthaler
Holtby
New Lovely Shirts
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Storylines
- Riley Barber was officially named the AHL Player of the Month for January! In our hearts, he is “Player of the Month” every month…but we’ll take it.
- No secret that “Baby Shark” is a bop. Watch a golden video of John Carlson singing the hit classic to Baby Rudy.
- We all saw that video of Pierre, right? Well, he issued a statement to address the situation.
- Dmitry Orlov and Alex Ovechkin had a night out seeing a famous Russian singer. All I know about him is that he has one hell of a mustache.
- The Djoos is….loose-ish? Christian Djoos fully participated in practice for the first time yesterday!
Homecoming
Here is a video of dogs getting excited seeing their owners. The Capitals are the owners. We are the dogs.
Full RMNB Coverage of Caps vs Flames
Headline photo: Patrick Smith/Getty Images North America
