The Capitals continue their long homestand while playing host to the Vancouver Canucks this evening. The Capitals have won seven out of their last ten games against the Canucks, so here’s hoping they can keep the positive edge going. The biggest thing to expect is a good emotional moment over Jay Beagle being back at Capital One Arena.
Get some snacks, curl up, the puck will be droppin’ around 7PM. If you need to go away and stream instead, you can! The game will be live on the My Teams app. Pete has your recap.
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| Record | 24-23-6 | 28-18-6 |
| Shot Attempt % | 46.9% | 48.6% |
| PDO | 100.5 | 101.8 |
| Power Play | 16.9% (22nd) | 21.4% (12th) |
| Penalty Kill | 79.3% (19th) | 77.9% (24th) |
Projected Lines
Ain’t no skate like an optional skate! Isabelle from the Washington Post has a few notes for us including Lars Eller was on the ice for practice and our indie darling, Braden Holtby will be in net.
Instead of reading some solid lines, here you can learn to line dance:
Jay Beagle Day
It’s #JayDay, or the return of our beloved baby boy Jay Beagle. If you’re going to the game, don’t forget to print out a few thousand signs for the big celebration.
Storylines
- Hockey N’ Heels looked like a rip-roarin’ good time!
- To say “Evgeny Kuznetsov has been an extremely entertaining interview“, would be an understatement.
- Military Appreciation Night is coming on Thursday! Camo jerseys will be making a comeback for warmups.
- For some ungodly reason, Penguins GM Jim Rutherford can’t seem to keep Tom Wilson‘s name out of his mouth.
- RED ALERT: If you are headed to Capital One Arena this evening, be sure to double check your route. There might be some closures due to the State of the Union address.
- Braden Holtby talked about his unrestricted free agent status, which is fast approaching. On a personal note, I am not ready to talk about this yet, so please leave me alone.
- The Capitals presented the city of DC with a Stanley Cup championship ring! You can now check it out at City Hall.
Auston Matthews
For those of you keepin’ an eye on what’s going on around the league, Auston Matthews just agreed to terms with the Toronto Maple Leafs. It’s a five-year contract extension at an 11.634 AAV. I love some good memes after a deal goes through, so please join in if you see any others worth mentioning.
#Leafs fans when they find out their first generational player in 50 years has been locked up for the best part of his career to slightly more money than they were expecting pic.twitter.com/TGIpJ5SNAO
— Adam Wylde (@AdamWylde) February 5, 2019
leafs fans: matthews is better than eichel and it’s not even really close
matthews: i want more money than eichel
leafs fans: now hold on just a second here
— dom luszczyszyn 👀 (@domluszczyszyn) February 5, 2019
— Jeff Veillette (@JeffVeillette) February 5, 2019
