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    Caps at Sabres pregame: End of the road (trip)

    By Peter Hassett

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    February 23, 2019 10:01 am

    The longest road trip of the season ends on Saturday as the Caps visit the Sabres in balmy Buffalo. It should be our first glimpse of Carl Hagelin as a Washington Capital.

    It’s a day game, with the puck dropping a bit after 1 PM. Intrepid tech-savvy viewers can stream it all with the My Teams app. I’m Peter, and I’ll do the recap thing.

    Record 28-24-8 34-20-7
    Shot Attempt % 49.3% 47.7%
    PDO 99.8 102.0
    Power Play 17.8% (19th) 21.8% (11th)
    Penalty Kill 82.5% (6th) 78.6% (22nd)

    Projected Lines

    Samantha Pell filled in for Izzy for WaPo in Buffalo, where she delivered these lines yesterday:

    Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
    Vrana – Backstrom – Oshie
    Burakovsky – Eller – Connolly
    Hagelin – Dowd – Stephenson

    Kempny – Carlson
    Orlov – Niskanen
    Orpik – Djoos

    Holtby

    (That’s a blind guess on the goalie. I have no idea.)

    Road Trip Results?

    The Caps kicked off this road trip by getting their butts kicked in Columbus. But then they beat San Jose, but then they lost to Anaheim, but then they beat LA aaaaaand Toronto. If the Caps lose today, they’ll still be .500 on a tough road trip. If they win, well, that would be nice, wouldn’t it?

    The good run has the Caps biting at the Isles’ heels, but all the action is lower in the ladder.

    Columbus, Montreal, Pittsburgh, and Carolina are all fighting for position. Hockeyviz thinks PIT, CAR, and MTL are basically in a three-way tie right now. It’s gonna be a photo finish.

    Storylines

    • The Caps traded Madison Bowey for Nick Jensen. (Picks in there too.) The Caps immediately signed Jensen for four years.
    • Carl Hagelin will probably play today on the fourth line.
    • Getting put on waivers was tough for Devante Smith-Pelly.
    • Matt Duchesne is a Columbus Blue Jacket.
    • Sure looks like Marcus Johansson is about to be traded.
    • Riley Barber scored a hat trick for Hershey.
    • Peter (hey, that’s me) really likes the moves.

    Peter’s Esports Corner

    That’s right. It’s back. It’s never going away

    Last night my Valiant lost 3-2 to NYXL, but the bigger story came later, when Shanghai Dragons defeated (Robert Kraft’s) Boston Uprising 3-1 for their very first franchise win. The Dragons lost all 40 games in the inaugural season — one of the worst losing streaks ever. And now it’s over.

    IT HAPPENED!!! #OWL2019

    THE @ShanghaiDragons SECURE THEIR FIRST WIN!https://t.co/U6dIipgQGs pic.twitter.com/Nfux0Zvl7H

    — Overwatch League (@overwatchleague) February 23, 2019

    Here’s Shanghai’s off tank player, the only woman in Overwatch League, Geguri reacted to the win.

    Sorry for the shakiness, just had to share this clip of @Geguri2 and her tears of joy moments after the @ShanghaiDragons took the W 😭 #BreakThrough pic.twitter.com/JDEbdmQiPp

    — EMILY TANGERINE (@emilytvhost) February 23, 2019

    Boston has had a rough start to the season. Friday’s game was dramatic as their main tank Fusions was disqualified prior to the match due to a contract issue. Also their owner sucks.

    Full RMNB Coverage of Caps at Sabres

    Headline photo: Kevin Sousa

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