The Washington Capitals have returned home from their Metropolitan Division exclusive road trip and are bringing with them a five-game winning streak. Standing in their way of extending that streak to six games is a heavily beaten and bruised New Jersey Devils.
Puck drop is at 7PM and as always all of NBCSWA’s coverage of the entire affair can be streamed on all of your devices via their My Teams app. The ever hilarious, Elyse will have your recap.
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| Record | 25-33-9 | 39-21-7 |
| Shot Attempt % | 46.8% | 49.3% |
| PDO | 99.2 | 101.9 |
| Power Play | 17.8% (19th) | 22.1% (9th) |
| Penalty Kill | 83.5% (4th) | 78.6% (24th) |
Projected Lines
No expected changes to what has been a very successful lineup of late:
Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
Vrana – Backstrom – Oshie
Hagelin – Eller – Connolly
Burakovsky – Dowd – Boyd
Kempny – Carlson
Orlov – Niskanen
Orpik – Jensen
Holtby
New Jersey’s walking wounded
To sum up all from @amandacstein for Devils at WSH tomorrow:
Hischier (out)
Hall (out)
Bratt (out)
Wood (out)
Butcher (?)
Rooney (?)
Vatanen (?)
Palmieri (?/practicing)
Quenneville (?/practicing)
Zacha (?)Mueller (skated earlier)
Bastian (skated earlier)— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) March 7, 2019
Storylines
- NHL19 gave Jakub Vrana a new goal celebration in its latest update. He fist bumps himself.
- NHL and NHLPA launch Female Hockey Advisory Committee on #InternationalWomensDay. Also, happy International Women’s Day!
- Y’all went to Giant again to meet Tom Wilson and here are the photos you took with him.
- Former Caps defenseman and offseason DC resident, Mike Green is going to miss the remainder of this season with a “virus”.
- It looks like Evgeny Kuznetsov is a fan of his bobblehead.
- Matthew Tkachuk was doing Matthew Tkachuk things and almost started a goalie fight involving Marc-Andre Fleury.
- John Walton came with some hot fire for Bryce Harper and Philadelphia sports fans.
- The 10 best things from Braden Holtby’s Players’ Tribune article.
- The final Humboldt Broncos player still in the hospital that was involved in the devastating bus crash has been released.
- All 31 NHL teams plan to honor the late Ted Lindsay with a tribute on their rink boards.
Big Brother Canada
The seventh season of Big Brother for our northern neighbors started this week and the gameplay is already in full swing. Here is some past hi-jinx from prior seasons. If you’re American and want to know how you can watch this season, hit me up on Twitter!
Full RMNB Coverage of Caps vs Devils
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