The Capitals have hit the road and they’re in Nashville to play the Predators. Evgeny Kuznetsov is back on the second line, I’m still buzzing from the Nationals win, and the Mystics are playing for the title again tonight. Let’s have some fun.
Puck drops around 8 PM. Pete will have the recap.
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| Record | 2-1-0 | 2-0-2 |
| Shot Attempt % | n/a | n/a |
| PDO | n/a | n/a |
| Power Play | n/a | n/a |
| Penalty Kill | n/a | n/a |
Projected Lines
Thanks to Samantha Pell at the Washington Post for the lines. We got Kuznetsov moved up to the second line:
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
Vrana – Kuznetsov – Oshie
Hagelin – Eller – Panik
Leipsic – Stephenson – Hathaway
Siegenthaler – Carlson
Orlov – Jensenann
Gudas – Lewington
Holtby
OG Caps Pup
Just a little quick shout out to the original Caps Pup, Ovie the Bulldog. It was his birthday yesterday and the dog makes me so damn happy every single time he pops up on my feed. HBD OVIE!
#10 years ago I came into this world to take naps, eat cookies and cheer for the #Caps pic.twitter.com/sEdiFNqNLe
— Ovie the Bulldog (@OvietheBulldog) October 9, 2019
hbd nap pal, @OvietheBulldog pic.twitter.com/U7ZAezzKI2
— eerie elyse (@ElyseBee) October 10, 2019
Storylines
- Oh Captain, our Captain. Look at Caps puppy, Captain, as a wee babe!
- The LA Kings should’ve just deleted their twitter account. Whew.
- Some solid thoughts on the Capitals powerplay. Spoiler alert: the slingshot ain’t the problem. Also I’m not too sure who keeps allowing Patrick Holden to weasel his way back on to this dang site.
- Tom Wilson is looking stylish again. What the hell is new.
- WARNING! CUTE OVI JR. CONTENT AHEAD.
- Ladies that love hats. Boy oh boy, do we have good news for you.
- Capitals One Arena confiscated some “Free Hong Kong” signs at a Washington Wizards game.
- TJ Oshie made a baseball wager with his former St. Louis Blues teammate! Very excited for the twitter chirps.
- Nicklas Backstrom continues to be the GOAT. Playing in game number 900 this evenin’.
The Nationals
I know Ian wrote a recap of the game last night and included some fantastic reaction videos of the grand slam…but I decided to add another here because I genuinely cannot get enough. This is another video of the crowd at Walter’s Sports Bar. I stayed up the whole time and drank a bunch of whiskey. Am I tired? Yes. Am I still slightly hungover? Yes. Regrets? ZERO.
One more for Howie’s dong @dcsportsbog @waltersbardc @Nationals #STAYINTHEFIGHT #ItsOkToBelieve pic.twitter.com/BGESC2RgH5
— Turd Ferguson (@samnh5) October 10, 2019
