The Capitals are finishing up their lengthy road trip with a final stop in Toronto to face the Maple Leafs. Travis Boyd is staying in the lineup with Brendan Leipsic and Nic Dowd. On the Maple Leafs end, they’re missing captain John Tavares, but they’ve activated defenseman Travis Dermott from injured reserve. Keep your eyes open for a potential Justin Bieber sighting. Let’s do it.
Puck drop is at 7 PM and Chris will have your recap. He’s been very into archaeology these days, please drop by and give him your favorite metal detector YouTube videos.
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| Record | 6-5-2 | 8-2-3 |
| Shot Attempt % | 52.8% | 51.9% |
| PDO | 98.4 | 99.7 |
| Power Play | 21.1% (16th) | 25.0% (9th) |
| Penalty Kill | 78.0% (22nd) | 84.8% (8th) |
Projected Lines
Expected lineup for this evening comes courtesy of Samantha Pell at the Washington Post:
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Oshie
Vrana – Kuznetsov – Wilson
Hagelin – Eller – Hathaway
Leipsic – Dowd – Boyd
Kempny – Carlson
Orlov – Gudas
Siegenthaler – Jensen
Holtby
Phrasing
Oh no. NBCSN Washington’s Pete Hailey….this was an absolutely beautiful moment.
Say what?😂🤣😭💀💀 pic.twitter.com/EMJf3e5FWm
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) October 28, 2019
Storylines
- REMINDER: The Nationals are playing Game Six of the World Series tonight! Check out when Jose Andres threw out the first pitch before last game.
- The last game against the Canucks was a wild ride. Take a peek at the morning after numbers from Chris.
- Vladimir Tarasenko has to have some pretty intense shoulder surgery.
- I can’t be alone, right? Did anyone else print and frame this photo of Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom?
- ‘Tis the season for hockey players posting their very good Halloween costumes. Alex Alexeyev and Brett Leason dressed up as popular crime fighting duo.
- Nathan Walker was named AHL Player of the Week!
- Hockey Fights Cancer is coming back next month. The Capitals will be hosting this annual event in late November.
- INOVA will be giving out a Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin bobblehead for their next blood drive. Best bobblehead ever? Or best bobblehead ever?
Candy Rankings
Well, well, well. End of October, we meet again. Time to talk about the best Halloween Candy. This is my personal, and accurate, ranking of the best five types of candy you can get when you’re headed door-to-door. Sadly, I am definitely too old to go trick-or-treating…but I do eat candy.
1. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Now, I think this might be an age thing because I wouldn’t have agreed with this a few years ago. The process of getting some cups, putting them in the freezer, and taking them out when you need a sweet treat? Priceless.
2. Snickers. They have everything you want in one bar. If you wanted a Milky Way or a 3 Musketeers bar, you don’t need to sweat it. Snickers has both of those combined plus a crunch. You cannot beat it.
3. Skittles. My go-to for the fruity candy. I would say Starburst, but we all know that Starburst is only good if it is pink or red.
4. Candy Corn Pumpkins. I genuinely don’t want to hear it. Candy corn is actually a great candy and the best part of the pumpkins? You only need a couple of them to satisfy your craving. They pack a whole lot more flavor.
5. Milk Duds. I think I am the last person on the planet that still eats these, but they are just gobs of mess. As a gob of mess myself, I like a candy that I can personally relate to and also enjoy eating on top of popcorn.
