The Washington Capitals have won five in a row and now return home to meet a couple foes from out west. First up is the Vegas Golden Knights, making only their second return to DC since losing Game Four of the 2018 Stanley Cup Final to the Caps.
Puck drop is at your normal 7 PM. I will be back for your recap.
 |
 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Record | 9-5-3 | 12-2-3 |
| Shot Attempt % | 52.1% | 51.4% |
| PDO | 97.5 | 101.2 |
| Power Play | 21.7% (11th) | 25.9% (5th) |
| Penalty Kill | 89.2% (2nd) | 85.7% (6th) |
Projected Lines
Carl Hagelin is day-to-day with an upper body injury and did not skate this morning. Your projected lines via Samantha Pell at WaPo:
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Oshie
Vrana – Kuznetsov – Wilson
Stephenson – Eller – Hathaway
Leipsic – Dowd – Boyd
Kempny – Carlson
Orlov – Gudas
Siegenthaler – Jensen
Holtby
Ovi’s multi goal nights
Alex Ovechkin has two goals already tonight. Here's a list of most multi-goal games since he entered the league via Hockey Ref:
Ovechkin – 136
Crosby – 84 (you know he's getting 3 more)
Stamkos – 73
Iginla – 71
E.Staal – 67
Carter – 60
Nash – 59
Perry – 59
Vanek – 59— Dimitri Filipovic (@DimFilipovic) November 8, 2019
Can we have 137 tonight please, Ovi?
Storylines
- Caps draft picks Connor McMichael (OHL) and Aliaksei Protas (WHL) lead both of their respective Canadian junior leagues in scoring.
- Evgeny Kuznetsov went to the Wizards home game against the Cavs wearing his Bradley Beal jersey.
- Here is Nicklas Backstrom being a hockey dad with his son Vince on the Capitals practice ice sheet.
- Alex Ovechkin and Kuzy were determined to pass this puck back and forth eleven million times.
- Some numbers from the Caps come from behind victory in Florida.
Metal detecting
I really want a metal detector, so I’ve been watching a lot of metal detecting YouTube videos recently. This is one of my favorites.
Full RMNB Coverage of Caps vs Golden Knights
Headline image: NBCSN
