The Washington Capitals travel to the Prudential Center to meet with the now Taylor Hall-less New Jersey Devils for the first time since the big trade. These new Devils are even worse than before, so a win should be required from our favorite road boys.
Puck drop is at 7PM and ya boy right here will be back with da recap.
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| Record | 11-17-5 | 24-6-5 |
| Shot Attempt % | 46.6% | 51.3% |
| PDO | 97.8 | 100.7 |
| Power Play | 13.2% (29th) | 22.6% (6th) |
| Penalty Kill | 78.4% (21st) | 85.4% (3rd) |
Projected Lines
Nic Dowd reenters the fray for Travis Boyd and Ilya Samsonov will take the reigns in the cage from Braden Holtby. Lines and goaltender info as always from the wonderful, Samantha Pell:
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
Vrana – Kuznetsov – Oshie
Hagelin – Eller – Panik
Leipsic – Dowd – Hathaway
Kempny – Carlson
Orlov – Jensen
Siegenthaler – Gudas
Samsonov
900th game of the Ovi-Backy connection
Ian wrote about the milestone of sorts, so check that post out first. But, I think the video of them talking about is awesome and a must watch for any Caps fan.
Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, and John Carlson comment on Nicky & Ovi's 900th career game played together. #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/sOV5LRertU
— Washington ☃️ Capitals (@Capitals) December 19, 2019
This bromance video with overdramatic music and some audio issues is the best.
Storylines
- Braden Holtby has shared his Top 10 favorite songs on Spotify.
- Tyler Lewington really wants a hockey stick from Alex Ovechkin but is “too scared” to ask. I would be too, Tyler.
- A baby hugged Jakub Vrana’s face during the Capitals annual MedStar Georgetown University Hospital visit.
- Brian MacLellan promised Chandler Stephenson that he would land in a “good situation” when it became clear that the forward had to be moved.
- The Washington Capitals’ annual yearbook, W Magazine, is now available for purchase.
- TJ Oshie thanked the Caps’ Dads for thinking of his father, ‘Coach’ during the Dad’s and Mentor’s Trip.
- The forever Caps legend that is Devante Smith-Pelly, scored his first goal in the KHL.
- The Fanatics exclusive Alex Ovechkin Funko POP! figurine is now available and it looks like Sergei Ovechkin is already really enjoying his.
Chris’ favorite television shows of 2019
Preface, these are definitely not all shows that came out in 2019…I just watched them in 2019.
- The Mandalorian. I mean come on now. This is like my favorite Stars Wars “thing” of all time at this point. It’s samurai western film meets bounty hunter goodness and it has gosh darn Baby Yoda and maybe…Boba Fett?.
- ENCORE!. Yes, another Disney Plus show. The premise of this one is that they get together a group of 1990s-ish high school graduates that were in a musical back then and make them do the musical all over again now. It’s surprisingly funny and touching.
- Barry. HBO’s turn and the show I turned to after Game of Thrones imploded into that horrific mess that it became. Bill Hader plays a depressed hitman from the Midwest who goes to Los Angeles to carry out a hit, but instead finds a new passion for acting.
- Mindhunter. I loved season one and season two was even better. This is such an underrated, incredibly dark show. If you love true crime and haven’t watched the two seasons yet, you don’t love true crime.
- Black Sails. I started Black Sails a few years back and just finished it up recently. Probably one of the most underrated shows of the decade. Pirates, 18th century Caribbean, twists, turns, betrayal, treasure. All great.
