The Washington Capitals have traveled to Canada’s capital city to do battle with one of the league’s basement dwellers in the Ottawa Senators. The Caps did not play well whatsoever at home against Nashville on Wednesday, so this is a great opportunity to “be better”.
Puck drop is at 7:30 PM again and I will be back with another of my trademark scatterbrained recaps.
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| Record | 18-23-9 | 34-12-5 |
| Shot Attempt % | 46.2% | 52.5% |
| PDO | 99.6 | 100.9 |
| Power Play | 14.4% (31st) | 20.5% (12th) |
| Penalty Kill | 81.0% (15th) | 84.3% (2nd) |
Projected Lines
No changes in the forward lines, but we do have a new goaltender:
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
Vrana – Kuznetsov – Oshie
Hagelin – Eller – Panik
Leipsic – Dowd – Hathaway
Kempny – Carlson
Orlov – Jensen
Siegenthaler – Gudas
Samsonov
Jersey love
One fan collected a jersey of every member from the Capitals’ Game 5 Stanley Cup-winning lineup https://t.co/kG5ohCj9kw
— RMNB (@rmnb) January 29, 2020
Storylines
- Caps defense prospect, Connor Hobbs is out indefinitely after having shoulder surgery.
- Steve Yzerman wants to be invited to Alex Ovechkin’s party if he passes Wayne Gretzky on the all-time goals list.
- Captain is a big brother now! Meet Scout. Can the Caps just have one million team animals?
- David Rittich does walk-off stick toss after making game-winning shootout save on Leon Draisaitl in the Battle of Alberta.
Agent Zero
I’ve been watching a lot of Gilbert Arenas content lately. The Wizards legend is obviously known for a number of off the court shenanigans, but I think few know that Gil is legitimately one of the brightest basketball minds that the NBA has ever seen. Here he is dissecting Lonzo Ball’s early jump shot issues.
Full RMNB Coverage of Caps at Senators
Headline photo: NBC Sports Washington
