It’s Monday and the New York Islanders are in town to kick off the week. Lines have been shifted a smidge for the Capitals, including the healthy scratch of Radko Gudas. Hopefully shifting some lines will help the team click a little better. Oh, and hopefully they never have another game like the last one, but I like to think if we never talk about it again it basically didn’t happen.
7 PM is puck drop and Peter has your recap. Do some voodoo to get Alex Ovechkin to 700 goals tonight.
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| Record | 31-16-6 | 36-14-5 |
| Shot Attempt % | 46.8% | 52.3% |
| PDO | 100.8 | 100.6 |
| Power Play | 19.7% (17th) | 20.1% (13th) |
| Penalty Kill | 79.7% (17th) | 84.0% (2nd) |
Projected Lines
We have some changes. Gudas is a healthy scratch and Wilson did a lil’ flip with Oshie. Thanks as per usual to Samantha Pell at the Washington Post:
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
Vrana – Kuznetsov – Oshie
Hagelin – Eller – Panik
Leipsic – Dowd – Hathaway
Kempny – Carlson
Fehervary – Orlov
Siegenthaler – Jensen
Samsonov
Beautiful Game
Um, actually, hockey is a very complex and graceful sport.
The beautiful game.. pic.twitter.com/Jk7bqsnOfd
— Shayna (@hayyyshayyy) February 9, 2020
Storylines
- The Nats’ promo schedule is here! Mark your calendars for some important giveaways.
- Again, let’s not talk about what happened last game, but the good news is that Martin Fehervary scored his first NHL point! Every cloud has a silver lining!
- Justice for Braden Holtby.
- We finally had a conversation about the third jerseys.
- The Oshie family is having another baby and their baby shower was, of course, beautifully styled and complete with beer chugging out of baby bottles.
- The Orlando Solar Bears just made the jersey of my dreams.
- The game this evening is on national TV. Everyone is trying to watch Alex Ovechkin reach 700 goals, but I also just like to think everyone loves the Capitals. They should.
- Star Wars Night. Enough said.
Sex Education
My recent Netflix binge was a show called “Sex Education”. It’s a super sweet show about these teenagers navigating the world of….being teens! There are a bunch of storylines I found myself relating to and the cast is too cute. Gillian Anderson is in it, if you need an extra incentive. I am now very excited because they just announced a season three and I want it yesterday. Give it a whirl.
let’s talk about sex baby, let’s talk about season 3 (of Sex Education) pic.twitter.com/qvRIiXwp9B
— Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) February 10, 2020
