There’s a scene in the movie That Thing You Do where Tom Hanks is playing a record-label guy, and he’s talking to this scrappy little band who is about to play a big show, and he says, “it’s very important you don’t stink today.”
Don’t know why I thought about that just now.
Anyway, the Caps host the Pens high noon today in DC.
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| Record | — | 37-17-6 |
| Shot Attempt % | — | 51.8% |
| PDO | — | 100.5 |
| Power Play | — | 20.6% (14th) |
| Penalty Kill | — | 84.0% (4th) |
Projected Lines
I always get the ones where I have to guess. I’m making 90 percent of this. Actually, don’t even read this.
Updated based on Samantha Pell’s report that Siegenthaler is out.
Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
Vrana – Backstrom – Oshie
Hagelin – Eller – Panik
Leipsic – Dowd – Hathaway
Dillon – Carlson
Orlov – Jensen
Kempny – Gudas
Holtby
The Stakes
It’s simple.
Winner owns the Metro.
Both teams are tired, both teams are coming off bad losses. Let’s go.
Storylines
- Today is Joel Ward day!
- Here’s Chris vs the Caps (vs the Devs).
- The Caps got special approval to rush the ice to congratulate Ovi after goal 700.
- (censored)
- And here’s how celebrated at home with his family: pizza and a gift for his son.
- The congratulations poured in from across the world.
- There’s new merch in the Caps store and in Ovi’s personal Nike store.
- Evgeni Malkin obviously is an RMNB reader. Obviously.
EBUG!
!Last night was a very special night for sports. An emergency backup goalie named Dave rescued the Carolina Hurricanes and became a story that — I swear to god — people will be talking about decades from now. After Reimer and Mrazek got hurt, 42-year-old Dave Ayres put on a Canes jersey, saved 8 of 10 shots by the Maple Leafs, and won the game.
Then, after their team got embarrassed, Leafs fans gave him a standing ovation. <3
Meanwhile, my friend who I adore is an EBUG skeptic.
I tried to explain why it’s such an appealing story to me, but I think this guy does it better.
Full RMNB Coverage of Caps vs Penguins
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