The newest owner of second place in this year’s Metropolitan Division comes to town on Wednesday in the form of the Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers are rolling on a six-game win streak that the Caps hope to halt.
Puck drop is at 7 PM, and Peter’s on recap duty.
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| Record | 38-20-7 | 40-19-6 |
| Shot Attempt % | 51.5% | 51.7% |
| PDO | 100.5 | 100.4 |
| Power Play | 21.6% (9th) | 20.3% (16th) |
| Penalty Kill | 81.2% (12th) | 83.3% (4th) |
Projected Lines
Kovy is in, Leipsic is the casualty via the wonderful Samantha Pell at WaPo.
Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
Vrana – Backstrom – Oshie
Hagelin – Eller – Kovalchuk
Panik – Dowd – Hathaway
Dillon – Carlson
Orlov – Jensen
Siegenthaler – Gudas
Holtby
Coaching Changes
Peter here. I was crunching some numbers over on the RMNB patreon. I’ll write up more when I have time, but I think there are some interesting differences we’ve seen across the league when coaches have been fired. Like, check out these gaps in points percentages.
Obviously, not every coach firing is the same: Calgary and Dallas were for off-ice reasons, and Nashville’s new coach is just New Jersey’s old coach– which is probably the goof-up of the season if you ask me.
Storylines
- NHL GMs have come together and recommended amending the language in the league’s offside rule.
- The salary cap is expected to go up a bit this offseason.
- We’ve got some new Caps goal songs.
- And some new pucks for the playoffs.
- Nastya Ovechkina reveals that she and husband Alex Ovechkin are having a second boy.
- Michael Latta congratulates former roommate, Tom Wilson on new bobblehead while also asking him to “save me a few”.
- Michal Kempny is a healthy scratch tonight.
- The St. Louis Blues ‘Hockey is for Everyone’ night will only be a watch party for an away game.
- NHL GMs have also decided not to alter the league’s emergency goaltender procedure.
- The Coronavirus has forced the cancellation of IIHF tournaments as worries arise over hockey stick shortage.
Bad Religion, “New America”
Just because.
Full RMNB Coverage of Caps vs Flyers
Headline photo: NBC Sports Washington
