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    Home / Pregame / Caps vs Bruins pregame: Ovi back

    Caps vs Bruins pregame: Ovi back

    By Peter Hassett

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    January 30, 2021 5:44 pm

    The Washington Capitals team that beat the New York Islanders the other night isn’t the one that will be suiting up tonight to host the big bad Boston Bruins. Ovi’s back.

    Toughest game of the year so far. Puck drop at 7 PM. Chris on recap duty. Let’s go.

    Record 5-1-1 5-0-3
    Shot Attempt % 55.5% 49.4%
    PDO 96.6 105.1
    Power Play 36.4% 41.2%
    Penalty Kill 93.1% 75.9%

    Projected Lines

    Here’s what it’s looking like, as per WaPo’s Samantha Pell:

    Vrana – Backstrom – Wilson
    Ovechkin – Oshie – Panik
    Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
    Sheary – Sgarbossa – Sprong

    Chara – Carlson
    Dillon – TvR
    Siegenthaler – Jensen

    Vanecek

    The Season

    WSH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
    BOS 1/30 2/1 3/3 3/5 4/8 4/10 4/18 4/20
    NJD 2/27 3/1 3/7 3/9 3/25 3/26 4/2 4/4
    PHI 2/7 2/9 3/11 3/13 4/17 4/27 5/7 5/8
    NYI 🌮 🌮 3/15 3/16 4/1 4/6 4/22 4/24
    PIT 🤷 🤷 2/14 2/16 2/23 2/25 4/29 5/1
    NYR 2/4 2/20 2/21 3/19 3/28 3/30 5/3 5/5
    BUF 🌮 🌮 🌮 🤷 2/11 2/13 4/13 4/15

    Legend: 🌮 = win; 🚽 = loss; 🤷 = OTL

    April 11, 2006

    That was the last time Zdeno Chara played against — instead of for — the Boston Bruins. He was eight years old at the time. Here’s the scoring summary:

    Storylines

    • Orly and Ovi are back. Kuzy and Sammy not just yet.
    • Playing a tiny violin for Dmitry Orlov suffering through quarantine for a full week.
    • Meanwhile, Alex Ovechkin seems regretful for his goof-up.
    • Zdeno Chara has found a new home. He is loved here.
    • Please do NOT distribute our executive summary of the Caps happiness survey.
    • Ian’s apology for doubting the pandas.

    Peter’s Esports Corner

    When Friday’s evening news dump arrives, the Los Angeles Valiant of the Overwatch League announced they had fired their entire staff and roster. The team had recently decided to relocate to China for the 2021 season, and they blamed visa problems for the decision to can everyone.

    2021 Roster Update: pic.twitter.com/wLegf51MAI

    — Los Angeles Valiant (@LAValiant) January 29, 2021

    No one believes that, of course.

    The decision comes so late that the players and the staff will be unable to find new positions this season. The organization will now cobble together a team from players available in the region, their former players will probably get bought out at a pittance, their staff are now unemployed. And their fans are bewildered and abandoned.

    Shady stuff. Sports will break your heart. Agilities forever.

    RMNB Coverage of Caps vs Bruins

    Illustration by Peter (photo: Dan4th Nicholas, Creative Commons) 

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