Much like myself, the Capitals are in New York City! They’re facing off against the New York Rangers tonight and I have to be honest with you all. If the Capitals blow another three goal lead, I will scream so loud that I will wake up the small children in the apartment above me and I will not be able to fall asleep ever again because they’ll be running around. My scream will break windows. Please, Capitals. Please have a normal, chill win.
Puck drop is at 7 PM and Peter Hassett is your recapper for the evening.
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| Record | 3-4-2 | 6-1-3 |
| Shot Attempt % | 50.3% | 47.3% |
| PDO | 98.0 | 104.5 |
| Power Play | 15.8% | 40.9% |
| Penalty Kill | 79.4% | 77.8% |
Projected Lines
We don’t have lines for this morning, but the lovely Samantha Pell at the Washington Post shared the lines from Wednesday afternoon’s practice. You will note, there is no Eller, Sheary, Schultz, Kuznetsov, or Samsonov:
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
Vrana – Oshie – Panik
Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
Carr – Sgarbossa – Sprong
Chara – Carlson
Dillon – TvR
Orlov – Jensen
Vanecek
The Season
| WSH | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 🌮 | 🚽 | 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
Gritty Art
The Flyers are making sure that even though there are no fans inside, there is still plenty to keep track of inside the arena. Here’s Gritty, getting a painting done of himself. Gritty will always be one of the best things to happen to this league.
“Paint me like one of your French grits” 😂 pic.twitter.com/soxhJ70jrh
— NBC Sports Philadelphia (@NBCSPhilly) February 4, 2021
A-R-T pic.twitter.com/F21PGyLDVt
— Gritty (@GrittyNHL) February 4, 2021
Hang this over the Mona Lisa pic.twitter.com/jOis8gJi1S
— Gritty (@GrittyNHL) February 4, 2021
Storylines
- TJ Oshie and David Pastrnak? Working together?!
- Hey, hey you. Pull up a chair. Can we have an honest chat about this whole “abundance of caution” nonsense?
- Frederick Magazine named RMNB the best blog. Feelin’ honored as hell.
- Some great updates on Henrik Lundqvist‘s recovery! Seems like he’s doing pretty well.
- Zak Bagans who? Let Brandon Tanev host Ghost Adventures!
- Our boy Vitek Vanecek was named the NHL’s Rookie of the Month!
- Dear Tom Wilson, please be smarter. Love, Coach Laviolette.
- Another Rookie of the Month?! Yes, but this time it’s in the KHL and it’s for Alex Alexeyev.
Ovi Bobblehead
Did you see this Ovechkin bobblehead? I need to make sure everyone saw it because it’s very cute. Casual reminder that it is limited-edition, so grab it while ya can!
RMNB Coverage of Caps at Rangers
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