After a week of covidian delays, the Caps are back in action, hopping up to Pennsylvania to take on Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins
Now that football is gone forever, the game’s a mid-afternoon affair, starting at 3 PM. Someone’s got recap duty, but we’re not sure who yet. That usually mean Ian.
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| Record | 6-5-1 | 6-3-3 |
| Shot Attempt % | 52.5% | 48.0% |
| PDO | 98.4 | 101.8 |
| Power Play | 13.5% | 37.0% |
| Penalty Kill | 70.3% | 81.4% |
Projected Lines
The Caps are basically healthy again. From Saturday’s practice:
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
Vrana – Kuznetsov – Oshie
Panik – Eller – Sheary
Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
Dillon – Carlson
Chara – Schultz
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 | 🚽 | 😷 | 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 | 🚽 | 2/20 | 2/21 | 3/19 | 3/28 | 3/30 | 5/3 | 5/5 |
| BUF | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🤷 | 😷 | 😷 | 4/13 | 4/15 |
Legend: 🌮 = win; 🚽 = loss; 🤷 = OTL; 😷 = postponed
Storylines
- Justin Schultz is finally back.
- Ilya Samsonov is going to do a stint with the Bears.
- Evgeny Kuznetsov is not a fan of afternooners
- Connor McMichael scored his first AHL goal— a game-winner for the Hershey Bears.
- Jay Beagle played his 600th game the other day.
- We love the Coyotes’ purple jerseys.
- Peter was fiending for hockey, so he covered last night’s Vancouver game. They won.
- Meanwhile, in case it’s faded from memory, the last time the Caps play, they wasted some big efforts by their stats to fall to the Flyers.
What a Difference a Week Makes
The last time the Caps played; they were missing a lot of pieces. Since then:
- Vrana’s off the COVID list
- Kuznetsov’s off the COVID list
- Samsonov’s off the COVID list
- Oshie’s playing after an upper-body injury
- Schultz’s playing after an upper-body injury
- Sheary’s playing after a lower-body injury
RMNB Coverage of Caps at Penguins
Screenshot courtesy of NBC Sports
