The Capitals are playing host once again to the Pittsburgh Penguins for their fifth matchup of the season. The Caps made some line moves, including the promotion of Lars Eller to the first line. Coach Laviolette also took a moment to yell at the team a bunch. I get it, I yell at them too.
The good guys will be the ones in the pretty Reverse Retro jerseys, you can’t miss em.
Puck drop is at 7 PM and Peter Hassett with have your recap.
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| Record | 9-6-1 | 9-5-3 |
| Shot Attempt % | 51.1% | 48.9% |
| PDO | 99.8 | 101.2 |
| Power Play | 14.9% | 33.3% |
| Penalty Kill | 74.0% | 79.3% |
Projected Lines
As mentioned in the intro, Coach Laviolette has switched the lines up! Lars Eller is heading to the first line and Nick Backstrom has moved to the third. Vitek Vanecek is back starting in net, Samsonov and Copley also hit the ice this morning:
Ovechkin – Eller – Wilson
Vrana – Kuznetsov – Sheary
Panik – Backstrom – Oshie
Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
Dillon – Carlson
Orlov – Schultz
Chara – Jensen
Vanecek
Anderson
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 | 2/28 | 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 | 🤷 | 🤷 | 🚽 | 🌮 | 2/23 | 2/25 | 4/29 | 5/1 |
| NYR | 🚽 | 🚽 | 3/19 | 3/20 | 3/28 | 3/30 | 5/3 | 5/5 |
| BUF | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🤷 | 🌮 | 😷 | 4/13 | 4/15 |
Legend: 🌮 = win; 🚽 = loss; 🤷 = OTL; 😷 = postponed
Storylines
- Tom Wilson and pizza. Two of the greatest things.
- Looks like Ilya Samsonov might make another start for the Hershey Bears.
- Amazing progress on Henrik Lundqvist‘s recovery!
- Check Chris’ morning after numbers post to catch up on how the last game went.
- David Pastrnak: Man of style.
- To say “there is some wild stuff happening with Artemi Panarin“, would be an understatement.
- Happy anniversary to Alex Ovechkin‘s 700.
- Alex Ovechkin has tormented many goalies over the years.
Some inspo for your day
Over the weekend, all hockey eyes were on the NHL Lake Tahoe games. I thought the midnight game/sun situation was hilarious, but the next night? The Philadelphia Flyers and Boston Bruins game? It was gorgeous. I’ll leave these with you for some casual Tuesday inspiration.
The backdrop on this Charlie McAvoy goal is unreal #NHLOutdoors pic.twitter.com/dLFNfUHSUt
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) February 22, 2021
Lake Tahoe X Where’s Waldo. Who can find the other half of my stick? (It’s in here I promise) pic.twitter.com/KBxoDbGpb9
— Charlie McAvoy (@CMcAvoy44) February 22, 2021
Night and Day. 🌙 ☀️ #NHLBruins | #NHLOutdoors pic.twitter.com/ovDU3fpSrW
— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) February 22, 2021
move over, @rosebowlgame.#AnytimeAnywhere | #NHLOutdoors pic.twitter.com/utwvAURNYf
— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) February 22, 2021
The PERFECT hockey setting. 😍#NHLOutdoors pic.twitter.com/pC6mc8EZYK
— NHLonNBCSports (@NHLonNBCSports) February 22, 2021
RMNB Coverage of Caps vs Penguins
Headline image: Elizabeth Kong/RMNB
