The Washington Capitals and New York Islanders will meet for the first time since the 28th of January. Two of the NHL’s hottest teams doing battle for the top stop in the East Division. Spicy.
Puck drop is at your usual 7 PM, and Peter will have your recap coming off his successful Vitek Vanecek shutout prediction.
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| Record | 19-6-4 | 18-6-4 |
| Shot Attempt % | 51.3% | 50.0% |
| PDO | 101.7 | 102.8 |
| Power Play | 19.8% | 26.1% |
| Penalty Kill | 82.6% | 81.6% |
Projected Lines
The Caps played last night and it went pretty well so we can assume they roll with this lineup again but add Ilya Samsonov.
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Oshie
Vrana – Kuznetsov – Sprong
Sheary – Panik
Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
Dillon – Carlson
Orlov – Schultz
Chara – Jensen
van Riemsdyk
Samsonov
The Season
| WSH | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 🌮 | 🚽 | 🌮 | 🚽 | 4/8 | 4/10 | 4/18 | 4/20 |
| NJD | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 3/25 | 3/26 | 4/2 | 4/4 |
| PHI | 🚽 | 😷 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 4/17 | 4/27 | 5/7 | 5/8 |
| NYI | 🌮 | 🌮 | 3/16 | 3/16 | 4/1 | 4/6 | 4/22 | 4/24 |
| PIT | 🤷 | 🤷 | 🚽 | 🌮 | 🤷 | 🌮 | 4/29 | 5/1 |
| NYR | 🚽 | 🚽 | 3/19 | 3/20 | 3/28 | 3/30 | 5/3 | 5/5 |
| BUF | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🤷 | 🌮 | 😷 | 🌮 | 4/15 |
Legend: 🌮 = win; 🚽 = loss; 🤷 = OTL; 😷 = postponed
Hockey poetry
#MNWild coach Dean Evason out of context: "You’re not going to be banging each other down low when you banged the night before and you’re about to get hammered the next night."
— Dane Mizutani (@DaneMizutani) March 16, 2021
Storylines
- Daniel Sprong is sure making a case to be involved in the Capitals future…and as more than just a 13th forward.
- Checkout what I have from last night’s blowout victory over the Buffalo Sabres.
- The Washington Nationals have announced that they have received DC approval to have 5,000 fans in attendance for Opening Day at Nationals Park.
March Madness
Who do you have winning the whole thing? Who are your non-trendy upset picks? Hockey and college basketball, what a perfect match.
THE BRACKET!#MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/6tRUVIXS4X
— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 14, 2021
RMNB Coverage of Caps vs Islanders
Headline photo via Elizabeth Kong
