The Washington Capitals come into Saturday night’s action with a chance to sweep a back-to-back against the New York Rangers and extend their winning streak to eight games. Oh, and Tom Wilson’s suspension is over.
They will drop the puck at 7 PM again and I will meet you back on the site for your recap.
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| Record | 12-13-4 | 20-6-4 |
| Shot Attempt % | 48.6% | 49.7% |
| PDO | 100.8 | 103.2 |
| Power Play | 15.1% | 27.0% |
| Penalty Kill | 86.0% | 80.4% |
Projected Lines
It’s a back-to-back and the Caps were rolling different lines at the end of yesterday’s game so here’s my best guess:
Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
Vrana – Backstrom – Oshie
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 | 4/1 | 4/6 | 4/22 | 4/24 |
| PIT | 🤷 | 🤷 | 🚽 | 🌮 | 🤷 | 🌮 | 4/29 | 5/1 |
| NYR | 🚽 | 🚽 | 🌮 | 3/20 | 3/28 | 3/30 | 5/3 | 5/5 |
| BUF | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🤷 | 🌮 | 😷 | 🌮 | 4/15 |
Legend: 🌮 = win; 🚽 = loss; 🤷 = OTL; 😷 = postponed
The number 43 car is back
Capitals welcome Tom Wilson back with edited WWE video https://t.co/oHKoJzRMMc
— RMNB (@russianmachine) March 20, 2021
Storylines
- Look at what Ovi did to these same Rangers last night.
- The Caps went 7-0 without Tom Wilson during his suspension and this is how they did it.
- Ovi scored what is basically the same exact goal two times late in the third period to take down the Rangers.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
The series every nerd will be talking about for the next five weeks premiered yesterday.
RMNB Coverage of Caps vs Rangers
Headline image: Elizabeth Kong/RMNB
