The Washington Capitals will look to get a lead and keep it this time as they take on another New York foe in the Islanders. Barry Trotz and the boys will host the Caps and I hope Alex Ovechkin scores fifty times.
They’ll drop the puck at 7 PM and best tweet Pete will have your recap.
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| Record | 22-10-4 | 23-8-4 |
| Shot Attempt % | 50.3% | 50.1% |
| PDO | 101.8 | 103.0 |
| Power Play | 19.6% | 23.9% |
| Penalty Kill | 80.4% | 81.3% |
Projected Lines
They’re rocking the same lines they did last game. Ilya Samsonov takes back his net.
Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Oshie
Sheary – Backstrom – Wilson
Vrana – Eller – Sprong
Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
Dillon – Carlson
Orlov – Schultz
Chara – Jensen
Samsonov
The Season
| WSH | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 🌮 | 🚽 | 🌮 | 🚽 | 4/8 | 4/11 | 4/18 | 5/11 |
| NJD | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 4/2 | 4/4 |
| PHI | 🚽 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 4/13 | 4/17 | 5/7 | 5/8 |
| NYI | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 4/1 | 4/6 | 4/22 | 4/24 | 4/27 |
| PIT | 🤷 | 🤷 | 🚽 | 🌮 | 🤷 | 🌮 | 4/29 | 5/1 |
| NYR | 🚽 | 🚽 | 🌮 | 🚽 | 🌮 | 🚽 | 5/3 | 5/5 |
| BUF | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🤷 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 4/9 | 4/15 |
Legend: 🌮 = win; 🚽 = loss; 🤷 = OTL
Superstar violence
The two probable best players in the NHL seemed to lose their minds the past couple of nights.
Discuss. pic.twitter.com/SVLnpjhDKE
— Hockey Night in Canada (@hockeynight) March 31, 2021
Nathan MacKinnon got a 10-min misconduct for tossing Conor Garland's helmet at him. 🤭 pic.twitter.com/HdQHogvSut
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 1, 2021
How many games would Tom Wilson sit if he did either of these?
Storylines
- The Washington Nationals have had their Opening Day game postponed due to COVID-19 issues. Bummer.
- Did you take our second edition of the Caps happiness survey exercise? Here are the results.
- The Buffalo Sabres finally won a game after losing 18 straight and it came at the expense of the Philadelphia Flyers.
- The Canucks signed goaltender Thatcher Demko to a five-year, $25 million extension. A reminder that Braden Holtby signed with Vancouver this past offseason for two years.
Good Mythical Morning
RMNB Coverage of Caps at Islanders
Headline image: Elizabeth Kong/RMNB
