The Washington Capitals have won their last seven games against the New Jersey Devils. Today they will play the Devils for an eighth and final time.
Can the Caps sweep the season series and put a solid row of 🌮s on our 🌮 chart? You will find out at 3 PM. Chris has recap duty, because I’m going to go hug my mom (who is vaccinated) for the first time in a a year.
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| Record | 13-16-6 | 24-9-4 |
| Shot Attempt % | 50.9% | 50.1% |
| PDO | 99.6 | 102.3 |
| Power Play | 12.9% | 24.2% |
| Penalty Kill | 73.3% | 82.0% |
Projected Lines
Here’s how the Caps lined up against the Devils last time:
Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Oshie
Sheary – Backstrom – Wilson
Panik – Eller – Sprong
Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
Dillon – Carlson
Orlov – Schultz
Chara – Jensen
Vanecek
The Season
| WSH | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 🌮 | 🚽 | 🌮 | 🚽 | 4/8 | 4/11 | 4/18 | 5/11 |
| NJD | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 4/4 |
| PHI | 🚽 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 4/13 | 4/17 | 5/7 | 5/8 |
| NYI | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🚽 | 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
Happy Birthday, Biscuit!
Today is show mascot Biscuit’s first birthday! pic.twitter.com/0f7zm4azuB
— Locked On Capitals (@LockedOnCaps) April 4, 2021
A superstar dog I would love to pet.
Storylines
- The Caps won last game against the Devils in kind of sleepy fashion. Chris makes an interesting point about Kuznetsov’s usage.
- That game was won by Dmitry Orlov, who was like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Fan fave Liam O’Brien made an impact in his first NHL game in a few years.
- Real dire stuff out of Vancouver right now as half the team is on the COVID list and some are pretty sick.
- Jakub Vrana was a healthy scratch last game against the Devils. Will he play today? I don’t know as of when I wrote this bullet!
Happy Holidays!
Happy holidays to people who celebrate Easter or the end of Passover today.
If you don’t celebrate either of those, that’s fine, you can celebrate the birthday of actor Craig T. Nelson, who turns 77 years young today.
You may remember Nelson from Coach or Parenthood, but I think he was fantastic in Poltergeist, a horror collaboration between Tobe Hooper and Spielberg that is both a classic and underrated at the same time. Nelson and JoBeth Williams improvised their pot-smoking scene, which I think of as the centerpiece of the social commentary part of the movie.
So either easter eggs or the Feast of Moshiach or Poltergeist. Happy Sunday, everybody!
RMNB Coverage of Caps at Devils
Headline image: Elizabeth Kong/Creative Commons/NBC Sports Washington
