Caps at Sabres pregame: A new day

April 9, 2021 2:15 pm

The Washington Capitals have hit the road less than 24 hours after their loss to the Boston Bruins. But today is a new day. While the Caps have lost the last four out of six games, hopefully they can turn it around tonight when they play the Buffalo Sabres. Key word is “hopefully”.

Puck drop will be 7 PM and Pete will have your recap.


Record	9-24-6	25-11-4
Shot Attempt %	46.2%	49.5%
PDO	97.8	102.1
Power Play	22.9%	24.3%
Penalty Kill	78.1%	82.6%

Projected Lines

Below are the lines we were working with last night. Since Sammy played last night, we’re probably going to see Vanecek get the start:

Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Oshie
Sheary – Backstrom – Wilson
Vrana – Eller – Carr
Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway

Dillon – Carlson
Orlov – Schultz
Chara – Jensen

Vanecek

The Season

WSH	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
BOS	🌮	🚽	🌮	🚽	🚽	4/11	4/18	5/11
NJD	🌮	🌮	🌮	🌮	🌮	🌮	🌮	🌮
PHI	🚽	🌮	🌮	🌮	4/13	4/17	5/7	5/8
NYI	🌮	🌮	🌮	🚽	🚽	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

Storylines

In case you missed what happened last night, check out the morning after numbers.
Something good that happened last night? Another glorious Alex Ovechkin goal.
We’re thinking it might be time for some changes.
Former Capital Taylor Chorney has retired.
Richard Panik has officially cleared waivers and has been assigned to the taxi squad.
THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF MICHAL KEMPNY. Complete with stick taps and yelling 🙂
Henrik Lundqvist is opening up about his open-heart surgery. No pun intended.

R.I.P DMX

At this point, I’m sure everyone has seen the news that DMX has died at the age of 50. Most of my workout playlist is DMX, so I would like to personally thank him for making me want to lift a lot of weights.

One of the most iconic performances in music history.

DMX in front of the whole world at Woodstock 99 🙏🏾pic.twitter.com/NhE11afUZA

— Complex Music (@ComplexMusic) April 9, 2021