The Washington Capitals and the New York Rangers are scheduled to play what some suspect could be a hockey game, but will likely turn into a tables, ladders, and chairs match after Monday’s line brawl. Buckle up. This is going to be a wild one.
They are set to drop the puck and probably gloves at 7 PM. Peter thankfully has your recap because if I did the account would probably get banned tonight.
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| Record | 26-21-6 | 33-14-5 |
| Shot Attempt % | 48.4% | 51.2% |
| PDO | 101.1 | 102.0 |
| Power Play | 21.1% | 25.7% |
| Penalty Kill | 83.4% | 83.2% |
Projected Lines
Well, thanks to WaPo’s Sam Pell, we know that TJ Oshie will be back in the lineup tonight, Alex Ovechkin will not, Vitek Vanecek will be in net, Justin Schultz is likely a game-time decision, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Ilya Samsonov are unavailable, and the Caps will bring someone in from the taxi squad to fill a space. Got it? Good, because I don’t. Here’s my…guess?
Sheary – Backstrom – Oshie
Mantha – Eller – Wilson
Carr – Raffl – Sprong
Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
Orlov – Carlson
Dillon – TvR
Chara – Jensen
Vanecek
The Season
| WSH | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 🌮 | 🚽 | 🌮 | 🚽 | 🚽 | 🌮 | 🚽 | 5/11 |
| NJD | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 |
| PHI | 🚽 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 5/7 | 5/8 |
| NYI | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🚽 | 🚽 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 |
| PIT | 🤷 | 🤷 | 🚽 | 🌮 | 🤷 | 🌮 | 🤷 | 🚽 |
| NYR | 🚽 | 🚽 | 🌮 | 🚽 | 🌮 | 🚽 | 🌮 | 5/5 |
| BUF | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🤷 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🚽 |
Legend: 🌮 = win; 🚽 = loss; 🤷 = OTL
Presenting without comment
so excited for the caps vs rangers game pic.twitter.com/xm3k44UKu8
— 𝙰𝚟𝚊 ʅʕ•ᴥ•ʔʃ (@avatarrant) May 5, 2021
Storylines
- Retired NHL enforcers want a piece of Tom Wilson. I’m serious.
- Nic Dowd has set his new career-high in goals during this pandemic-shortened season. Well done, Dowder.
- Please listen to Peter and Ian in the latest episode of the RMNB podcast go over just all the absolute insanity of the past week.
- Shayne Gostisbehere lost his mind and checked Mark Friedman dangerously into the boards after the latter scored an empty-net goal.
- Sidney Crosby decided to slam Travis Konecny‘s head into the ice a couple times last night.
- Things are just not good right now for Kuznetsov and Samsonov. Kuznetsov especially after he was added to the NHL’s COVID-19 Unavailability List for the second time this season and after a report dropped saying that the Capitals may look to move on from him over the offseason.
- The Rangers dropped a furious statement calling out George Parros and what they deemed a “horrifying act of violence” committed by Tom Wilson during a line brawl on Monday night.
- Wilson was fined, not suspended by the Department of Player Safety due to his role in the aforementioned line brawl.
- RIP, Coach Osh. The Caps plan to honor Tim Oshie with decals on their helmets.
- No Ovi again tonight as Peter Laviolette says that the Caps captain did not “feel comfortable” after his 39 seconds of ice time last game.
- Safe to say the Rangers were not happy with Wilson after Monday night’s game.
The Way
My favorite faction in wrestling right now won tag team championships last night so I’m forcing you to watch them get interviewed backstage because they’re hilarious. Meet, “The Way” again.
RMNB Coverage of Caps at Rangers
Screenshot courtesy of NBCSN
