The Washington Capitals can finally leave the circus show that was New York and finish their season series with the Philadelphia Flyers with two in a row at home. Phew.
Another regular 7 PM start time and I’ll be back on the site with your recap.
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| Record | 23-23-7 | 34-14-5 |
| Shot Attempt % | 50.6% | 51.5% |
| PDO | 97.8 | 101.8 |
| Power Play | 19.5% | 25.9% |
| Penalty Kill | 71.9% | 83.4% |
Projected Lines
Ovi is out, Schultz is out, Kuzy is out, and Samsonov is out. Wilson is in and Sprong is in. Your lines via Sam Pell:
Sprong – Backstrom – Mantha
Sheary – Eller – Oshie
Carr – Raffl – Wilson
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 | 🚽 | 🚽 | 🌮 | 🚽 | 🌮 | 🚽 | 🌮 | 🌮 |
| BUF | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🤷 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🚽 |
Legend: 🌮 = win; 🚽 = loss; 🤷 = OTL
The New Jersey Daycare Dwellers
Getting ready for #NJDevils 12:30pm practice.
Going over last night's lineup. A truly remarkable youth movement going on for New Jersey.
Here are the ages of their forward group last night:
22 – 19 – 22
24 – 22 – 22
20 – 21 – 22
22 – 23 – 23Zacha the oldest at 24 yrs old.
— Amanda Stein (@amandacstein) May 7, 2021
Storylines
- Tom Wilson never thought this past week would have gotten to the point that it did.
- Both Wilson and Alex Ovechkin reached out to Artemi Panarin to make sure that he was okay after Monday night’s happenings.
- The Columbus Blue Jackets will apparently be looking for a top-line center this offseason to help get more out of Patrik Laine.
- An Athletic report suggests that Wilson was only suspended for his hit on Brandon Carlo because Gary Bettman ‘didn’t like the optics’ of that hit not being suspendable.
- Michal Kempny was loaned to the Hershey Bears for a long term injury conditioning assignment. Kempny will likely be available for the Caps playoff run if they ever need him.
- The New York Rangers were fined a big ole $250,000 after their public comments against the NHL’s Head of Player Safety, George Parros.
- Pavel Buchnevich had a hearing and then was suspended one game for his leaping punch, high sticking combo on Anthony Mantha. Got off pretty light, in my opinion.
Get ready for this because it’s coming
RMNB Coverage of Caps vs Flyers
Headline photo: Elizabeth Kong
