It’s like deja vu. The Washington Capitals will have another opportunity to get out of the second wild card spot against the New York Islanders. The only thing different is that the game is being held at UBS Arena.
The Capitals switched up their forward lines after Tuesday’s dreadful performance. Axel Jonsson Fjallby is in for Connor McMichael and will skate on the third line.
Vitek Vanecek will get the start tonight against Semyon Varlamov.
Tonight’s game is on NBC Sports Washington. Here is today’s Daily Deals.
Caps lines
73-Sheary, 92-Kuznetsov, 77-Oshie
90-Johansson, 19-Backstrom, 43-Wilson
45-Jonsson-Fjallby, 20-Eller, 39-Mantha
22-Larsson, 26-Dowd, 21-Hathaway
42-Fehervary, 74-Carlson
9-Orlov, 3-Jensen
57-van Riemsdyk, 2-Schultz
Vanecek vs. Varlamov
Not optimal
Marty didn’t miss a shift but ugh.
Fehervary took a shot off his right hand/wrist/arm. Finished the shift. Still on Caps' bench rocking in pain.
— Andrew Gross (@AGrossNewsday) April 28, 2022
The Caps are already down. 1-0 NYI.
Brock Nelson scores on the power play. It’s his 37th of the season. That was a great passing play, but you’d want your goalie to bail you out there.
A beauty of a pass. A beauty of a goal. pic.twitter.com/VWy2sGQbAG
— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) April 28, 2022
Anders Lee makes it 2-0.
This game is quickly unraveling.
Lee in front. Boom. pic.twitter.com/EFj7h3gQpc
— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) April 28, 2022
*jamie lee curtis horror scream*
In the last four periods – all vs. NYI – the #Caps have surrendered four PPGs and a shorty.
— Tarik El-Bashir (@Tarik_ElBashir) April 28, 2022
Oh no. 🙁
Robin Salo’s skate blade just got Adam Pelech in the left ankle. Play was immediately stopped and he was helped to the dressing room. Let’s hope that’s not as bad as it potentially could be by the look of the replay
— Kevin Kurz (@KKurzNHL) April 29, 2022
Robin Salo's skate cuts Adam Pelech's leg #Isles pic.twitter.com/Qf1yjAShDQ
— 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐱 (@IslesFix) April 29, 2022
Pelech returns!
Such great news. Looks like he avoided serious injury.
Basically how tonight has gone so far for the Caps.
#ALLCAPS Capitals get another 3 second powerplay. Backstrom interferes with the diving cizikas pic.twitter.com/3dUu23ts9N
— Capitals Replays (@capsreplays) April 29, 2022
Caps don’t score on the four-minute power play… and JG Pageau scores right after it expires
That sure seems like that’s the ball game. 3-0 NYI.
Pageau toy department. pic.twitter.com/1GDJLZ4sLU
— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) April 29, 2022
4-0
Kyle Palmieri beats Vitek Vanecek from between the circles on the PP. The Isles have 3 PPGs against the Caps tonight.
Palmieri in the slot! pic.twitter.com/sufsLxtzjF
— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) April 29, 2022
5-0. Embarassing effort.
SILKY MITTS pic.twitter.com/BIlL2XPTuS
— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) April 29, 2022
AJF scores in the final minute.
#ALLCAPS 1-5. AJF SCORES. comeback time? pic.twitter.com/zSE69uqLlG
— Capitals Replays (@capsreplays) April 29, 2022
Caps lose 5-1. Read the RMNB recap.
The Caps apparently really want to play the Florida Panthers: Islanders beat Capitals 5-1
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