The Carolina Hurricanes today find themselves in the nation’s capital for a visit with the division leading Washington Capitals. The Washington Capitals could secure a playoff appearance tonight, while our Hurricanes need points to keep hold of their wild card spot.
Puck drops at 7 PM on the Washington Capitals’ home feed of NBC Sports Washington. The My Teams app has your game stream if a TV isn’t readily available. I will recap for you.
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| Record | 44-24-8 | 42-26-7 |
| Shot Attempt % | 49.9% | 55.2% |
| PDO | 102.0 | 99.2 |
| Power Play | 21.1% (10th) | 16.5% (24th) |
| Penalty Kill | 79.1% (24th) | 81.7% (7th) |
Projected Lines
Here’s how the Canes lined up last time:
Niederreiter – Aho – Williams
Svechnikov – Staal – Teravainen
Ferland – Wallmark – Martinook
Foegele – McKegg – McGinn
Slavin – Hamilton
Pesce – Faulk
de Haan – van Riemsdyk
Mrazek
And Washington’s beat report, Isabelle Khurshudyan, shares the Washington Capitals’ lines.
Caps expected lineup:
Ovechkin-Backstrom-Wilson
Hagelin-Kuznetsov-Oshie
Vrana-Eller-Connolly
Burakovsky-Dowd-BoydDjoos-Carlson
Orlov-Niskanen
Orpik-Jensen— Isabelle Khurshudyan (@ikhurshudyan) March 26, 2019
Looking Ahead
Remaining schedule, March 26 pic.twitter.com/zyZ2OZTyF7
— Micah Blake McCurdy (@IneffectiveMath) March 26, 2019
We’re in the final throes of the season. The Hurricanes will face the Washington Capitals again right after this — then the Washington Capitals will face down the Bolts. Meanwhile, the Canes have dates against the Lightning, Panthers, Habs, and Isles — all playoff teams save one.
Storylines
- The Washington Capitals could clinch a playoff spot tonight.
- The Washington Capitals have put ex-Penguin Carl Hagelin on the second line. Jakub Vrana has been moved to the third line, which has Washington Capitals fans debating the semiotics of the “demotion.” They have also recalled Jonas Siegenthaler from their AHL team, the Hershey Bears.
- Washington Capitals forward Dmitrij Jaskin dressed as a crocodile for his birthday.
- The Washington Capitals visited the White House Monday afternoon.
- Y’all what are the Sens D O I N G???
Dunk Central
Y’all, we are Belibers. No, not that kind of Belieber. Fran Belibi, who only really started playing basketball in high school, won the high school dunk contest at the McDonald’s All American game.
Fran Belibi THREW DOWN in the 1st round of the dunk contest 😤 pic.twitter.com/2oFbFuOgTQ
— espnW (@espnW) March 26, 2019
Stanford commit Fran Belibi takes flight to win the McDonald’s All-American dunk contest 🙌
(via @SportsCenter) pic.twitter.com/T1buR4wrRz
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) March 26, 2019
If we attempted any of those things we would probably break every bone in our bodies. Fun fact: she’s going to Stanford next year and wants to be a doctor. Maybe she could repair all our broken bones after we try some of these?
Full RMNB Coverage of Hurricanes at Capitals
Headline photo: Grant Halverson
