Don’t look now, but the Washington Capitals are streaking. They’ll be playing to hopefully bring the streak to seven wins tonight when they face off against the Arizona Coyotes. The Capitals will officially welcome back Richard Panik to the lineup after missing ten games due to injury, just in time for him to face off against his former team. Guess you could say we no longer have a cause to panic! I would apologize for the puns, but it’s too easy. We’re all doing them, just get on board.
The puck will be dropping at 7PM and Peter will meet you back here for a recap.
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| Record | 9-6-2 | 13-2-3 |
| Shot Attempt % | 51.7% | 51.4% |
| PDO | 101.1 | 101.6 |
| Power Play | 16.7% (22nd) | 25.0% (6th) |
| Penalty Kill | 78.4% (22nd) | 85.1% (8th) |
Projected Lines
Richard Panik is back after missing ten games. This brings Garnet Hathaway down to the fourth line and we will have Ilya Samsonov in goal. Carl Hagelin remains out with an upper-body injury:
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Oshie
Vrana – Kuznetsov – Wilson
Stephenson – Eller – Panik
Leipsic – Dowd – Hathaway
Kempny – Carlson
Orlov – Gudas
Siegenthaler – Jensen
Samsonov
Connor McDavid
I mean….come on now. This is gross and disrespectful. I will be alerting the proper authorities and I suggest you do the same since this should be illegal.
Connor McDavid my goodness pic.twitter.com/yWRvfGyD7g
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) November 11, 2019
Storylines
- Don Cherry has been fired from Sportsnet.
- John Carlson and Nick Jensen surprised a disabled veteran with a brand new wheelchair. Absolutely a moment that made me proud to be a fan.
- Tiny Caps fans asked for a picture with Alex Ovechkin and guess what? They got it!
- The St. Louis Blues signed Troy Brouwer to professional tryout. Brouwer power, engage!
- If you didn’t see the last game, that’s okay! The Capitals played the Vegas Golden Knights and won. You can check out the morning after numbers to catch everything you missed.
- Kelley O’Hara, welcome to the Capitals fandom. We’re thrilled to have you.
- Sportsnet apologized for Don Cherry. Don Cherry has still not apologized for Don Cherry.
- As mentioned above, Richard Panik is back! So, Tyler Lewington has been put on waivers.
- Evgeny Kuznetsov? Not bad. Actually, good!
- If you buy the Capitals’ two-game holiday pack, you get this insane looking Nicklas Backstrom as an elf bobblehead. Need, not want.
- Breaking news: The Capitals continue to be cute with each other during practice.
- Couldn’t be happier that Chuck Todd got his moment with the World Series trophy.
- Alex Ovechkin had the perfect family day with baby Sergei and wife Nastya!
Veterans Day
Hey gang, Happy Veterans Day! Thanks a bunch to all of you that have served and are currently serving. Listen to John Walton on the NATIONAL broadcast with Pierre McGuire tonight! Go Caps!
Veterans Day here in Washington. We’ll honor our military veterans pregame tonight before Caps/Coyotes, I’ll have the call with Pierre McGuire at 7:00 on @NBCSN pic.twitter.com/dtbryYgNOZ
— John Walton (@WaltonCaps) November 11, 2019
