The Capitals have hit the road and are in Colorado to face off against the Avalanche. The Capitals will be without Evgeny Kuznetsov due to injury and the Avalanche will be without Nazem Kadri who is out indefinitely with a lower-body injury.
The game is going to be a national broadcast because people want to see Alex Ovechkin get to 700 goals. I keep having this theory that he will hit it the moment we all stop talking about it. The pressure is too much, probably not for him but mainly for me.
Puck drop is at 9:30 PM, please hang out with us.
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| Record | 33-16-6 | 36-15-5 |
| Shot Attempt % | 52.9% | 52.3% |
| PDO | 102.9 | 100.5 |
| Power Play | 19.4% (16th) | 20.3% (14th) |
| Penalty Kill | 79.2% (19th) | 84.2% (2nd) |
Projected Lines
As mentioned above, Kuzy is out for this game with an injury. The good news is that he did take the ice this morning and it looks like things are getting better! Braden Holtby will be in net. Thanks as usual to Samantha Pell at the Washington Post for providing the lines:
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
Vrana – Eller – Oshie
Hagelin – Boyd – Panik
Leipsic – Dowd – Hathaway
Kempny – Carlson
Orlov – Jensen
Siegenthaler – Gudas
Holtby
‘I’m Sorry?’
The Houston Astros are really bad at apologizing. Here is your reminder that when the moment comes for you to apologize, just do it. Own up.
“Our opinion is that this didn’t impact the game.” – Jim Crane
“I didn’t say it didn’t impact the game.” – Jim Crane 55 seconds later pic.twitter.com/MnpPeeTUPL
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) February 13, 2020
Storylines
- Captain is getting big and it’s kinda scaring me. Time is a flat circle.
- Tonight is game number 888 in this NHL season. Do whatever you need to do with that information.
- TJ Oshie: good guy.
- If you open a box of Ovi O’s you might get a random Valentine from Alex Ovechkin!
- Can everyone just leave Alex Ovechkin alone about scoring number 700?
- A great update on Jay Bouwmeester, he’s apparently doing ‘very well’.
- Jeremy Roenick is not returning to NBC Sports after making inappropriate comments about his coworkers.
- Andre Burakovsky got to hang out with the boys while they’re in town :….)
Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you! I hope you get to eat a bunch of chocolate, have a nice dinner, or do whatever you want. I will personally be going away for the long weekend with pals, but if you’re celebrating with some candy, I wanted to kick off the holiday with a little chaos. We’re talking about the Worst Valentine’s Day candy you can buy:
- Am I in the minority here? Probably, but we need to have a conversation about that Reese’s PB Heart. For me, it’s the proportions. If I wanted a gob of peanut butter, I would’ve just gotten a spoonful out of the jar I own.
- Generic heart boxes. I always only eat 25% of the heart because I don’t want a chocolate with coconut or some almond surprise garbage. A nice chocolate bar is better.
- Conversation hearts. You knew this was coming.
- Hear me out, chocolate covered strawberries. I like chocolate and strawberries. It’s down to the proportions again and they just never satisfy something for me, I’m SORRY.
- Anything “hot” or cinnamon favored. I won’t be commenting further on this, it’s not a good flavor.
