The Washington Capitals have headed to New Jersey to play their final two games against the Devils. The game that took place last night against the Islanders was an April Fools joke. I’m not going to hear any other opinions on the matter.
Puck will be dropping at 7 PM and Peter will have your recap.
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| Record | 13-16-5 | 23-9-4 |
| Shot Attempt % | 51.0% | 50.0% |
| PDO | 99.5 | 102.5 |
| Power Play | 13.1% | 24.7% |
| Penalty Kill | 72.7% | 81.7% |
Projected Lines
The lines below are from the previous game, we will know more closer to game time. Thinking we probably won’t see Samsonov in goal, he might need a rest especially after the hit in the head he took:
Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Oshie
Sheary – Backstrom – Wilson
Vrana – Eller – Sprong
Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
Dillon – Carlson
Orlov – Schultz
Chara – Jensen
Vanecek
The Season
| WSH | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 🌮 | 🚽 | 🌮 | 🚽 | 4/8 | 4/11 | 4/18 | 5/11 |
| NJD | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 4/2 | 4/4 |
| PHI | 🚽 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 4/13 | 4/17 | 5/7 | 5/8 |
| NYI | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🚽 | 4/6 | 4/22 | 4/24 | 4/27 |
| PIT | 🤷 | 🤷 | 🚽 | 🌮 | 🤷 | 🌮 | 4/29 | 5/1 |
| NYR | 🚽 | 🚽 | 🌮 | 🚽 | 🌮 | 🚽 | 5/3 | 5/5 |
| BUF | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🤷 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 4/9 | 4/15 |
Legend: 🌮 = win; 🚽 = loss; 🤷 = OTL
Close one
I haven’t stopped thinking about this save. Reminds me of another very good save that also took place against the Vegas Golden Knights…
sheeeeeesh pic.twitter.com/AgTrj9D0uL
— Dimitri Filipovic (@DimFilipovic) April 2, 2021
Storylines
- Brandon Dubinsky: Captain of Team Ovechkin.
- *tips hat* ah, yes, a gentlemanly fight between Zdeno Chara and Matt Martin.
- Check out the morning after numbers for the game last night that definitely didn’t happen. Sort of. Ugh.
- Finally! McNuggets for all! Thank you, John Carlson!
- Congratulations to the Buffalo Sabres on, uh, winning a game?
- The Nationals had to postpone their opening day game due to COVID. Please continue to wear your mask and be careful!
- We have the Q2 results from the happiness survey. How happy are YOU with the current Washington Capitals roster?
- Thatcher Demko signed a huge extension with the Canucks and I think Thatcher should consider venmo-ing me some money.
BOINK
Mario death sound💀💀💀 @realtms5 pic.twitter.com/TtJEATWiIp
— Up-Close Avs 👁👄👁 (@theavsabs) April 1, 2021
RMNB Coverage of Caps at Devils
Headline image: Elizabeth Kong/RMNB
