After a week of covidian delays, the Caps are back in action, climbing to Pennsylvania to face Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins
Now that football is over forever, the game is in the middle of the afternoon, starting at 3pm. Someone has a duty to recap, but we still don’t know who. That usually means Ian.
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| Record | 6-5-1 | 6-3-3 |
| % Attempted shot | 52.5% | 48.0% |
| RFQ | 98.4 | 101.8 |
| Power Play | 13.5% | 37.0% |
| Death penalty | 70.3% | 81.4% |
Projected Lines
Caps are basically healthy again. From Saturday training:
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
Vrana – Kuznetsov – Oshie
Panik – Eller – Sheary
Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
Dillon – Carlson
Chara – Schultz
Orlov – Jensen
Vanecek
The station
| WSH | 1 | two | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 🌮 | 🚽 | 3/3 | 3/5 | 4/8 | 4/10 | 4/18 | 4/20 |
| NJD | 2/27 | 3/1 | 3/7 | 3/9 | 3/25 | 3/26 | 4/2 | 4/4 |
| PHI | 🚽 | 😷 | 03/11 | 3/13 | 4/17 | 4/27 | 5/7 | 5/8 |
| NYI | 🌮 | 🌮 | 3/15 | 3/16 | 4/1 | 4/6 | 4/22 | 4/24 |
| COVA | 🤷 | 🤷 | 2/14 | 2/16 | 2/23 | 2/25 | 4/29 | 5/1 |
| NYR | 🚽 | 2/20 | 2/21 | 3/19 | 3/28 | 3/30 | 5/3 | 5/5 |
| BUF | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🌮 | 🤷 | 😷 | 😷 | 4/13 | 4/15 |
Legend: 🌮 = victory; 🚽 = loss; 🤷 = OTL; 😷 = postponed
Storylines
What a difference one week makes
The last time Caps played; many pieces were missing. Since then:
- Vrana is off the COVID list
- Kuznetsov is out of the COVID list
- Samsonov is off the COVID list
- Oshie is playing after an upper body injury
- Schultz is playing after an upper body injury
- Sheary playing after an injury to the lower body
RMNB cap coverage on penguins
Screenshot courtesy of NBC Sports