It’d be nice if the Capitals would win a hockey game. Oh, look. There’s a hockey game tonight. The Carolina Hurricanes, eh? They’re pretty bad; maybe the Caps can beat them.
We shall see at 7 PM on CSN-DC. This begins a 3-game road trip that could be impactful on the team’s playoff chances.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| Washington Capitals | 10-10-4 | 52.2% | 98.4 | 28.4% | 74.7% |
| Carolina Hurricanes | 8-13-3 | 51.5% | 97.5 | 21.5% | 83.3% |
Projected Lineup
Same old, same old, according to Alex Prewitt, except with Latta in for Burakovsky.
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
Johansson – Kuznetsov – Brouwer
Laich– Fehr – Ward
Chimera– Latta – Beagle
Orpik – Carlson
Alzner – Niskanen
Schmidt – Hillen
Holtby
Don’t put too much stock in those lines though…
Trotz hinted at some bottom six tweaks but wouldn't say exactly what. Reiterated no Green, wants to get 87/46 in soon.
— Alex Prewitt (@alex_prewitt) December 4, 2014
Best Thing on the Internet Today
The unfollow button. This actually is the best thing on the Internet everyday. Block button ain’t bad either.
Storylines
- Barry Trotz on the state of the union: “Am I happy where we are? No, not at all. I think we’re better than we’ve shown, but we’re not as good as we think we are.” Yup.
- The PK stinks lately.
- Mike Green’s injury stinks.
- Mike Green’s usage stinks. Probably.
- Russian dudes talking about Ovi bailing on the NHL stink.
- Slow starts stink.
- Ryan Suter has the mumps. That stinks.
- Carolina’s Alex Semin is delicious tradebait, but he ain’t coming to Washington, which stinks. (subscription)
- Media stuff.
- Denver writer Adrian Dater, whose behavior stinks, has been fired.
- Stats writer/local maven Jen LC has resigned from her position at Puck Daddy.
- Your boy Dan Steinberg is your new WaPo sports columnist. Oh, I’m gonna be such a jerk to him.
What You’re Missing on TV Tonight
Allison Williams plays the titular whatever-he-is in this thing that will be on TV, Peter Pan Live, and I have no idea. I didn’t watch the Sound of Music thing either. Williams has vocal fry. Umm. Walken? 8 PM on NBC. Maybe don’t watch it unless the game is going very very poorly. And I say that as a musical theater fan.
Full RMNB Coverage of Caps at Canes
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