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Just the facts
Where: Verizon Center - Washington, D.C.
When: 7:30 PM
How to view/listen: NBCSN, 98.5 The Sports Hub
Enemy site: Japers' Rink
Need to know
The B's have gone from teetering on the brink of ninth place to within shouting distance of the suddenly slumping Detroit Red Wings. Their current five-game win streak has also seen them leap (technically) past the Caps and into seventh place. The teams have the same number of points and ROW (regulation + OT wins), but the B's are ahead by virtue of a game in hand.
The Caps have lost two in a row. Alex Ovechkin is still quite good at this sport of hockey. Barry Trotz is the head coach, and has alternated between having the Caps on fire and struggling. Let's hope the struggles continue tonight.
Projected lineups
Ovechkins
Ovechkin - Backstrom - Johansson
Glencross - Kuznetsov - Brouwer
Chimera - Fehr - Ward
Burakovsky - Laich - Wilson
Schmidt - Carlson
Alzner - Niskanen
Gleason - Faux Hawk
Holtby
Peters
Hockey bears
Lucic - Spooner - Pastrnak
Marchand - Bergeron - Smith
Eriksson - Soderberg - Kelly
Talbot - Campbell - Paille
Hamilton - Chara
Seidenberg - Bartkowski
Krug - McQuaid
Rask
Svedberg
Never forget
BENNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!