The Capitals return to the ice tonight, following a five-day break, to take on the Pittsburgh Penguins at Verizon Center. Tonight’s game is NBC’s “Wednesday Night Rivalry” game of the week, so no Joe B. And Locker tonight. Puck drop is 8:07 PM.
Morning Skate
Justin Williams, who was out sick yesterday, returned to practice this morning, so it would appear he is ready to go tonight. Practice lines for this morning’s skate:
Offensive Lines:
Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Oshie
Johansson-Backstrom-Williams
Chimera-Beagle-Wilson
Laich-Stephenson-Burakovsky
Defensive Pairs:
Orpik-Carlson
Alzner-Niskanen
Orlov-Chorney
Braden Holtby was the first goalie off the ice this morning and will be in net tonight. It appears that Michael Latta, Stanislav Galiev, Nate Schmidt are the healthy scratches for tonight’s game.
Kuzy enjoying this morning’s skate.
News and Notes
As per Isabelle Khurshudyan, “Trotz said Schmidt is learning to play right side (since Orlov’s now on left), so probably explains some of why we’ve seen lots of Chorney”.
As per Katie Brown, Alex Ovechkin was asked by CSN’s Chuck Gormley “who’s better between him and Crosby. Didn’t love it. “Are you kidding me right now?” he shot back.
As per Mike Vogel, Former Washington Capital Eric Fehr is not expected to play, still recovering from offseason surgery. Believe he is making trip with team, though.
For more pictures from morning skate, check out the NoVa Caps Instagram at @NoVa_Caps.
A foggy morning at Kettler.
The Washington Capitals and Innova Health will be holding the next Capitals blood drive on Saturday, November 14th, at Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Arlington. All donoors will receive an Evgeny Kuznetsov bobblehead. You can sign up right here:
A reminder, even if you are not attending the game on Wednesday night, you can still bid on the auction items on-line, beginning at noon on Wednesday.More information and the bidding site is here:
Ticket Trends
At 11:00 AM. this morning, approximately 364 tickets remained on Stubhub for tonight’s night’s game against the Penguins. Current prices range from $50 for upper level seats to $475 for VIP glass seats in section 112 (Row A).
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