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The Washington Capitals returned to Kettler Capitals Iceplex this morning, following a day off on Sunday, to commence preparations for the Colorado Avalanche. The Caps will host the Avalanche Tuesday night at Verizon Center. Puck-drop is 7:00PM.
MORNING SKATE
As expected, the team worked on the power play this morning, after going scoreless in the first two games (0-8). The Capitals have gone seven straight regular season games without a power play goal (0-for-20), dating back to last season.
#Caps working on power play, which is 0-for-8 with 9 shots on net in 15:04 through two games. Personnel was the same. #CapitalsTalk
— Tarik El-Bashir (@TarikCSN) October 17, 2016
The morning practice lines, as per the Washington Post:
Lines:
8-92-77
90-19-65
82-20-14
26-83-43
Connolly rotating into third line.— Isabelle Khurshudyan (@ikhurshudyan) October 17, 2016
Coach Trotz met with the media following this mornings practice. He stated he is looking to get Brett Connolly and backup goaltender Philipp Grubauer into a game in the near future, possibly tomorrow.
As we mentioned earlier, Trotz is indeed considering inserting Connolly into the lineup vs. Avalanche. Grubauer, too. #CapitalsTalk
— Tarik El-Bashir (@TarikCSN) October 17, 2016
Trotz said he wants to get establish roles in the first 10 games. So doesn’t want guys to sit for too long.
— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) October 17, 2016
Trotz said that ideally, Holtby would play three games, then Grubauer would get one. Circumstances could prevent that. Trotz on the struggles of the first line:
Trotz on Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Oshie line struggles: “They’re on the dance floor. They’ve just got to dance to the same song.”
— Isabelle Khurshudyan (@ikhurshudyan) October 17, 2016
The Capitals schedule for the week can be found right here:
CAPITALS STORY LINKS
Capitals to Honor Holtby With Pre-Game Ceremony Before Tuesday Nights Game (Caps)
Evgeny Kuznetsov on Baked Patatoes, Family Feud and Meeting Alex Ovechkin (WaPo)
Coach Barry Trotz Wants the Caps to Improve three-on-three Play This Season (WaPo)
Jason Chimera Thanks ‘First Class’ ‘ Knowledgeable’ Caps Fans (CSN)
Be sure to catch “Caps Talk” every weekday from 4-6PM on Caps Radio right here:
SCENES FROM KETTLER
Back to work:
Heading out for practice session #2 pic.twitter.com/OrUpFbPeHX
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 17, 2016
Nicklas Backstrom led the team in final stretches before the end of practice.
Nicky leads today’s stretch as @MedStarHealth practice wraps up. #CapsAvs tomorrow pic.twitter.com/obcfv28TEh
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 17, 2016
THIS DATE IN CAPITALS HISTORY
Thanks for reading. Here’s the NY Times coverage of the #Caps first franchise win. pic.twitter.com/rBrb7983RZ
— Jen (@NHLhistorygirl) October 17, 2016
CAPITALS IN THE COMMUNITY
The Hershey Bears held a team building exercise yesterday.
Team building 🐻🏒#hbhpic.twitter.com/NhS2DhhSlP
— Hershey Bears (@TheHersheyBears) October 17, 2016
Alex Ovechkin shared a brief video from his gathering he held at his house on Sunday:
John Carlson, Brooks Orpik, Nicklas Backstrom, Taylor Chorney and their families visited Cox Farms in Chantilly, Virginia yesterday.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BLosn8_Du3O/?taken-by=gnacarlson&hl=en
And last but not least, some important news regarding Slapshot
The corrupt media is pushing completely false allegations and outright lies about my offseason! #rigged Thank goodness #hockeyisback! pic.twitter.com/11h2cpDgYQ
— Slapshot (@Caps_Slapshot) October 17, 2016
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