The Capitals are back in action Friday night for game two of their two-game set against the Boston Bruins. Puck drop is set for just after 7:00 PM. The team held their game day morning skate Friday morning at Warrior Ice Arena in Boston. Here’s the latest from Bean Town:
The Washington Capitals face the Boston Bruins tonight for the fourth time this season (2-1-0).
MORNING SKATE
Lines
Capitals lines at AM skate:
Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Sheary
Vrana-Backstrom-Wilson
Panik-Eller-Oshie
Hagelin-Dowd-HathawayDillon-Carlson
Orlov-Schultz
Chara-JensenVanecek
Samsonov— Samantha Pell (@SamanthaJPell) March 5, 2021
Vitek Vanecek will start in goal for the Capitals tonight.
Laviolette: Vitek Vanecek will start in goal for the Capitals tonight. #ALLCAPS
— NoVa Caps (@NoVa_Caps) March 5, 2021
Head coach Peter Laviolette was asked about using Jakub Vrana first in the shootout recently.
Laviolette: re: Vrana going first in shootout: “There’s a lot that goes into it… V’s been number one on my card for a long time”#ALLCAPS
— NoVa Caps (@NoVa_Caps) March 5, 2021
Tom Wilson was asked if he thought the Bruins were targeting Capitals players in the previous game.
Tom Wilson: re: Bruins possibly targeting a few Capitals players: “I don’t know what you’re talking about” 🙂#ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/f0OORumg5z
— NoVa Caps (@NoVa_Caps) March 5, 2021
After that, Tom did respond:
Capitals F Tom Wilson on if the Bruins/Trent Frederic were targeting the Caps top players/Alex Ovechkin and trying to get him off his game Wednesday:
(Smiling) “I don’t know what you are talking about.”
Actually, he did: pic.twitter.com/deGn1HBufb
— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) March 5, 2021
Daily Twitter poll:
Daily ask: The NHL expansion draft for Seattle is set for July (list submitted 7/17, draft on 7/21). IF the draft was tomorrow, which goaltender would you protect? #ALLCAPS
— NoVa Caps (@NoVa_Caps) March 5, 2021
MEDIA AVAILABILITY
Tom Wilson
Justin Schultz
Peter Laviolette
SHAVINGS
- Nicklas Backstrom leads the Capitals in points against the Bruins this season (1g, 2a), while Alex Ovechkin (1g, 1a), John Carlson (1g, 1a), Richard Panik (1g, 1a) and Jakub Vrana (2a) have all recorded two points.
- The Capitals have won nine of their last 11 road games against Boston (9-2-0), dating back to March 6, 2014.
- The Capitals allowed a season-low 19 shots against the Bruins on Wednesday and improved to 9-2-1 in games where they allow fewer than 30 shots per game.
- Since Feb. 16 and during the past nine games, the Capitals are allowing an NHL-low 25.4 shots per game and have recorded a 51.3 shot attempt percentage at five-on-five, improving from 47.7 percent from the season opener to Feb. 14.
By Jon Sorensen
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