Washington Capitals
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9 hours agoFriday Caps Clips: Break It Down Now Y'all
Ovechkin is undecided about retirement, while Leonard will represent Team USA at the IIHF World Championships.
Pierre-Luc Dubois will play for the first time since October after core surgery. Logan Thompson is also back after missing the last four due to an upper-body injury. He'll start in goal and oppose the Predators' Justus Annunen on the other side. Puck drop for today's game is scheduled for a little after 7:00 pm. Today's game is on Monumental Sports Network. Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin have the call.
Previews of the final game of the road trip from hell from Vogs and AP. Y'all...this trip is brutal. Leftovers from that loss in Seattle, if you can stomach 'em. [WaPo, RMNB] Need some good news? The Caps' Pride Night auction raised over $30K for the Wanda Alston Foundation, plus another $5K from Giant and over $10K from the evening's 50-50 raffle. [Caps]
Jacob Chychrun has looked even better than he did last year when he signed his $9M extension. Well, Chychrun hasn't regressed at all, already surpassing his goals and points totals from last year; and he looks more comfortable defensively this season. Any fears people had that the Caps were buying high on an unproven player should be allayed by now.