After taking care of business against the Flyers Friday night, the Caps hit the ice for a matinee against the visiting Coyotes – a team fresh off their own huge win, a victory over the Senators that snapped a 14-game losing streak.
First, some admin stuff:
- Who: Capitals vs. Coyotes
- Where: Capital One Arena
- When: 1:00 p.m.
- How to Watch: Monumental
- How to Listen: 106.7, Capitals Radio 24/7
There was some question about both Rasmus Sandin (injury) and Beck Malenstyn (illness) after yesterday’s practice…sounds like Malenstyn is in and Sandin is a game-time decision, but we’re going to lean towards positivity and hope the latter is able to make it in. Here’s what the lines and pairs should look like, if that ends up being the case:
Ovechkin – Lapierre – Wilson
Pacioretty – Strome – Milano
Protas – McMichael – Mantha
Malenstyn – Sgarbossa – Aubé-Kubel
Sandin – Carlson
Edmundson – Jensen
Alexeyev – van Riemsdyk
Lindgren
Kuemper
Time to introduce the ‘Yotes to a fresh new losing streak. Let’s go, babes.