November 8 vs Penguins at Capital One ArenaTime: 7:30TV: ESPN+, huluRadio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7Washington Capitals 9-3-0PP% 9.3(32nd) PK% 85.4(8th) Faceoff% 47.5(26th)Pittsburgh Penguins 5-8-2PP% 20.5(14th) PK% 85.7(7th) Faceoff% 53.4(6th)Caps anticipated lines:Protas
21 - Strome
17 - Ovechkin(C)
8McMichael
24 - Dubois
80 - Wilson(A)
43Vrana
13 - Lapierre
29 - Mangiapane
88Duhaime
22 - Dowd
26 - Raddysh
16Fehervary
42 - Carlson(A)
74Sandin
38 - Roy
3Alexeyev
27 - van Riemsdyk
57Lindgren
79Thompson
48 - backup
PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Wilson, McMichael, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, Mangiapane, Lapierre, Dubois, Sandin
scratched:
McIlrath
52Milano
15 - upper body - day to day
IR:
Chychrun
6 - upper body
LTIR:
Backstrom
19 - hip - season
Oshie
77 - lower back - season
Pens anticipated lines:Malkin 71 - Crosby 87 - Rakell 67
O’Connor 10 - Eller 20 - Glass 19
Bunting 8 - Acciari 55 - Puljujarvi 18
Beauvillier 72 - Lizzotte 46 - Puustinen 48
Grzelcyk 24 - Letang 58
Pettersson 28 - Karlsson 65
Graves 27 - Shea 5
Blomqvist 30
Nedeljkovic 39
tonight’s zebras:Wes McCauley 4, Brian Pochmara 16
Libor Suchanek 60, Michael Cormier 76
https://scoutingtherefs.com/2024/11/46215/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-11-8-24/#PITvsWSHhttps://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/the-great-eight-and-quest-for-eight-straightscoring summary1st period:Karlsson from Malkin and Crosby at 3:11
Bunting from Karlsson at 6:59
Sandin(1) from McMichael at 8:22
2nd period:Mangiapane(4) from Vrana and Lapierre at 6:04
3rd period:Malkin from Rust and Letang at 10:28
Acciari ENG unassisted at 19:39
Caps lose 4-2