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ArJunaZ:
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  Game 16:  17-7-5-3 (PTS-W-L-OT)
  Sunday November 11, 2018   Arizona Coyotes @ Washington Capitals
  Place:  Capital One Arena
  Time: 5:00 p.m. ET
  TV: NBCSWA, FS-A
  Radio: 106.7 The Fan, Capitals Radio 24/7
  NHL.COM for Live Box Score
  Last Game: Fri November 9, Capitals Lost 2-1 against Blue Jackets
  Next Game: Tue November 13, 8:00pm ET Capitals @ Wild


        8-Ovechkin           19-Bäckström          77-Oshie
      18-Stephenson        92-Kuznetsov          13-Vrana
      10-Connolly            20-Eller                    25-Smith-Pelly
      65-Burakovsky       26-Dowd                   72-Boyd                   

                  9-Orlov                           74-Carlson
                  6-Kempny                        2-Niskanen
                 29-Djoos                          22-Bowey

                                70-Holtby  (starter)
                                  1-Copley

                            -- SCRATCH --
                                23-Jaskin
                                55-Ness
                                34-Siegenthaler
                             
                            -- INJURED RESERVE --
                                44-Orpik [lower-body injury]
                                 
                            -- SUSPENDED --
                               43-Wilson (4 games left??)

                     -- 1st Powerplay Unit --
    77-Oshie            19-Bäckström           92-Kuznetsov
                  8-Ovechkin            74-Carlson
               
                     -- 2nd Powerplay Unit --
   13-Vrana          10-Connolly               20-Eller
                  2-Niskanen              9-Orlov


  Referees:   Tim Peel (#20),    TJ Luxmore (#21)
  Linesmen:   Derek Amell (#75),    Matt MacPherson (#83)






1st Period
16:56  Coyotes PP GOAL Hinostroza, assists Strome & Panik   1-0 ARI

2nd Period
11:57   Coyotes GOAL Panik, unassisted   2-0 ARI
12:41  GOAL 19-Bäckström, assists 8-Ovechkin & 22-Bowey   2-1 ARI
14:38   Coyotes PP GOAL Galchenyuk, assists Perlini & Ekman-Larsson   3-1 ARI

3rd Period
18:28   Coyotes GOAL Stepan, assists Galchenyuk & Keller   4-1 ARI

FINAL:    4-1 ARI






By Isabelle Khurshudyan November 11 at 9:31 AM

Capitals mailbag: When will Tom Wilson’s suspension appeal be resolved?


Expect a decision next week on Tom Wilson's suspension appeal to a neutral arbitrator. He was suspended 20 games on Oct. 3 for an illegal check to the head. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)


Through 15 games, the Capitals are 7-5-3, and while they’ve been playing better of late, Coach Todd Reirden said he would describe the start to the season as “inconsistent.” In this edition of the mailbag, readers ask when there will be a resolution to forward Tom Wilson’s appeal of his 20-game suspension for an illegal check to the head and where he’ll plug into the lineup when he is eligible again. We also examine the team’s play as it approaches the end of the first quarter of the season, when we might see a Alex Ovechkin-Nicklas Backstrom-T.J. Oshie line again and defenseman Dmitry Orlov’s start to the season.

Wilson was suspended 20 games by the NHL Department of Player Safety on Oct. 3, so his appeal has now dragged on for nearly six weeks, understandably frustrating Capitals fans. After NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman upheld the suspension on Oct. 25, Wilson had a second appeal hearing with neutral arbitrator Shyam Das on Oct. 31, so a decision is expected sometime this week. It took Das 15 days to reduce the suspension to Nashville forward Austin Watson, so it’s not taking unusually long. Perhaps unfairly to players, the process is designed to take a long time; when Dennis Wideman got his suspension for abuse of an official reduced from 20 games to 10, he had already sat out for 18 games. Wilson will miss his 16th game on Monday, and the 21st game of the season will be on Nov. 21 against Chicago.

I expect him to play as soon as he’s able, and considering the Capitals have struggled to fill his first-line right wing role in his absence, I would think he’ll plug right into the top six. He’s more than behind in game action, but unlike players who miss time with an injury, Wilson has been able to skate and train during these six weeks. It might take him a couple games to be as sharp as some of his teammates, but he hasn’t missed this much playing time in four years. He’ll be shot out of a cannon for that first game back, and depending on the lineup configurations at the time, I could see him immediately returning to his place opposite Ovechkin.

Washington has tried five different wingers with Ovechkin and center Evgeny Kuznetsov, and that top line has either been too defensively vulnerable, or it’s struggled to produce at even strength. It’s possible Ovechkin and Kuznetsov will be split by the time Wilson’s suspension is over, but he’s also had success complementing Ovechkin and Backstrom.



Read more on the Capitals:

Capitals’ John Carlson returns to practice, could play vs. Coyotes
Playing with Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov should be easy, right? It’s not. Here’s why.
‘No room for hate’: Caps’ raffle winner donates $19,000 jackpot to Pittsburgh Jewish community

alta:
I'm surprised Siegenthaler is scratched. He looked good Friday night

ArJunaZ:
Key words "Tentative Lineup".

Carlson is a game time decision.
Top line is 8-19-77
2nd is 18-92-13
Holtby starting

Rest is tentative.

Maacoshark:

--- Quote from: alta on Sunday November 11, 2018, 02:00:02 PM Eastern ---I'm surprised Siegenthaler is scratched. He looked good Friday night

--- End quote ---
    I guess they could have scratched Djoos.

DC_1908:
Under Dan Snyder’s leadership, the Skins are 27 games under .500


But are now first in the NFC East

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