Washington Capitals: Top 3 games you need to watch in November

#2 Nov. 4 at Florida Panthers

This is a big test and it’s coming tomorrow. The Panthers were undefeated but they dropped their most recent game in overtime to the Boston Bruins. Like the Caps before Monday, the Panthers are undefeated in regulation.

That contest came in a shootout where all three of their skaters came up empty and Charlie Coyle provided the necessary goal to give Boston the win. Jonathan Huberdeau leads the team with 11 points and eight assists to go along with three goals. Alksander Barkov leads the team with five goals and added five assists for 10 points.

Former Capital Radko Gudas is among the defensemen. He’s got two assists thus far but don’t expect a revenge game from him because he is day to day and not expected to play.

Good news on the Caps side of things. They held a practice today at the Panthers practice facility and Nic Dowd was a full participant. He told the media that he expects to play. He was back in his familiar spot on the fourth line. Expect a roster move to come soon.

Having Dowd back will help the face offs and the penalty kill tremendously. We’ll see who gets sent down to Hershey. I’m mixed with Hendrix Lapierre but if he gets healthy ice time, I’d love to have him around if I were the team.