The Washington Capitals are back in action tonight against the Boston Bruins. For the Bruins, it’s their lone visit to the District. Last season the Caps dropped two out of three against them with their lone win coming in the series finale.
Before we take a look at how the Caps can beat the Bruins, let’s take a look at the lines form morning skate today via Samantha Pell of The Washington Post:
Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Brown
Protas-Strome-Mantha
Johansson-Eller-Oshie
Sheary-Dowd-Hathaway
Fehervary-Carlson
Orlov-Jensen
Gustafsson-TvR
Kuemper
Lindgren
Extras: Snively, McMichael, Irwin
Here’s how the Caps can start the season off on the right foot and get a win tonight.
#3 No sling shots on the power play
We’ve all seen it. We’ve all hated it. We’ve all rolled our eyes when the Caps had a power play last season because of it. The Caps need to eliminate the sling shot on the power play and stop trying to look cute with the fancy passes that nine times out of 10 get broken up.
Here’s what the two power play units should look like tonight via Daily Face-off:
1st unit: T.J. Oshie, Dylan Strome, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Alex Ovechkin, John Carlson
2nd unit: Connor Brown, Marcus Johansson, Anthony Mantha, Dmitry Orlov, Erik Gustafsson