Top 3 key Capitals to watch against Flames

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Hope you enjoyed the Turkey Washington Capitals fans. And I hope you got your Black Friday shopping done because the Caps have an early one today.

Today at 2 p.m. the Capitals will host the Calgary Flames in a blackout game as fans will get a reverse retro T shirt while the team dons those sweet Screaming Eagle jerseys.

The Caps held a practice on Thanksgiving since there’s no morning skate today. Here were the lines via Tarik El-Bashir of The Athletic:

Ovechkin-Strome-Sheary
Milano-Kuznetsov-Oshie
Johansson-Eller-Mantha
NAK/Protas-Dowd-Hathaway
Snively

Gustafsson-Carlson
Fehervary-Jensen
Irwin-TvR
Orlov-Alexeyev

Kuemper
Lindgren

Here were the Caps power play units:

PP1: Ovechkin, Oshie, Carlson, Strome and Johansson

PP2: Kuznetsov, Sheary, Milano, Gustafsson and TvR

T.J. Oshie, Washington Capitals (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images) /

#3 T.J. Oshie

In T.J. Oshie’s return to action after missing 11 games with a lower body injury, the Oshbabe recorded two assists on Wednesday night, helping the Caps to a win over the Philadelphia Flyers.

Oshie also had a team high seven hits and recorded three shots on goal. He’s recorded seven points with two goals and five assists in 10 games this season.

Since the start of the 2020-21 season, the Capitals are 66-29-12 with an .873 point percentage with Oshie in the lineup and 35-12-6 with a .717 point percentage when he records a point.

In games without Oshie since the 2021 COVID shortened season, the Caps are .500 with a record of 22-22-8.

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