Happy late-night hockey, Caps fans! The Washington Capitals are on Canada’s west coast tonight facing Bruce Boudreau and his Vancouver Canucks. These two teams last saw each other in mid-January, and that game ended in a 4-2 Canucks win in Washington.
The Capitals looked like this in warmups:
Tonight sees Vitek Vanecek facing off against Thatcher Demko in net, with Ilya Samsonov and some guy named Jaroslav Halak sitting back-up. Vanecek has won his last three decisions, and Demko his last six. Only one of them can extend their streak tonight, so buckle up.