Capitals v. Penguins Recap: Caps Can’t Shake Off the Rust in a 6-3 Loss to the Penguins

After the Caps had an unexpected week off, they iced their A lineup today against the Penguins:

Capitals lines vs Penguins:

Ovechkin-Backstrom-Wilson
Vrana-Kuznetsov-Oshie
Sheary-Eller-Panik
Hagelin-Dowd-Hathaway

Dillon-Carlson
Chara-Schultz
Orlov-Jensen

Vanecek— Samantha Pell (@SamanthaJPell) February 14, 2021

Would this A lineup lead to success? The first period was a bit of a downer, as the Caps found themselves trailing 2-1 despite a fairly even period at 5v5. The two teams traded 2 goals each in the second, and the Caps went into the third trailing 4-3.

Here’s Sunday afternoon’s Plus/Minus:

Plus: Although the Caps looked out of sync, it was nice to see their full lineup in the game, and they made it through without any major injuries.