Craig Anderson and Aaron Dell starting in their first games since last March. New Jersey’s Travis Zajac playing in his 1,000th NHL game. A 2:30 puck drop for a 2pm game. Let’s go, boys and girls and babes.
Yes, you read all of that right, there’s a lot to unpack before this afternoon’s game. For starters, until yesterday afternoon this game was scheduled for 7pm. However, the Lake Tahoe outdoor games had to be shuffled around because the NHL forgot to account for the sun, and the Caps-Devils tilt got pushed to the 2pm prime time slot on NBC so the Bruins and Flyers could play later in the day.