Canes look for first win of this road trip tonight
The Carolina Hurricanes (46-27-4) are in our nation’s capital to take on the Washington Capitals (49-19-9) tonight with game time at 7:30 P.M. The game is televised by ESPN+, Hulu, and other related options.
The Canes are riding a three game losing streak, all on the road. They are 5-5-0 in their last 10 games.
All the drama over Ovechkin breaking the record is over, so it will be interesting to see the Caps play without this taking the spotlight. Although, there will be another ceremony for the sniper before the game tonight.
The Caps are on a bit of a bender as well. They lost their last game against the Islanders and they are 5-4-1 in their last 10.
The last time these teams met, there were eight game misconducts handed out as well as 140 plus minutes of penalties.
With the Hurricanes leading 5-1, it doesn’t seem likely that they would be the instigators in the melee late in the game. Regardless, there has been a lot of big talk by the Caps, especially regarding the take down by Jalen Chatfield in his fight with Connor McMichael.
Chatfield was criticized by the Caps and by many in the media for his take down, but Chatfield is not known as a “dirty” player and this was the first fight he had been involved with since 2022.
https://www.hockeyfights.com/players/21800
Recently, Rod Brind’Amour was asked by Ryan Henkel about the controversary and the outspoken coach called the media, “morons”.
“The media’s the one that (made drama out of) it, and they’re morons, typically,” Brind’Amour told reporters. “If you’re going to say what happened at the end was anything more than what I’ve seen a thousand times before, you don’t know what you’re talking about. Go look at the game exactly before.”
I asked Rod Brind’Amour if he felt there would be any carryover into Thursday’s rematch with Washington after all the drama around Jalen Chatfield: “The media was the one who made drama out of it and they’re morons, typically.”
“If you’re going to say what happened at the end…
— Ryan Henkel (@RyanHenkel_) April 7, 2025
Even though there were no injuries on the play, the Caps might be seeking retribution tonight. Tom Wilson, who is not exactly known as a “choir boy”, will be worth following closely.
Frederick Andersen should be in net for Carolina, according to the typical goalie rotation.
The lineups will be announced in the comments later.
Team’s Preview-
https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/preview-april-10-at-washington