The Carolina Hurricanes will look to redeem themselves in front of their home crowd when they host the Washington Capitals tonight at Lenovo Center. The Champs fell to the visiting Florida Panthers, 1-0, in overtime in their season debut Tuesday and had just 15 shots on goal in the loss but will come out swinging tonight. The Capitals missed the postseason last year with a record of 43-30-9. Alex Ovechkin, who is now 41, sat out all of the preseason with back issues and maybe father time is finally catching up with the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer. This is Washington’s season debut so timing could be an issue unlike Carolina who flushed that out of their system on Tuesday.
TONIGHT’S PICK: CAROLINA HURRICANES