Washington -- Easter Sunday is a day the Washington Capitals can count themselves lucky. They get to host a banged-up Florida Panthers squad who would probably rather stay at home in sunny Florida and lick their wounds.
But the schedule must go on and the Southern Cats have made the trip to DC minus three starters. It could not come at a better time for the Capitals as they are making a huge late push for a playoff spot and they need every point.
In what could be a preview of a round one playoff series, Florida meets Washington coming off a 6-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. A result which also helped the very "lucky" Capitals as the Bolts are one point behind Washington in the playoff chase.
The Capitals enter the game off a 2-1 loss to the Champion Vancouver Canucks.
For the Panthers, Ed Jovanovski, Branislav Mezei and Marc Savard will all miss the game do to injury. Savard (broken nose) and Jovanovski (bruised heel) are in the worst shape and will miss 2-3 games. Look for waiver claim Karlis Skrastins to make his first appearence in a Panther uniform.
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