December 11 vs Jets at Canada Life CentreTime: 7:00TV: NBCSWRadio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7Washington Capitals 13-12-4 PP% 21.4(21st) PK% 80.7(8th) Faceoff% 48.6(22nd) Winnipeg Jets 18-7-1 PP% 23.5(13th) PK% 84.5(4th) Faceoff% 47.5(26th) Caps anticipated lines: Ovechkin(C) 8 - Strome 17 - Sheary 73
Milano 15 - Kuznetsov 92 - Oshie(A) 77
Johansson 90 - Eller 20 - Mantha 39
Protas 59 - Dowd 26 - Hathaway 21
Orlov 9 - Carlson(A) 74
van Riemsdyk 57 - Jensen 3
Johansen 46 - Irwin 52
Lindgren 79
PP1: Ovechkin, Oshie, Kuznetsov, Strome, Carlson
PP2: Sheary, Milano, Johansson, van Riemsdyk,
scratched:
Shepard 31 - backup
Snively 91
Aubé-Kubel 96
Gustafsson 56 - upper body?
IR/LTIR:
Backstrom 19 - hip
Alexeyev 27 - concussion?
Brown 28 - knee
Kuemper 35 - upper body
Fehervary 42 - upper body
Wilson 43 - knee
Malenstyn 47 - hand
Hagelin 62 - hip
Jets anticipated lines: Perfetti 91 - Scheifele(A) 55 - Wheeler 26
Connor 81 - Dubois 80 - Eyssimont 23
Barron 36 - Lowry(A) 17 - Harkins 12
Johnson-Fjallby 71 - Gustafsson 19 - Gagner 89
Morrissey(A) 44 - DeMelo 2
Dillon 5 - Pionk 4
Samberg 54 - Schmidt 88
Hellebuyck 37
Rittich 33 - backup
tonight’s zebras: Chris Lee 28, Kendrick Nicholson 30
Brad Kovachik 71, Bryan Pancich 94
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-head-west-again-to-face-jets/c-338630286scoring summary 1st period: no goals
2nd period: van Riemsdyk(2) from Dowd(5) and Jensen(11) at 3:25
Kuznetsov(4) PPG from Carlson(10) and Sheary(7) at 8:21
Johansson(7) SHG penalty shot at 9:55
Eller(6) from Mantha(9) and Orlov(6) at 15:24
3rd period: Lowry from Morrissey and Barron at :35
Dubois from Connor and Eyssimont at 3:29
Ovechkin(17) ENG from Orlov(7) at 17:47
Caps win 5-2