December 17 vs Maple Leafs at Capital One Arena Time: 7:00TV: NBCSWRadio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7Washington Capitals 15-13-4 PP% 22.2(17th) PK% 80.2(12th) Faceoff% 48.7(22nd) Toronto Maple Leafs 19-6-6 PP% 23.8(11th) PK% 79.2(16th) Faceoff% 52.7(8th) Caps anticipated lines: Ovechkin(C) 8 - Strome 17 - Sheary 73
Johansson 90 - Protas 59 - Oshie(A) 77
Milano 15 - Kuznetsov 92 - Mantha 39
Aubé-Kubel 96 - Eller 20 - Hathaway 21
Gustafsson 56 - Carlson(A) 74
Orlov 9 - Jensen 3
Irwin 52 - van Riemsdyk 57
Lindgren 79
PP1: Ovechkin, Oshie, Strome, Kuznetsov, Carlson
PP2: Sheary, Milano, Johansson, Orlov, Gustafsson
scratched:
Fucale 60 - backup
Snively 91
Johansen 46
Dowd 26 - lower body - day to day
Shepard 31 - upper body - day to day
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
Leafs anticipated lines: Bunting 58 - Matthews 34 - Nylander 88
Malgin 62 - Tavares 91 - Marner 16
Kerfoot 15 - Kampf 64 - Engvall 47
Aston-Reese 12 - Holmberg 29 - Anderson 28
Giordano 55 - Holl 3
Sandin 38 - Liljegren 37
Brodie 78 - Timmins 25
Samsonov 35
Murray 30 - backup
tonight’s zebras: Chris Schlenker 3, Justin St Pierre 12
Ben O’Quinn 91, Jonny Murray 95
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-take-on-leafs/c-338870370scoring summary 1st period: Gustafsson(1) from Milano(9) and Carlson(12) at 11:12
Nylander from Matthews and Kerfoot at 13:12
van Riemsdyk(4) from Mantha(11) and Milano(10) at 14:48
2nd period: Gustafsson(2) from Kuznetsov(20) and Milano(11) at 2:51
Matthews from Timmins and Brodie at 6:25
3rd period: Hathaway(3) from Jensen(12) at :10
Gustafsson(3) from Kuznetsov(21) and Protas(4) at 3:47
Caps win 5-2