December 23 vs Jets at Capital One Arena Time: 7:00TV: NBCSWRadio: 106.7 FM Washington Capitals 18-13-4 PP% 21.6(19th) PK% 80.4(80.4(11th) Faceoff% 48.5(21st) Winnipeg Jets 21-11-1 PP% 23.5(11th) PK% 81.1(7th) Faceoff% 46.9(26th) Caps anticipated lines: Ovechkin(C) 8 - Strome 17 - Sheary 73
Milano 15 - Kuznetsov 92 - Mantha 39
Johansson 90 - Eller 20 - Aubé-Kubel 96
Protas 59 - Dowd 26 - Hathaway 21
Gustafsson 56 - Carlson(A) 74
Orlov 9 - Jensen 3
Irwin 52 - van Riemsdyk 57
Lindgren 79
PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Kuznetsov, Johansson, Carlson
PP2: Milano, Sheary, Mantha, Orlov, Gustafsson
scratched:
Kuemper 35 - backup
Alexeyev 27
Snively 91
IR/LTIR:
Backstrom 19 - hip
Brown 28 - knee
Fehervary 42 - upper body
Wilson 43 - knee
Malenstyn 47 - hand
Hagelin 62 - hip
Oshie 77 - upper body
Jets anticipated lines: Barron 36 - Scheifele(A) 55 - Kuhlman 20
Connor 81 - Dubois 80 - Gagner 89
Eyssimont 23 - Lowry(A) 17 - Harkins 12
Gustafsson 19 - Stenlund 28 - Johnson-Fjallby 71
Morrissey(A) 44 - DeMelo 2
Dillon 5 - Pionk 4
Heinola 14 - Capobianco 77
Rittich 33
Hellebuyck 37 - backup
tonight’s zebras: Francis Charron 6, Kelly Sutherland 11
Libor Suchanek 60, Jonathan Deschamps 80
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-host-jets/c-339136426scoring summary 1st period: Ovechkin(21) from Strome(19) and Sheary(10) at 18:22
2nd period: Milano(5) from Sheary(11) and Ovechkin(19) at 12:46
3rd period: Dowd(8 from Hathaway(5) and Gustafsson(13) at 3:49
Stenlund from Kuhlman and Johnson-Fjallby at 9:59
Ovechkin(22) from Kuznetsov(23) at 19:00
Caps win 4-1