December 31 vs Canadiens at Capital One Arena Time: 4:00 TV: NBCSW Radio: 106.7 FM Washington Capitals 20-13-5 PP% 21(20th) PK% 81.8(7th) Faceoff% 48.8(21st) Montreal Canadiens 15-18-3 PP% 14.9(32nd) PK% 75.4(22nd) Faceoff% 50.2(13th) Caps anticipated lines: Ovechkin(C) 8 - Kuznetsov 92 - Sheary 73
Milano 15 - Strome 17 - Mantha 39
Johansson 90 - Eller(A) 20 - Snively 91
Protas 59 - Dowd 26 - Hathaway 21
Gustafsson 56 - van Riemsdyk 57
Orlov(A) 9 - Jensen 3
Fehervary 42 - Irwin 52
Lindgren 79
PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Kuznetsov, Johansson, Gustafsson
PP2: Sheary, Mantha, Milano, Orlov, van Riemsdyk
scratched:
Kuemper 35 - backup
Alexeyev 27
Aubé-Kubel 96
IR/LTIR:
Backstrom 19 - hip
Brown 28 - knee
Wilson 43 - knee
Malenstyn 47 - hand
Hagelin 62 - hip
Carlson 74 - face
Oshie 77 - upper body
Habs anticipated lines: Caufield 22 - Suzuki(C) 14 - Dach 77
Hoffman 68 - Evans 71 - Anderson 17
Slafkovsky 20 - Dvorak 28 - Gallagher(A) 11
Dadonov 63 - Drouin 27 - Armia 40
Edmundson(A) 44 - Guhle 21
Xhekaj 72 - Kovaceviche 26
Harris 54 - Barron 52
Allen 34
Montembeault 35
today’s zebras: François St Laurent 8, Frederick L’Ecuyer 17
Kilian MacNamara 93, David Brisebois 96
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-close-out-22-vs-canadiens/c-339338172scoring summary 1st period: Gustafsson(6) from Kuznetsov(25) and Sheary(14) at :32
Hathaway(4) from Protas(5) and Dowd(7) at 4:32
2nd period: Caufield PPG from Suzuki and Dach at 4:02
Dowd(9) from Protas(6) and Gustafsson(16) at 8:31
Ovechkin(24) from van Riemsdyk(5) and Eller(8 at 9:06
Caufield unassisted at 12:39
Strome(8 PPG from Kuznetsov(26) and Johansson(9) at 19:21
3rd period: Ovechkin(25) PPG from Gustafsson(17) and Johansson(10) at 1:22
Johansson(10) from Kuznetsov(27) and Fehervary(3) at 5:31
Mantha(9) unassisted at 15:43
Ovechkin(26) from Sheary(15) at 16:35
Caps win 9-2
