February 16 vs Panthers at Capital One Arena Time: 7:00 TV: NBCSW+Radio: 106.7 FM Washington Capitals 28-22-6 PP% 19.9(21st) PK% 81.2(8th) Faceoff% 49.7(19th) Florida Panthers 27-24-6 PP% 22.1(15th) PK% 75.6(25th) Faceoff% 48.6(22nd)Caps anticipated lines: Mantha 39 - Kuznetsov 92 - Sheary 73
Milano 15 - Backstrom(A) 19 - Johansson 90
Snively 91 - Strome 17 - Oshie(A) 77
Aubé-Kubel 96 - Eller 20 - Hathaway 21
Gustafsson 56 - van Riemsdyk 57
Orlov(A) 9 - Jensen 3
Fehervary 42 - McIlrath 25
Kuemper 35
PP1: Backstrom, Oshie, Strome, Johansson, Gustafsson
PP2: Kuznetsov, Sheary, Mantha, Milano, Orlov
scratched:
Lindgren 79 - backup
Protas 59
Alexeyev 27
Irwin 52
IR/LTIR:
Dowd 26 - lower body
Brown 28 - knee
Wilson 43 - leg
Hagelin 62 - hip
Carlson 74 - face
Panthers anticipated lines: Lundell 15 - Barkov(C) 16 - Reinhart 13
Verhaeghe 23 - Luostarinen 27 - Tkachuk(A) 19
Lomberg 94 - E Staal 12 - Cousins 21
Denisenko 14 - White 6 - Smith 54
Forsling 42 - Ekblad(A) 5
M Staal 18 - Montour 62
Mahura 28 - Gudas 7
Bobrovsky 72
Knight 30 - backup
tonight’s zebras: Brian Pochmara 16, Carter Sandlak 47
Libor Suchanek 60, Matt MacPherson 83
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-conclude-homestand-vs-cats/c-341101600scoring summary 1st period: Forsling from Luostarinen and Verhaeghe at 9:10
2nd period: M Staal from Montour and Verhaeghe at 1:32
White from Lundell at 7:20
Strome(12) from Oshie(8 at 15:51
Barkov from Smith at 17:03
3rd period: Backstrom(3) PPG from Gustafsson(25) at 13:04
Kuznetsov(9) PPG from Oshie(9) and Gustafsson(26) at 17:28
Lundell ENG unassisted at 18:39
Reinhart ENG from Lundell at 19:45
Caps lose 6-3