December 16 vs Predators at Bridgestone ArenaTime: 8:00TV: Monumental SportsRadio: 106.7 FM, Capitals Radio 24/7Washington Capitals 14-8-4PP% 9.2(31st) PK% 81(12th) Faceoff% 46.5(29th)Nashville Predators 16-10-3 PP% 20.9(15th) PK% 76.3(24th) Faceoff% 49.8(20th)Caps anticipated lines:Ovechkin(C)
8 - Strome
17 - Wilson
43Protas
21 - McMichael
24 - Mantha
39Snively
91 - Kuznetsov
92 - Oshie
77Malenstyn
47 - Dowd
26 - Aubé-Kubel
96Fehervary
42 - Carlson(A)
74Sandin
38 - van Riemsdyk
57Edmundson
6 - Jensen
3Lindgren
79PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Wilson, Oshie, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, McMichael, Mantha, Sandin
scratched:
Kuemper
35 - backup
Phillips
45Johansen
46Alexeyev
27IR:
Milano
15 - upper body
LTIR:
Pacioretty
67 - achilles
Backstrom
19 - hip - season
Preds anticipated lines:Forsberg 9 - O’Reilly 90 - Nyquist 14
Parssinen 75 - Novak 82 - Evangelista 77
Trenin 13 - Glass 8 - Sissons 10
Smith 36 - McCarron 47 - Tomasino 26
McDonagh 27 - Josi 59
Lauzon 3 - Carrier 45
Barrie 22 - Schenn 2
Saros 74
Lankinen 32 - backup
tonight’s zebras:Wes McCauley 4, Justin Kea 44
Tommy Hughes 65, Dan Kelley 98
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-spend-saturday-night-in-music-cityscoring summary1st period:Sissons PPG from Josi and Forsberg at 5:03
2nd period:Oshie(2) PPG from Strome(5) and Ovechkin(12) at 5:16
Tomasino from Smith at 13:26
3rd period:Trenin from Carrier and McCarron at 3:41
Caps lose 3-1