January 7 vs Kings at Capital One ArenaTime: 3:00TV: Monumental SportsRadio: 106.7 FM, Capitals Radio 24/7Washington Capitals 18-13-6PP% 14.7(27th) PK% 79.8(17th) Faceoff% 46.5(28th)Los Angeles Kings 20-9-6PP% 18.5(21st) PK% 87.3(1st) Faceoff% 51.3(9th)Caps anticipated lines:Ovechkin(C)
8 - Kuznetsov
92 - Wilson
43Pacioretty
67 - Strome
17 - Lapierre
29Protas
21 - McMichael
24 - Mantha
39Malenstyn
47 - Dowd
26 - Aubé-Kubel
96Fehervary
42 - Carlson(A)
74van Riemsdyk
57 - Jensen
3Edmundson
6 - Bear
25Kuemper
35PP1: Ovechkin, Wilson, Strome, Kuznetsov, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, Protas, McMichael, Pacioretty, Bear
scratched:
Shepard
31 - backup
Phillips
45Alexeyev
27Sandin
38 - illness
IR:
Milano
15 - upper body
Oshie
77 - upper body
Lindgren
79 - upper body
LTIR:
Backstrom
19 - hip - season
King’s anticipated lines:Byfield 57 - Kopitar 11 - Moore 12
Lafreniere 78 - Dubois 80 - Kempe 9
Fiala 22 - Danault 24 - Kaliyev 34
Grundstrom 91 - Lizotte 46 - Lewis 61
Anderson 44 - Doughty 8
Gavrikov 84 - Clarke 92
Englund 5 - Roy 3
Talbot 39
Rittich 31
todays zebras:Ghislain Hebert 22, Kevin Pollock 33
Steve Barton 59, Ben O’Quinn 91
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-continue-homestand-vs-kingsscoring summary1st period:no goals
2nd period:Dowd(6) from Aubé-Kubel(6) and Carlson(20) at 4:22
Kempe PPG from Doughty and Kopitar at 7:12
Fiala from Danault and Anderson 13:02
Strome(15) from Ovechkin(18) and Pacioretty(1) at 15:35
3rd period:Fiala PPG from Byfield at 1:01
Aubé-Kubel(4) from Dowd(4) at 8:36
Carlson(3) from Malenstyn(6) and Auné-Kubel(7) at 19:07
Caps win 4-3