February 6 vs Canadiens at Capital One ArenaTime: 7:00TV: Monumental SportsRadio: 106.7 FM, Capitals Radio 24/7Washington Capitals 22-18-7PP% 14.5(27th) PK% 79.7(17th) Faceoff% 46.7(28th)Montreal Canadiens 20-21-8PP% 19.9(19th) PK% 73.5(29th) Faceoff% 53.1(6th)Caps anticipated lines:Ovechkin(C)
8 - Strome
17 - Wilson
43Pacioretty
67 - McMichael
24 - Oshie(A)
77Protas
21 - Sgarbossa
23 - Mantha
39Malenstyn
47 - Dowd
26 - Aubé-Kubel
96Sandin
38 - Carlson(A)
74Fehervary
42 - van Riemsdyk
57Edmundson
6 - Jensen
3Lindgren
79PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Pacioretty, Oshie, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, Wilson, Mantha, McMichael, Sandin
scratched:
Kuemper
35 - backup
Phillips
45Bear
25Alexeyev
27IR:
Milano
15 - upper body
LTIR:
Backstrom
19 - hip - season
Kuznetsov
92 - player assistance - indefinite
Habs anticipated lines:Caufield 22 - Suzuki 14 - Slafkovsky 20
Armia 40 - Gignac 74 - Anderson 17
Pearson 70 - Evans 71 - Ylõnen 56
Pezzetta 55 - Condotta 82 - Harvey-Pinard 49
Matheson 8 - Guhle 21
Strumble 47 - Savard 58
Xhekaj 72 - Kovacevic 26
Montembeault 35
Primeau 30 - backup
tonight’s zebras:Chris Rooney 5, Jean Hebert 15
Shandor Alphonso 52, Kilian McNamara 93
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-return-from-break-to-host-habsscoring summary1st period:Suzuki from Caufield at 6:42
Suzuki from Xhekaj at 7:39
Pezzetta from Harvey-Pinard at 13:07
2nd period:Ovechkin(10) from Strome(13) and Fehervary(9) at 6:03
3rd period:Slofkovsky from Evans and Matheson at 11:19
Sandin(2) from Carlson(26) and Strome(14) at 11:41
Slofkovsky PPG from Matheson and Suzuki at 14:01
Caps lose 5-2