February 17 vs Canadiens at Bell CentreTime: 7:00TV: Monumental SportsRadio: 106.7 FM, Capitals Radio 24/7Washington Capitals 23-21-8PP% 15.2(25th) PK% 80(16th) Faceoff% 47(27th)Montréal Canadiens 22-24-8PP% 19.9(18th) PK% 74.4(29th) Faceoff% 52.5(6th)Caps anticipated lines:Ovechkin(C)
8 - Strome
17 - Oshie(A)
77Protas
21 - McMichael
24 - Mantha
39Pacioretty
67 - Sgarbossa
23 - Milano
15Malenstyn
47 - Dowd
21 - Wilson
43Fehervary
42 - Carlson(A)
74Sandin
38 - Jensen
3Edmundson
6 - van Riemsdyk
57Kuemper
35PP1: Ovechkin, Oshie, Strome, Pacioretty, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, Mantha, Wilson, McMichael, Sandin
scratched:
Lindgren
79 - backup
Aubé-Kubel
96Bear
25Alexeyev
27LTIR:
Backstrom
19 - hip - season
Kuznetsov
92 - player assistance - indefinite
Habs anticipated lines:Caufield 22 - Suzuki 14 - Slafkovsky 20
Pearson 70 - Evans 71 - Gallagher 11
Roy 89 - Newhook 15 - Anderson 17
Pezzetta 55 - Gignac 74 - Armia 40
Matheson 8 - Guhle 21
Struble 47 - Savard 58
Xhekaj 72 - Kovacevic 26
Allen 34
Primeau 30 - backup
tonight’s zebras:Francis Charron 6, Carter Sandlak 29
Bevan Mills 53, Derek Nansen 70
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-take-on-habs-in-montrealscoring summary1st period:Mantha(17) from Protas(17) and Jensen8) at 3:40
Xhekaj from Roy and Armia at 5:04
Oshie(10) PPG from Strome(16) and Ovechkin(24) at 10:00
2nd period:Newhook from Armia at 16:15
3rd period:Milano(5) from Pacioretty8) and Edmundson(3) at 3:27
Suzuki PPG from Slafkovsky and Matheson at 9:45
Protas(4) from Dowd8) and Mantha(11) at 11:57
Caps win 4-3