December 7 vs Canadiens at Bell CentreTime: 7:00TV: Monumental Sports 2Radio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7Washington Capitals 18-6-2PP% 20.7(16th) PK% 83.3(5th) Faceoff% 49.9(18th)Montreal Canadiens 10-13-3PP% 22(13th) PK% 83.5(3rd) Faceoff% 48.6(25th)Caps anticipated lines:Protas
21 - Strome
17 - Wilson(A)
43McMichael
24 - Dubois
80 - Raddysh
16Lapierre
29 - Eller
20 - Mangiapane
88Duhaime
22 - Dowd(A)
26 - Miroshnichenko
63Fehervary
42 - Carlson(A)
74Sandin
38 - Roy
3Chychrun
6 - van Riemsdyk
57Thompson
48Lindgren
79 - backup
PP1: Strome, Wilson, McMichael, Chychrun, Carlson
PP2: Dubois, Raddysh, Mangiapane, Miroshnichenko, Sandin
scratched:
Vrana
13Alexeyev
27McIlrath
52IR:
Ovechkin(C)
8LTIR:
Milano
15 - upper body
Backstrom
19 - hip - season
Oshie
77 - lower back - season
Habs anticipated lines:Caufield 13 - Suzuki 14 - Newhook 15
Laine 92 - Dach 77 - Slafkovsky 20
Gallagher 11 - Dvorak 28 - Anderson 17
Heineman 51 - Evans 71 - Armia 40
Hutson 48 - Matheson 8
Barron 52 - Struble 47
Xhekaj 72 - Savard 58
Montembeault 35
Primeau 30 - backup
tonight’s zebras:Mitch Dunning 20, Steve Kozari 40
Mark Shewchyk 92, Dan Kelly 98
https://scoutingtherefs.com/2024/12/46528/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-12-7-24/https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x5672https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-clash-with-canadiensscoring summary1st period:Newhook from Caufield and Hutson at 11:09
Caufield from Suzuki at 16:00
2nd period:Dubois(4) from Carlson and Raddysh at :33
3rd period:Wilson(10) from Protas and Roy at 7:10
Wilson(11) from Dubois and Protas at 11:48
Strome(9) PPG from Chychrun and McMichael at 13:49
Caps win 4-2