December 17 vs Blackhawks at United CenterTime: 8:30TV: Monumental SportsRadio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7Washington Capitals 21-7-2PP% 21.5(15th) PK% 83.2(6th) Faceoff% 50.1(18th)Chicago Blackhawks 10-19-2PP% 23.8(9th) PK% 84.4(4th) Faceoff% 43.2(31st)Caps anticipated lines:McMichael
24 - Strome
17 - Raddysh
16Protas
21 - Dubois
80 - Wilson(A)
43Vrana
13 - 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:
Lapierre
29Alexeyev
27McIlrath
52IR:
Ovechkin(C)
8 - lower body
LTIR:
Milano
15 - upper body
Backstrom
19 - hip - season
Oshie
77 - lower back - season
Blackhawks anticipated lines:Foligno(C) 17 - Bedard 98 - Donato 8
Kurashev 23 - Nazar 91 - Bertuzzi 59
Mikheyev 95 - Dickinson(A) 16 - Teravainen 86
Maroon 77 - Reichel 73 - Anderson 22
Vlasic 72 - Crevier 46
Allan 42 - Murphy(A) 5
Korchinski 14 - Brodie 78
Soderblom 40
Commesso 38 - backup
tonight’s zebras:Tom Chmielewski 18, Eric Furlatt 27
Andrew Smith 51, Matt MacPherson 83
https://scoutingtherefs.com/2024/12/46603/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-12-17-24/https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-finish-set-of-back-to-backs-in-chicagohttps://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x5952scoring summary1st period:Dubois(5) unassisted at 4:16
Mangiapane(7) from Eller and Vrana at 13:18
2nd period:no goals
3rd period:Mikheyev SHG from Teravainen at :51
Brodie from Mikheyev and Teravainen at 14:07
Donato from Murphy and Teravainen at 17:42
Caps lose 3-2