December 20 vs Hurricanes at Capital One ArenaTime: 7:00TV: Monumental SportsRadio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7Washington Capitals 21-8-2PP% 20.8(18th) PK% 83.8(6th) Faceoff% 50.4(18th)Carolina Hurricanes 20-10-1PP% 27.3(4th) PK% 85.3(4th) Faceoff% 52.4(6th)Caps anticipated lines:Mangiapane
88 - Strome(A)
17 - Wilson(A)
43McMichael
24 - Dubois
80 - Protas
21Vrana
13 - Lapierre
29 - Raddysh
16Duhaime
22 - Dowd
26 - Miroshnichenko
63Fehervary
42 - Carlson(A)
74Sandin
38 - Roy
3Chychrun
6 - van Riemsdyk
57Lindgren
79Thompson
48 - backup
PP1:
PP2:
scratched:
Alexeyev
27McIlrath
52IR:
Ovechkin(C)
8 - lower body
Eller
20 - illness
LTIR:
Milano
15 - upper body
Backstrom
19 - hip - season
Oshie
77 - lower back - season
Canes anticipated lines:Robinson 50 - Aho 20 - Jarvis 24
Svechnikov 37 - Kotkaniemi 82 - Necas 88
Carrier 28 - Stall 11 - Martinook 48
Roslovic 96 - Yost 27 - Blake 53
Slavin 74 - Burns 8
Orlov 7 - Chatfield 5
Gostisbehere 41 - Walker 26
Kochetkov 52
Tokarski 34 - backup
tonight’s zebras:Chris Lee 28, Peter MacDougall 38
Steve Barton 59, David Brisebois 96
https://scoutingtherefs.com/2024/12/46640/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-12-20-24/https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x9070https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-host-canes-in-friday-metro-matchscoring summary1st period:Protas(12) from Mangiapane and Roy at 19:17
2nd period:Vrana(5) from Lapierre at 16:11
McMichael(16) from Fehervary and Dubois at 19:33
3rd period:Jarvis from Aho and Burns at 10:22
Caps win 3-1