December 28 vs Maple Leafs at Scotiabank ArenaTime: 7:00TV: Monumental Sports 2Radio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7
Washington Capitals 23-9-2
PP% 21.6(17th) PK% 83(6th) Faceoff% 50.3(18th)
Toronto Maple Leafs 21-12-2
PP% 20.8(19th) PK% 82.1(10th) Faceoff% 52.2(7th)Caps anticipated lines:Ovechkin(C)
8 - Strome
17 - Protas
21McMichael
24 - Dubois
80 - Wilson(A)
43Mangiapane
88 - Lapierre
29 - Vrana
13Duhaime
22 - Dowd
26 - Raddysh
16Sandin
38 - Carlson(A)
74Fehervary
42 - Roy
3Chychrun
6 - van Riemsdyk
57Thompson
48Lindgren
79 - backup
PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Wilson, Chychrun, Carlson
PP2:
scratched:
Miroshnichenko
63Alexeyev
27McIlrath
52IR:
Eller
20 - illness
LTIR:
Milano
15 - upper body
Backstrom
19 - hip - season
Oshie
77 - lower back - season
Leafs anticipated lines:Pacioretty 67 - Tavares(A) 91 - Marner(A) 16
Knies 23 - Holmberg 23 - Nylander 88
McMann 74 - Domi 11 - Robertson 89
Lorentz 18 - Kampf 64 - Dewar 24
Rielly(A) 44 - Myers 51
McCabe 22 - Tanev 8
Ekman-Larsson 95 - Benoit 2
Murray 30
Woll 60 - backup
tonight’s zebras:Graham Skilliter 24, Peter MacDougall 38
Tyson Baker 88, David Brisebois 96
https://scoutingtherefs.com/2024/12/46724/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-12-28-24/https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x4235https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-get-back-to-work-after-breakscoring summary1st period:Tavares from Benoit and Pacioretty at 3:14
Mangiapane[8] from McMichael at 4:46
Chychrun(10) from van Riemsdyk and Raddysh at 8:54
2nd period:McMann from Domi and Marner at 8:10
Dowd(9) from Sandin and Mangiapane at 9:53
3rd period:Wilson(14) PPG from Chychrun and Strome at 12:36
Ovechkin(16) ENG from Protas and Dubois at 16:38
Caps win 5-2