March 27 vs Wild at Xcel Energy CenterTime: 7:30TV: Monumental SportsRadio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7Washington Capitals 47-15-9PP% 21.8(16th) PK% 83(3rd) Faceoff% 50.2(16th)Minnesota Wild 40-27-5PP% 20.3(21st) PK% 71.4(31st) Faceoff% 47(28th)Caps anticipated lines:Ovechkin(C)
8 - Dubois
80 - Protas
21McMichael
24 - Strome
17 - Wilson(A)
43Mangiapane
88 - Eller
20 - Raddysh
16Duhaime
22 - Dowd
26 - Beauvillier
72Sandin
38 - Carlson(A)
74Fehérváry
42 - Roy
3Chychrun
6 - van Riemsdyk
57Lindgren
79Thompson
48 - backup
PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Wilson, Dubois, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, McMichael, Mangiapane, Chychrun, Sandin
scratched:
Frank
53Alexeyev
27McIlrath
52LTIR:
Milano
17 - upper body
Backstrom
19 - hip - season
Oshie
77 - back - season
Wild anticipated lines:Boldy 12 - Rossi 12 - Zuccarello(A) 36
Johansson 90 - Gaudreau 89 - Nyquist 41
Foligno(A) 17 - Hartman 38 - Hinostroza 18
Trenin 13 - Shore 19 - Brazeau 15
Middleton 5 - Faber 7
Brodin 25 - Spurgeon(C) 46
Merrill 4 - Bogosian 24
Gustavsson 32
Fleury 29 - backup
tonight’s zebras:Chris Lee 28, Jordan Samuels-Thomas 42
Travis Gawryletz 67, Jesse Marquis 86
https://scoutingtherefs.com/2025/03/47857/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-3-27-25/https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x5892https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-set-for-wild-thursday-nightscoring summary1st period:Merrill from Shore at 6:00
Roy(3) from Raddysh and Eller at 7:08
Duhaime(9) from Dowd and Beauvillier at 8:49
2nd period:Gaudreau PPG from Boldy and Johansson at at 12:25
Boldy from Rossi and Hinostroza at 19:51
3rd period:Gaudreau ENG unassisted at 18:39
Caps lose 4-2