March 30 vs Sabres at Capital One ArenaTime: 3:00TV: Monumental SportsRadio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7Washington Capitals 47-16-9PP% 21.5(17th) PK% 82.7(3rd) Faceoff% 50.3(15th)Buffalo Sabres 30-36-6PP% 17.9(26th) PK% 76.2(23rd) Faceoff% 48(25th)Caps anticipated lines:Ovechkin(C)
8 - Strome
17 - Protas
21McMichael
24 - Dubois
80 - Wilson(A)
43Mangiapane
88 - Eller
20 - Raddysh
16Duhaime
22 - Dowd
26 - Beauvillier
72Sandin
38 - Carlson(A)
74Fehérváry
42 - Roy
3Chychrun
6 - van Riemsdyk
57Thompson
48Lindgren
79 - 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
Sabres anticipated lines:Benson 9 - Kulich 20 - Thompson 72
Peterka 77 - McLeod 71 - Quinn 22
Zucker 17 - Krebs 19 - Tuch(A) 89
Malenstyn 29 - Kozak 48 - Lafferty 81
Samuelsson 23 - Dahlin(C) 26
Byram 4 - Clifton 75
Power 25 - Bernard-Docker 24
Reimer 47
Luukkonen 1 - backup
today’s zebras:TJ Luxmore 21, Brandon Blandina 39
Libor Suchanek 60, Mark Shewchyk 92
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x4970https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-host-sabresscoring summary1st period:Chychrun(19) from Ovechkin and Strome at 10:06
Thompson PPG from Tuch and Peterka at 12:49
2nd period:McLeod from Quinn and Power at 2:14
Chychrun(20) unassisted at 2:46
Tuch from Clifton and Zucker at 5:17
Lafferty from Clifton at 11:52
3rd period:Protas(30) SHG from Wilson and Fehérváry at :37
Thompson PPG from Zucker and Peterka at 1:28
Quinn unassisted at 5:52
Ovechkin(37) from Sandin and van Riemsdyk at 9:11
Dubois(19) PPG from Ovechkin and Strome at 14:03
Tuch from Samuelsson at 15:34
Krebs ENG from Quinn at 19:36
Caps lose 8-5