R1G5 Caps lead series 3-1April 30 vs Canadiens at Capital One ArenaTime: 7:00TV: Monumental Sports, ESPNRadio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7Washington Capitals(M1) 51-22-9Montreal Canadiens(WC2) 40-31-11Caps anticipated lines:Ovechkin(C)
8 - Strome
17 - Beauvillier
72McMichael
24 - Dubois
80 - Wilson(A)
43Mangiapane
88 - Eller
20 - Leonard
9Duhaime
22 - Dowd
26 - Protas
21Chychrun
6 - Carlson(A)
74Roy
3 - Sandin
38Alexeyev
27 - van Riemsdyk
57Thompson
48Lindgren
79 - backup
PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Wilson, Chychrun, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, McMichael, Dubois, Mangiapane, Sandin
scratched:
Raddysh
16Frank
53Bear
25McIlrath
52Stevenson
33injured:
Fehérváry
42 - lower body - season
LTIR:
Milano
15 - upper body
Backstrom
19 - hip - season
Oshie
77 - back - season
Habs anticipated lines:Caufield 13 - Suzuki(C) 14 - Slafkovský 20
Anderson 17 - Dvorak 28 - Gallagher(A) 11
Newhook 15 - Evans 71 - Demidov 93
Heineman 51 - Kapanen 91 - Armia 40
Matheson(A) 8 - Carrier 45
Guhle 21 - Hutson 48
Xhekaj 72 - Savard 58
Dobeš 75
Primeau 30 - backup
tonight’s zebras:Jean Hebert 15, Peter MacDougall 38
Travis Gawryletz 67, Jonny Murray 95
https://scoutingtherefs.com/2025/04/48477/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-4-30-25/https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x7069https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-look-to-close-out-canadiensscoring summary1st period:Ovechkin(4) PPG from Strome at 9:12
Chychrun(2) from Dubois and Wilson at 11:15
2nd period:Wilson(2) PPG from Carlson and Strome at 16:59
3rd period:Heineman from Armia and Kapanen at 2:40
Duhaime(3) ENG from McMichael at 19:34
Caps win 4-1