October 17 vs Wild at Capital One ArenaTime: 7:00TV: Monumental SportsRadio: 106.7FM, Caps Radio NetworkWashington Capitals 3-1-0PP% 9.1(29th) PK% 55.6(30th) Faceoff% 47(23rd)Minnesota Wild 2-2-0PP% 47.6(1st) PK% 60(29th) Faceoff% 46.9(24th)Caps anticipated lines:Beauvillier
72 - Strome
17 - Ovechkin(C)
8Protas
21 - McMichael
24 - Wilson(A)
43Milano
15 - Lapierre
29 - Leonard
9Duhaime
22 - Dowd
26 - Sourdif
34Fehérváry
42 - Carlson(A)
74Sandin
38 - Roy
3Chychrun
6 - Chisholm
47Thompson
48Lindgren
79 - backup
PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Wilson, Milano, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, McMichael, Protas, Chychrun, Sandin
scratched:
Frank
53van Riemsdyk
57Dubois
80 - day to day - lower body
IR:
McIlrath
52 - lower body
Wild anticipated lines:Kaprizov(A) 97 - Rossi 23 - Boldy 12
Johansson 90 - Eriksson Ek 14 - Tarasenko 91
Trenin 13 - Hartman 38 - Foligno(A) 17
Ohgren 28 - Yurov 22 - Hinostroza 18
Brodin 25 - Faber 7
Middleton 5 - Spurgeon(C) 46
Buium 8 - Bogosian 24
Gustavsson 32
Wallstedt 30 - backup
tonight’s zebras:TJ Luxmore 21, Brandon Schrader 34
Steve Barton 59, CJ Murray 68
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-aim-to-tame-wildhttps://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x4712https://scoutingtherefs.com/2025/10/49856/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-10-17-25/scoring summary1st period:Strome(1) from Ovechkin and Fehérváry at 17:52
2nd period:Johansson from Boldy and Middleton at 16:47
Protas(4) from Wilson and Sandin at 17:18
3rd period:Ovechkin(1) (898) from Strome at 1:19
Strome(2) from Beauvillier and Fehérváry at 11:32
Wilson(3) PPG from Carlson and Strome at 18:03
Caps win 5-1