December 29 vs Predators at Capital One Arena Time: 7:00TV: NBCSWRadio: Caps Radio 24/7, 106.7 FM Nashville Predators 19-10-1 Washington Capitals 18-6-7 Caps anticipated lines:Ovechkin 8 - Kuznetsov 92 - Wilson 43
Sheary 73 - Backstrom 19 - Protas 59
McMichael 24 - Eller 20 - Oshie 77
Hagelin 62 - Dowd 26 - Hathaway 21
Orlov 9 - Carlson 74
Kempny 6 - van Riemsdyk 57
Alexeyev 27 - Irwin 52
Samsonov 30
scratched:
Copley 1
Leason 49
Malenstyn 47
Johansen
covid:
Jensen 3
Schultz 2
Sprong 10
Fehervary 42
Cholowski 38
Vanecek 41
IR:
Mantha 39
Preds anticipated lines:Forsberg 9 - Granlund 64 - Duchene 95
Tolvanen 28 - Johansen 92 - Kunin 11
Trenin13 - Olivier 25- Jeannot 84
Cousins 21- McCarron - Tomasino 26
Borowiecki 90 - Fabbro 57
Ekholm 14 - Carrier 45
Benning 5 - Myers 55
Saros 74
tonight's zebras:Jake Brenk 26, TJ Luxmore 21
Shandor Alphonso 52, Dan Kelly 98
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-return-to-action-vs-preds/c-329261074https://novacapsfans.com/2021/12/28/nashville-at-washington-preview-capitals-resume-season-vs-predators-on-wednesday/scoring summary1st period:Eller(6) from Carlson(21) and Ovechkin(26) at 3:15
Carlson(7) from Backstrom(2) and Orlov(11) at 13:11
Dowd(4) from Hagelin(5) and Kempny(1) at 18:52
2nd period: Trenin from Jeannot and Fabbro at 1:23
Kunin from Tolvanen at 7:03
Forsberg from Fabbro and Granlund at 7:38
3rd period:Kuznetsov(10) SHG from Oshie(8 and Carlson(22) at 14:24
Hagelin(2) ENG from Orlov(12) and Carlson(23) at 18:57
Caps win 5-3