December 5 vs Oilers at Rogers Arena Time: 8:30TV: NBCSWRadio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7Washington Capitals 10-12-4 PP% 20.7(22nd) PK% 80.5(8th) Faceoff% 48.1(23rd) Edmonton Oilers 14-11-0 PP% 25.8(9th) PK% 78(18th) Faceoff% 49.9(15th) Caps anticipated lines: Ovechkin(C) 8 - Strome 17 - Sheary 73
Milano 15 - Kuznetsov 92 - Oshie 77
Johansson 90 - Eller 20 - Mantha 39
Protas 59 - Dowd 26 - Hathaway 21
Gustafsson 56 - Carlson(A) 74
Irwin 52 - Jensen 3
Alexeyev 27 - van Riemsdyk 57
Lindgren 79
PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Oshie, Johansson, Carlson
PP2: Milano, Kuznetsov, Sheary, Gustafsson, van Riemsdyk
scratched:
Sheppard 31 - backup
Snively 91
Aubé-Kubel 96
Kuemper 35 - day to day - upper body
IR/LTIR:
Orlov 9 - lower body
Backstrom 19 - hip
Brown 28 - knee
Fehervary 42 - upper body
Wilson 43 - knee
Malenstyn 47 - hand
Hagelin 62 - hip
Oilers anticipated lines: Draisaitl 29 - McDavid 97 - Puljujarvi 13
Janmark 26 - Nugent-Hopkins 93 - Yamamoto 56
Kostin - Shore 14 - Ryan 10
Holloway 55 - Malone 24 - Hamblin 57
Nurse 25 - Cici 5
Kulak 27 - Barrie 22
Broberg 86 - Bouchard 2
Skinner 74
Campbell 36 - backup
tonight’s zebras: Chris Rooney 5, Furman South 13
Brad Kovachik 71, Caleb Apperson 77
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-clash-with-oilers/c-338398790scoring summary 1st period: no goals
2nd period: Kulak from Nugget-Hopkins at 1:44
Eller(4) from Milano(6) at 7:25
McDavid SHG unassisted at 15:25
Oshie(4) PPG from Strome(15) and Kuznetsov15) at 16:55
3rd period: Dowd(4) from Protas(2) at 7:13
Caps win 3-2