December 15 vs Stars at Capital One Arena Time: 7:00TV: NBCSW Radio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7Washington Capitals 15-12-4 PP% 22.6(17th) PK% 80.9(9th) Faceoff% 48.5(22nd) Dallas Stars 17-8-5 PP% 24.4(10th) PK% 84.4(3rd) Faceoff% 55.1(3rd) Caps anticipated lines:Ovechkin(C) 8 - Strome 17 - Sheary 73
Protas 59 - Kuznetsov 92 - Mantha 39
Johansson 90 - Eller 20 - Oshie(A) 77
Aubé-Kubel 96 - Dowd 26 - Hathaway 21
Gustafsson 56 - Carlson(A) 74
Orlov 9 - Jensen 3
Irwin 52 - van Riemsdyk 57
Lindgren 79
PP1: Ovechkin, Oshie, Kuznetsov, Strome, Carlson
PP2: Sheary, , Johansson, Orlov, Gustafsson
scratched:
Shepard 31 - backup
Snively 91
Johansen 46
Milano 15 - flu
IR/LTIR:
Backstrom 19 - hip
Alexeyev 27 - concussion
Brown 28 - knee
Kuemper 35 - upper body
Fehervary 42 - upper body
Wilson 43 - knee
Malenstyn 47 - hand
Hagelin 62 - hip
Stars anticipated lines: Robertson 21 - Hintz 24 - Pavelski 16
Marchment 27 - Seguin 91 - Dellandrea 10
Benn 14 - Johnston 53 - Gurianov 34
Kiviranta 25 - Faksa 12 - Glendening 11
Heiskanen 4 - Lundkvist 5
Suter 20 - Miller 6
Lindell 23 - Hakanpaa 2
Oettinger 29
Wedgewood 41 - backup
tonight’s zebras: Pierre Lambert 37, Steve Kozari 40
Ryan Jackson 84, Jesse Marquis 86
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-come-home-after-ovechkin-heroics/c-338795490scoring summary1st period: no goals
2nd period: Sheary(10) from Ovechkin(15) and Strome(18) at 9:23
3rd period: Benn PPG from Hintz and Pavelski at :48
Miller from Suter and Marchment at 2:07
Caps lose 2-1