April 4 vs Penguins at Capital One ArenaTime: 7:00TV: Monumental SportsRadio: 106.7 FM, Capitals Radio 24/7Washington Capitals 36-28-10PP% 21.1(17th) PK% 78.6(20th) Faceoff% 46.5(29th)Pittsburgh Penguins 34-30-11PP% 14.8(30th) PK% 81.6(11th) Faceoff% 54.8(1st)Caps anticipated lines:Ovechkin(C)
8 - McMichael
24 - Wilson(A)
43Protas
21 - Strome
17 - Miroshnichenko
63Pacioretty
67 - Lapierre
29 - Milano
15Malenstyn
47 - Dowd
26 - Sgarbossa
23Fehervary
42 - Carlson(A)
74Sandin
38 - Jensen
3Alexeyev
27 - van Riemsdyk
57Lindgren
79PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Wilson, Lapierre, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, Pacioretty, Milano, McMichael, Sandin
scratched:
Kuemper
35 - backup
Phillips
45Iorio
2Shepard
31Oshie
77 - upper body
LTIR:
Backstrom
19 - hip - season
Bear
25 - player assistance - indefinite
Pens anticipated lines:O’Connor 10 - Crosby 87 - Rust 17
Bunting 8 - Malkin 71 - Rakell 67
Smith 19 - Eller 20 - Bemstrom 52
Puljujarvi 18 - Carter 77 - Puustinen 48
Joseph 73 - Letang 58
Pettersson 28 - Karlsson 65
Shea 5 - St Ivany 3
Nedeljkovic 39
Jarry 35 - backup
tonight’s zebras:Kelly Sutherland 11, Jean Hebert 15
Tyson Baker 88, Dan Kelly 98
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-tangle-with-pensscoring summary1st period:Shea from Smith and Eller at 1:49
Joseph from Letang and O’Connor at 11:03
2nd period:Bunting from Puustinen and Karlsson at 9:08
3rd period:Ovechkin(27) PPG from Milano[8] and Lapierre(12) at 6:02
Eller ENG from Smith at 17:23
Caps lose 4-1