December 23 vs Bruins at TD GardenTime: 7:00TV: Monumental SportsRadio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7Washington Capitals 23-8-2PP% 21.2(17th) PK% 83.3(6th) Faceoff% 50.7(17th)Boston Bruins 18-13-4PP% 13.2(31st) PK% 77.6(22nd) Faceoff% 52.5(6th)Caps anticipated lines:Mangiapane
88 - Strome
17 - Wilson(A)
43McMichael
24 - Dubois
80 - Protas
21Duhaime
22 - Dowd(A)
26 - Miroshnichenko
63Vrana
13 - - Raddysh
16Sandin
38 - Carlson(A)
74Fehervary
42 - Roy
3Chychrun
6 - van Riemsdyk
57McIlrath
52Lindgren
79Thompson
48 - backup
PP1: Strome, Wilson, McMichael, Chychrun, Carlson
PP2: Dubois, Raddysh, Mangiapane, Vrana, Sandin
scratched:
Rybinski
58Alexeyev
27McIlrath
52IR:
Ovechkin(C)
8 - lower body
Eller
20 - illness
LTIR:
Milano
15 - upper body
Backstrom
19 - hip - season
Oshie
77 - lower back - season
Bruins anticipated lines:Marchand(C) 63 - Lindholm 28 - Coyle 13
Geekie 39 - Zacha 18 - Pastrnak(A) 88
Brazeau 55 - Frederic 11 - Wahlstrom 71
Beecher 19 - Kastelic 45 - Koepke 47
Zadorov 91 - McAvoy(A) 73
Oesterle 82 - Carlo 25
Lohrei 6 - Peeke 52
Swayman 1
Korpisalo 70 - backup
tonight’s zebras:Francois St. Laurent 8, Riley Brace 49
Jonathan Deschamps 80, Ryan Daisy 81
https://scoutingtherefs.com/2024/12/46709/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-12-23-24/https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x9424https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-tangle-with-bruins-in-bostonscoring summary1st period:Brazeau PPG from Geekie and Lohrei at 19:12
2nd period:Vrana(7) PPG from Sandin and Dubois 4:50
3rd period:Lindholm from Marchand and Coyle at 13:40
Coyle from Marchand and McAvoy at 15:59
Marchand ENG unassisted at 18:38
Caps lose 4-1