February 23 vs Oilers at Capital One ArenaTime: 1:00TV: TNTRadio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7Washington Capitals 37-11-8PP% 23.3(12th) PK% 82.2(4th) Faceoff% 50.3(18th)Edmonton Oilers 34-18-4PP% 24.8(7th) PK% 75.2(26th) Faceoff% 51.8(10th)Caps anticipated lines:Ovechkin(C)
8 - Strome
17 - Wilson(A)
43Protas
21 - Dubois
80 - McMichael
24Raddysh
16 - Eller
20 - Frank
53Duhaime
22 - Dowd
26 - Mangiapane
88Sandin
38 - Carlson(A)
74Fehervary
42 - Roy
3Chychrun
6 - van Riemsdyk
57Lindgren
79Thompson
48 - backup
PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Wilson, Duhaime, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, Frank, McMichael, Mangiapane, Sandin
scratched:
Vrana
13Alexeyev
27McIlrath
52LTIR:
Milano
15 - upper body
Backstrom
19 - hip - season
Oshie
77 - back - season
Oilers anticipated lines:Podkolzin 92 - McDavid 97 - Kapanen 42
Perry 90 - Draisaitl 29 - Savoie 22
Arvidsson 33 - Nugent-Hopkins 93 - Hyman 18
Skinner 53 - Henrique 19 - Brown 28
Ekholm 14 - Bouchard 2
Nurse 25 - Emberson 49
Kulak 27 - Klingberg 36
Pickard 30
Skinner 74 - backup
today’s zebras:Francis Charron 6, Brian Pochmara 16
Trent Knorr 74, Johnathan Deschamps 80
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x8150https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-open-homestand-vs-oilersscoring summary1st period:Draisaitl PPG from Nugent-Hopkins and McDavid at 1:42
Wilson(26) from Dubois and Roy at 17:15
Chychrun(17) PPG from Wilson and Strome at 19:36
2nd period:Ovechkin(27) from Strome and Protas at 8:53
Ovechkin(28) PPG from Chychrun at 18:30
McMichael(20) from Carlson and Protas at 19:45
3rd period:Nugent-Hopkins from Arvidsson and Hyman at 6:35
Strome(18) from Protas and Carlson at 10:38
Skinner unassisted at 15:05
Ovechkin(29) ENG unassisted at 17:22
Caps win 7-3