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Capitals @ Blackhawks Game Thread 12/17

A night after a solid but ultimately fruitless outing in Dallas, the Caps headed to Chicago – late – to get their first look of the season at Connor Bedard & friends, and hopefully get back in the win column.

First, some admin stuff:

  • Who: Capitals vs. Blackhawks
  • Where: United Center
  • When: 8:30 p.m.
  • How to Watch: Monumental
  • How to Listen: 106.7, Capitals Radio 24/7

Depending on how Andrew Mangiapane, who was a late scratch last night with illness, is feeling, the Caps could go with the same lineup they used against the Stars (with Logan Thompson taking over the netminding duties):

McMichael – Strome – Raddysh
Protas – Dubois – Wilson
Vrana – Eller – Lapierre
Duhaime – Dowd – Miroshnichenko

Fehervary – Carlson
Sandin – Roy
Chychrun – van Riemsdyk

Thompson
Lindgren

On this date in 1974: Fresh off their third win of the season, the Caps hit the road for a western swing that started in Vancouver where they promptly…lost, the Canucks snapping Washington’s one-game winning streak with a 4-2 victory.