The last time the Washington Capitals and Calgary Flames faced off was on October 23, when Elias Lindholm led the Flames to a 4-3 OT win with a hat trick. The Capitals have their work cut out for them tonight, because the Flames are one of the best teams in the league when it comes to playing on home ice. Working in the Caps’ favor: the Flames are coming off a taxing game last night against the Oilers in the latest installment of the Battle of Alberta.
The Capitals iced the same lineup tonight as they did on Saturday night against Seattle:
Capitals in warmup:
Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Wilson
Mantha-Backstrom-Oshie
McMichael-Eller-Sheary
AJF-Dowd-Hathaway
Fehervary-Carlson
Orlov-Jensen
TvR-Schultz
Vanecek (vs.