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Capitals vs. Avalanche Recap: Caps Bury Avalanche In 6-3 Win

The Washington Capitals have not faced the Colorado Avalanche since February 13, 2020 in Denver, but that all changes tonight. Here’s how the Caps are lining up:

Capitals lines during warmups:

Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Wilson
Mantha-Eller-Sprong
Sheary-McMichael-Oshie
Hagelin-Dowd-Hathaway

Fehervary-Carlson
Orlov-Jensen
TvR-Schultz

Samsonov— Samantha Pell (@SamanthaJPell) October 19, 2021

Connor McMichael makes his season debut tonight, centering the third line between Conor Sheary and T.J. Oshie. Despite two strong games from Vitek Vanecek to start the season, Ilya Samsonov gets his first start of the year tonight, against a very good team coming off a three day break.