The Caps return home looking to get back in the win column and snap a two-game skid. Their opponent? Metro Division rival Carolina, in town for the second meeting of the season between the two squads.
First, some admin stuff:
- Who: Capitals vs. Hurricanes
- Where: Capital One Arena
- When: 7:00 p.m.
- How to Watch: Monumental
- How to Listen: 106.7, Capitals Radio 24/7
The Caps will take the ice with a slightly different look, as two losses and a new illness to Lars Eller have the lines getting a shake-up:
Mangiapane – Strome – Wilson
McMichael – Dubois – Protas
Vrana – Lapierre – Raddysh
Duhaime – Dowd – Miroshnichenko
Sandin – Carlson
Fehervary – Roy
Chychrun – van Riemsdyk
Lindgren
Thompson
On this date in 1974: The Caps fell in a 5-2 loss to the California Golden Seals, the second time that month they’d dropped a game by that score to those Golden Seals.