Capitals hockey is back, boys and girls and babes! After a nine day break, the Washington Capitals are back at 7th and F to face the Nashville Predators. This is the first of two meetings between these two teams, with the Caps scheduled to visit Nashville in April.
After the Caps made some roster moves because of changes in COVID protocol status this week, the lines for tonight got a bit of a shakeup:
#Caps' lines/pairs vs. Preds:
8-Ovechkin, 92-Kuznetsov, 43-Wilson
73-Sheary, 19-Backstrom, 59-Protas
24-McMichael, 20-Eller, 77-Oshie
62-Hagelin, 26-Dowd, 21-Hathaway
9-Orlov, 74-Carlson
6-Kempny, 57-van Riemsdyk
27-Alexeyev, 38-Irwin
Samsonov vs Saros.