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Game Thread: Anaheim Ducks (17-34-7) at Washington Capitals (28-25-6) – 23 Feb 2023 – 07:00PM EST

  • February 23, 2023


#Anaheim [](/r/anaheimducks) Ducks (17-34-7) at Washington [](/r/caps) Capitals (28-25-6)

#Capital One Arena

**[Comment with all tables](/r/caps/comments/11a1gh7/game_thread_anaheim_ducks_17347_at_washington/j9p615t/)**

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|
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|04:00PM|05:00PM|06:00PM|07:00PM|08:00PM|##Watch, Listen and Talk:

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|TV|NBCSWA, BSSC|
|Listen|[ANA](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-000999124) – [WSH](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-000999115)|
|Other-Away|[Preview](http://Ducks.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022020920) – [Boxscore](http://Ducks.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022020920) – [Recap](http://Ducks.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022020920)|
|Other-Home|[Preview](http://Capitals.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022020920) – [Boxscore](http://Capitals.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022020920) – [Recap](http://Capitals.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022020920)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2022020920)|

#In-Game Updates

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  1. ###Projected Lineups

    ||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
    |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
    |[](/r/caps)|Alex Ovechkin|Evgeny Kuznetsov|Tom Wilson|[](/r/anaheimducks)|Derek Grant|Trevor Zegras|Ryan Strome|
    |[](/r/caps)|Conor Sheary|Nicklas Backstrom|Marcus Johansson|[](/r/anaheimducks)|Maxime Comtois|Mason McTavish|Max Jones|
    |[](/r/caps)|Sonny Milano|Dylan Strome|T.J. Oshie|[](/r/anaheimducks)|Frank Vatrano|Isac Lundestrom|Jakob Silfverberg|
    |[](/r/caps)|Lars Eller|Nic Dowd|Garnet Hathaway|[](/r/anaheimducks)|Jayson Megna|Sam Carrick|Brett Leason|

    ||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
    |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
    |[](/r/caps)|Dmitry Orlov|Trevor van Riemsdyk|[](/r/anaheimducks)|Cam Fowler|Dmitry Kulikov|
    |[](/r/caps)|Martin Fehervary|Nick Jensen|[](/r/anaheimducks)|Simon Benoit|Kevin Shattenkirk|
    |[](/r/caps)|Erik Gustafsson|Dylan McIlrath|[](/r/anaheimducks)|Nathan Beaulieu|Colton White|

    ||Goalies||Goalies|
    |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
    |[](/r/caps)|Darcy Kuemper|[](/r/anaheimducks)|John Gibson|
    |[](/r/caps)|Charlie Lindgren|[](/r/anaheimducks)|Lukas Dostal|

    ###Injuries

    ||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
    |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
    |[WSH](/r/caps)|Anthony Mantha|21 Feb 2023|Upper Body|DTD|Mantha (upper body) is regarded as day-to-day, Capitals coach Peter Laviolette told Tom Gulitti of NHL.com.|unknown|
    |[WSH](/r/caps)|Kody Clark||Quadriceps|IR-NR|Surgery|15 Sep 2023|
    |[WSH](/r/caps)|Connor Brown||Knee|IR-LT|Surgery|01 May 2023|
    |[WSH](/r/caps)|Carl Hagelin|16 Feb 2023|Hip|IR-LT|Surgery|15 Sep 2023|
    |[WSH](/r/caps)|John Carlson|20 Feb 2023|Face|IR-LT|Carlson (face) was on the ice in full gear prior to Monday’s practice, Tarik El-Bashir of The Athletic reports.|15 Mar 2023|
    |[WSH](/r/caps)|Alex Ovechkin|20 Feb 2023|Personal|IR-NR|Ovechkin (personal) may be back as soon as Thursday’s game versus the Anaheim Ducks, Emily Kaplan of ESPN reports.|unknown|
    |–|–|–|–|–|
    |[ANA](/r/anaheimducks)|Adam Henrique|21 Feb 2023|Lower Body|OUT|Henrique (lower body) won’t play Thursday versus the Washington Capitals, Lisa Dillman of The Orange County Register reports.|25 Feb 2023|
    |[ANA](/r/anaheimducks)|John Klingberg|21 Feb 2023|Lower Body|DTD|Klingberg (lower body) is a late scratch for Tuesday’s game versus the Tampa Bay Lightning, Alyson Lozoff of Bally Sports West reports.|unknown|
    |[ANA](/r/anaheimducks)|Jamie Drysdale||Shoulder|IR|Surgery|01 Mar 2023|
    |[ANA](/r/anaheimducks)|Troy Terry|17 Feb 2023|Upper Body|IR|Terry (upper body) skated at an optional practice Friday, Lisa Dillman of The Orange County Register reports.|unknown|
    |[ANA](/r/anaheimducks)|Urho Vaakanainen||Lower Body|IR||unknown|
    |[ANA](/r/anaheimducks)|Anthony Stolarz|17 Feb 2023|Lower Body|OUT|Stolarz (lower body) will not dress Friday against the Los Angeles Kings.|27 Feb 2023|
    |[ANA](/r/anaheimducks)|John Moore||Undisclosed|IR-NR||30 Mar 2023|

    ###Team Stats

    |Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|G/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|S/G|SA/G|FO%|
    |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
    |[Capitals](/r/caps)|59|28|25|6|62|52.5|2.9661|2.8983|20.4|81.5|31.38983|30.25423|49.8|
    |[Ducks](/r/anaheimducks)|58|17|34|7|41|35.3|2.44827|4.18965|16.2|72.9|29.5|39.55172|45.8|

    ###Team Leaders

    |Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
    |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
    |G|[](/r/caps)|Alex Ovechkin|32|[](/r/anaheimducks)|Trevor Zegras|19|
    |A|[](/r/caps)|Evgeny Kuznetsov|36|[](/r/anaheimducks)|Trevor Zegras|29|
    |P|[](/r/caps)|Alex Ovechkin|54|[](/r/anaheimducks)|Trevor Zegras|48|
    |+/-|[](/r/caps)|Erik Gustafsson|9|[](/r/anaheimducks)|Glenn Gawdin|-1|
    |PIM|[](/r/caps)|Garnet Hathaway|52|[](/r/anaheimducks)|Max Comtois|70|
    |TOI|[](/r/caps)|John Carlson|23:23|[](/r/anaheimducks)|Cam Fowler|23:52|

    ### Goalie Breakdown

    ||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
    |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
    |[](/r/caps)|Darcy Kuemper|39|39|16|18|4|5|2.68|0.91277|
    |[](/r/caps)|Charlie Lindgren|24|20|12|7|2|0|2.68|0.90737|
    |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
    |[](/r/anaheimducks)|John Gibson|39|38|10|23|6|1|4.06|0.89793|
    |[](/r/anaheimducks)|Anthony Stolarz|19|12|5|6|0|0|3.73|0.89878|

    ###Season Series

    |Date|Away|Home|Time|Network/Result|
    |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
    |23 Feb 2023|[](/r/anaheimducks)|[](/r/caps)|07:00PM EST|NBCSWA, BSSC|
    |01 Mar 2023|[](/r/caps)|[](/r/anaheimducks)|07:00PM PST|BSSC, NBCSWA|

  5. if they lose tonight to the worst team in the league, at least 4 players on expiring deals should be traded by the end of the week. just accept that the “good” players on the team arent good enough anymore and the guys who’s deals expire arent coming back most likely anyway

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