Washington Capitals (0-0-0) at Boston Bruins (0-0-0)

Venue: TD Garden
Date: Sunday, September 20
Time: 5:00 pm EST
How To Watch: NHL Network/MNMT/NESN+

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Washington Capitals News & Notes:

The Capitals kickoff their preseason schedule tonight. They finished last season 43-30-9 with 95 points and fourth in the Metropolitan Division missing the playoffs. They went 0-2-1 last season against the Bruins, averaging 1.3 goals per game against the Bruins.

Boston Bruins News & Notes:

The Bruins kickoff their preseason schedule tonight in the first of back-to-back games. They went 45-27-10 with 100 points last season and were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Sabres. They went 3-0-0 against the Capitals last season, averaging three goals per game.

Washington Capitals Projected Lines

Tuch-Dubois-Wilson
Jenner-Sourdif-Beauvillier
Miroshnichenko-Brodzinski-Suzdalev
Trineyev-Dunne-Lakovic

Chychrun-Roy
Hutson-Desharnais
Holl-McIlrath

Thompson
Gibson

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Boston Bruins Projected Lines:

Hagens-Minten-Khusnutdinov
Steeves-Kuraly-Kastelic
Biasca-Poitras-Reichel
Abate-Schmaltz-Duran

Brunet-McAvoy
Aspirot-Lohrei
Harris-Jokiharju

DiPietro
Patera

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Players To Watch:

Washington Capitals

Alex Tuch makes his debut for the Capitals. He’s coming off a 66-point season in 79 games for the Sabres. He had 33 goals and 33 assists. Tuch was a +24 with seven power-play goals, three shorthanded goals, and two game-winning goals. In four regular-season games against the Bruins, he had a goal and an assist. In the playoffs, he had seven points against Boston on four goals and three assists.

Boston Bruins

Michael DiPietro is coming off a Les Cunningham Award for MVP of the AHL. He’s expected to be the backup to Jeremy Swayman this season, and he’ll get a look in the first preseason game. DiPietro last season went 34-8-1 in 45 games. He had a 1.91 goals-against average, a .930 save percentage, and three shutouts. DiPietro led the AHL in wins, goals-against average, and save percentage. He went 1-3-0 in the playoffs with a 1.96 goals-against average and a .931 save percentage. Some of the Capitals’ lineup features Hershey Bears players who DiPietro went 2-0-0 against, with a 2.50 goals-against average and a .924 save percentage.

Next Up

Boston – September 22 vs. Philadelphia Flyers
Washington – September 21 vs. Philadelphia Flyers