The Washington Capitals are coming off a 3-2 overtime win over the Ottawa Senators. While the main headlines focused on Jakob Chychrun’s major hit on Nick Cousins, another big story was Capitals forward Cole Hutson, who scored his first overtime goal of the season and his fifth of the year. The Capitals are looking to win their 3rd straight tonight, while the Devils try to avoid losing 2 in a row.
Here are the projected lines for the Capitals:
Alex Tuch — Dylan Strome — Jordan Kyrou
Aliaksei Protas — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom Wilson
Alex Ovechkin — Justin Sourdif — Anthony Beauvillier
Boone Jenner — Ilya Protas — Ryan Leonard
Jakob Chychrun — Matt Roy
Martin Fehervary — Timothy Liljegren
Cole Hutson — Jack St. Ivany
Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren
Here are the projected lines for the Devils:
Arseny Gritsyuk — Jack Hughes — Jesper Bratt
Timo Meier — Nico Hischier — Luke Evangelista
Stefan Noesen — Evan Rodrigues — Connor Brown
Jesper Boqvist — Cody Glass — Lenni Hameenaho
Jonas Seigenthaler — Luke Hughes
Declan Chisholm — Dougie Hamilton
Brenden Dillon — Vladislav Kolyachonok
Connor Hellebuyck
Jake Allen
The Capitals are without Rasmus Sandin (knee) and Vincent Desharnais (appendectomy), and they have also scratched Ethen Frank, Ivan Miroshnichenko, andJustin Holl for tonight’s matchup. The Devils will be without Anthony Mantha (throat), Brett Pesce (ill), and Johnathan Kovacevic (lower body), and they have also scratched Amadeus Lombardi.
For the starting goaltenders, it is a heavyweight matchup: Logan Thompson for the Capitals and Connor Hellebuyck for the Devils. Thompson is coming off a 25-save win against the Senators. Hellebuyck, who is undefeated this year, is coming off a shutout against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The Capitals take on the Devils tonight at 7 PM ET.
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