The Washington Capitals take on the Edmonton Oilers tonight at 8:30 p.m. eastern on NBC Sports Washington. For more pregame info including lines and betting odds click here. Read on for the top 3 key players to watch.
The Capitals won the last matchup on Nov. 7 at Capital One Arena which also happened to be my birthday. Birthday wins are the best wins.
In that game, Evgeny Kuznetsov (two goals and two assists), Dylan Strome (two goals and one assist) and Alex Ovechkin (a goal and an assist) recorded multiple points and the Caps scored four power play goals in the win. Charlie Lindgren made 25 saves including 12 in the third period to earn his first win at home as a Capital.
Here are the top 3 players to watch tonight.
#3 Charlie Lindgren
With Darcy Kuemper as day to day with an upper body injury, all eyes will be on backup goaltender Charlie Lindgren to step it up.
In the last matchup with the Oilers he stopped 25 of 29 shots. He made 12 of those saves in the third period and the Capitals led for all 20 of those minutes. In 37 career games, Lindgren has a record of 17-15-4 with a 2.89 goals against average and a .909 save percentage along with two shutouts.