The Capitals are coming off a 4-2 loss against the Carolina Hurricanes, which was their 2nd loss in a row, and tonight the Capitals are at risk of losing 3 straight games. The Capitals will be playing a very good Canadiens team and will have to play their absolute best if they want to walk away from this game with a win. In tonight's game, there is a little special event happening, with Capitals defenceman Cole Hutson playing against his brother, Lane.
Here are the projected lines for the Capitals tonight:
Alex Tuch -- Dylan Strome -- Tom Wilson
Alaiksei Protas -- Ilya Protas -- Alex Ovechkin
Ryan Leonard -- Boone Jenner -- Jordan Kyrou
Ethen Frank -- Justin Sourdif -- Anthony Beauvillier
Jakob Chychrun -- Timothy Liljegren
Martin Fehervary -- Vincent Desharnais
Cole Hutson -- Justin Holl
Charlie Lindgren
Logan Thompson
Here are the projected lines for the Canadiens tonight:
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Chris Kreider -- Alex Newhook -- Josh Anderson
Zachary Bolduc -- Phillip Danault -- Alexandre Texier
Owen Beck -- Jake Evans -- Kirby Dach
Lane Hutson -- Noah Dobson
Kaiden Guhle -- Alexandre Carrier
Arber Xhekaj -- Adam Engstrom
Jakub Dobes
Jacob Fowler
The Capitals are still without Rasmus Sandin (knee), Matt Roy (lower body), and Pierre-Luc Dubois (illness), and have scratched Ivan Miroshnichenko and Dylan McIlrath for tonight's game as well. For the Canadiens, they are without Samuel Montembeault (lower body), Ivan Demidov (lower body), Oliver Kapanen (lower body), Florian Xhekaj (undisclosed), and Mike Matheson (lower body). They have also scratched David Reinbacher.
The Capitals will be starting Charlie Lindgren after Logan Thompson started in last night's game, and for the Canadiens, they will be starting Jakub Dobes after Jacob Fowler started in last night's game.
It is a Hutson brother duel tonight as the Canadiens take on the Capitals at 7:30 pm EST.
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