Canadiens @ Capitals: Game thread, rosters, lines, and how to watch
Montreal Canadiens @ Washington Capitals
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Start time: 7:00 p.m. EDT / 4:00 p.m. PDT
In Canada: CityTV, Sportsnet East (English)TVA Sport (French)
In the capitals region: NBC SportsWashington
Stream: ESPN+, Sportsnet now
After a scoreless performance in Detroit, the Canadians decided to change their line-up for tonight’s game against the Washington Capitals, fielding Rem Pitlick in favor of Jonathan Drouin, who is making his season debut. It will be Drouin’s first game since March 21.
There may be one more change that needs to be made as Kaiden Guhle is listed as a game decider. The rookie defender missed most of the first period and part of the second after taking a hard hit in the gang, although he still played over 16 minutes into the game. They have to hope that the team does what is best for him and doesn’t let another player play through an injury that will only get worse as he lives.
Samuel Montembeault gets the start after Jake Allen held off a Red Wings attack last night and nearly stole two points for a team that was easily outplayed. The Capitals counter with their new regular Darcy Kuemper, who has been idle for two days since conceding four goals in the season opener in Washington.
The proposed lineup of the Montreal Canadiens
Forward
Left wing | center | Right wing |
---|---|---|
Left wing | center | Right wing |
#22 Cole Caufield | #14 Nick Suzuki | #17 Josh Anderson |
#68 Mike Hoffman | #91 Sean Monahan | #77 Kirby roof |
#20 Juraj Slafkovsky | #28 Christian Dvorak | #11 Brendan Gallagher |
#27 Jonathan Drouin | #71 Jake Evans | #63 Yevgeny Dadonov |
defender
Left defence | Right Defense |
---|---|
Left defence | Right Defense |
#21 Kaiden Guhle | #58 David Savard |
$54Jordan Harris | #26 Johnny Kovacevic |
#72 Arber Xhekaj | #6 Chris Wideman |
goalkeeper
Starter | fuse |
---|---|
Starter | fuse |
#35 Samuel Montembault | #34 Jake Allen |
scratched: Michael Pezzetta, Rem Pitlick, Corey Schueneman
Hurt: Joel Armia, Paul Byron, Joel Edmundson, and Mike Matheson
The likely lineup of the Washington Capitals
Forward
Left wing | center | Right wing |
---|---|---|
Left wing | center | Right wing |
Alexander Ovechkin | Dylan Strome | Connor Brown |
Anton Manta | Yevgeny Kuznetsov | TJ Oshia |
Markus Johanson | Lars Eller | Aliaksei Protas |
Conor Sheary | Nick Dowd | Garnet Hathaway |
defender
Left defence | Right Defense |
---|---|
Left defence | Right Defense |
Martin Fehary | John Carlson |
Dimitri Orlov | Nick Jensen |
Eric Gustafsson | Trevor van Riemsdyk |
goalkeeper
Starter | fuse |
---|---|
Starter | fuse |
Darcy Kumper | Charlie Lindgren |