Their weekend trip to New York a success, the Caps now return home for the first of four games in DC. The first of these games features an old Southeast Division rival in the Tampa Bay Lightning, who are coming in fresh off a Monday matinee win over the Bruins.
First, some admin stuff:
- Who: Capitals vs. Lightning
- Where: Capital One Arena
- When: 7:00 p.m.
- How to Watch: Monumental, ESPN
- How to Listen: 106.7, Capitals Radio 24/7
Pierre-Luc Dubois left Sunday’s game with a lower-body injury and is day-to-day, so Hendrix Lapierre draws back in to reunite a third-line trio that had some success in the preseason, with Logan Thompson back between the pipes:
Ovechkin – Strome – Milano
Protas – McMichael – Wilson
Milano – Lapierre – Leonard
Duhaime – Dowd – Sourdif
Fehervary – Carlson
Chychrun – van Riemsdyk
Sandin – Roy
Thompson
Lindgren