The Caps return to the ice after a three day Christmas break to face the New York Islanders in Brooklyn on Tuesday. The Islanders have won two in a row, but lost the previous five. The Islanders currently sit at the bottom of the Metropolitan Division.
Something to watch for is whether or not Zach Sanford is in the lineup. The roster freeze will be over and he is eligible to be sent back down to Hershey, which has games on Wednesday (at Syracuse), Friday, and Saturday (both home). His time with Washington is considered “game to game.