Caps face Blues for final road game of 2018
4-2 Washington (47-25-7) at St. Louis (43-29-6)
TV: 8pm NBC Sports Washington
Last game for Washington: 3-1 win at Pittsburgh
- Dmitry Orlov-goal
- T. J. Oshie-goal
- Tom Wilson-goal
- Philipp Grubauer-36 saves
Washington finishes off its last back-to-back set of games in the 2017-18 season as they play also their final road game of the season tonight in St. Louis against the Blues. Braden Holtby is scheduled to start in goal for Washington.
CAPITALS PROJECTED LINEUP
Forwards
Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Wilson
Burakovsky-Backstrom-Oshie
Vrana-Eller-Smith-Pelly
Chiasson-Stephenson-Connolly
Defensemen
Kempny-Carlson
Orlov-Niskanen
Orpik-Jerabek
Goalie
Braden Holtby
Last game for St. Louis: 6-0 loss at Arizona
- Jake Allen-12 saves
The Blues lost 4-3 in overtime at Washington on January 7, with Nicklas Backstrom’s breakaway goal ending the game with just 43 seconds left in overtime.
BLUES PROJECTED LINEUP
Forwards
Schwartz-Schenn-Tarasenko
Jaskin-Sobotka-Thompson
Barbashev-Sundqvist-Thorburn
Defensemen
Edmundson-Pietrangelo
Dunn-Parayko
Butler-Bortuzzo
Goalie
Jake Allen