Caps win four of six at home, now face division leader on the road

Washington Capitals (31-18-7) at Columbus Blue Jackets (31-20-3)
Tuesday February 12, 2019, 7:00 PM
Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio
NBCSWA will have the game live with Joe B and Craig Laughlin
Caps Radio 24/7 will have the call with John Walton behind the mic.

After a season long six game home stand, the game tonight in Columbus kicks off Washington’s longest road trip of the season, a six-game stretch that will take the Capitals all the way out to California and back to the Eastern time zone.

The Columbus Blue Jackets and Washington Capitals will do battle tonight in Columbus as they continue to also battle with the surprising New York Islanders team on the out of town score board because the Islanders are atop the Metropolitan Division. New York took over first place as both the Blue Jackets and Capitals struggled before and right after the All-Star break. Since their recent skids, both the Jackets and Caps have put forth a better effort and have begun turning things around. The Islanders lead Washington by three points and both Columbus and Pittsburgh by five heading into the Tuesday nights slate of games.

The player to watch tonight for the Caps is forward Evgeny Kuznetsov. The Russian center has five goals and five assists in his last four games, including a four point night (2 goals/2 assists) in last nights battle with the Los Angeles Kings who the Caps will see next Monday night at the famous Staples Center. Kuzy recently has begun to start looking much more like the player he was during the 2017-18 regular season and playoffs.


NOTE: Columbus Blue Jackets forward Cam Atkinson will play in career NHL game number 500 tonight.

Tonight’s lineup for the Washington Capitals against the Jackets:

Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Wilson
Vrana-Backstrom-Oshie
Burakovsky-Eller-Connolly
Stephenson-Dowd-DSP
Kempny-Carlson
Orlov-Niskanen
Orpik-Djoos
Braden Holtby between the pipes for the Capitals.

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