In danger of going down 3-0 Caps need win tonight at Columbus
4-17 Game 3 Columbus at Washington Columbus leads 2-0
TV: 730pm NBC Sports Washington, NBCSN
Last game: Columbus beat Washington 5-4 in ot
Columbus top performers
- Artermi Panerin- 2 assists
- Cam Atkinson- 2 goals
- Sergei Bobrovsky- 54 saves
Capitals top performers
- Ovechkin-2 power play goals
- John Carlson-3 assists
- Nicklas Backstrom-2 assists
The Caps jumped out to early leads in both Game 1 and Game 2, squandered both leads and now find themselves in a 0-2 series hole with the series shifting to Columbus.
Caps lines:
Alex Ovechkin – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Tom Wilson
Jakub Vrana – Nicklas Backstrom – T.J. Oshie
Brett Connolly- Lars Eller – Devante Smith-Pelly
Chandler Stephenson – Jay Beagle – Alex Chiasson
Michal Kempny – John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov – Matt Niskanen
Brooks Orpik – Christian Djoos
Braden Holtby starting in net.
Scratches: Travis Boyd , Andre Burakovsky (upper-body), Shane Gerisch, Madison Bowey, Jakub Jerabek