After a tight 2-1 victory over Buffalo, Caps take on Senators tonight

by Matt Bachota · December 22, 2018

Washington Capitals (21-10-3) vs Ottawa Senators (15-17-4)

December 22, 2018, 7:00 PM ET

Canadian Tire Centre.

The Washington Capitals had to squeak out a close 2-1 victory against the tough, up and coming Buffalo Sabres last night in DC. Now the Caps hit the road to take on an underperforming Ottawa Senators team at 15-17-4. Tonight’s battle is a war between the Capital of the USA in Washington, and the Capital of Canada in Ottawa.

Tonight the matchup is between a Washington team that is ranked number three in offense and eighteen in defense while the Ottawa Senators are ranked ninth offensively and thirty-first defensively. If the Caps can score early, DC may be able to explode offensively and cruise to a victory heading into the Christmas holiday.

Ottawa lines against the Caps:

Tkachuk – White – Stone
Tierney – Duchene – Boedker
Dzingel – Smith – Ryan
Paajarvi – Pyatt – Paajarvi
Chabot – DeMelo
Lajoie – Ceci
Borowiecki – Jaros

McKenna will start between the pipes for the Sens

Capitals lineup against the Senators

Ovechkin-Backstrom-Oshie

Vrana-Kuznetsov-Wilson

Connolly-Eller-DSP

Jaskin-Dowd-Boyd

Kempny-Carlson

Orlov-Niskanen

Lewington-Bowey

Copley is between the pipes for the Capitals.

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