Caps start post Christmas break with battle against Canes
Carolina Hurricanes (15-15-5) vs. Washington Capitals (22-10-3)
Thursday, December 27, 2018 – 7:00 p.m. ET
Capital One Arena – Washington, DC
TV: NBC Washington
Radio: Caps Radio 24/7
Tonight will be the second of just four meetings between the Capitals and the Hurricanes this season. The Canes come back to DC into Capital One Arena on March 26th and the Capitals will be in Raleigh one more time in March on the 28th.
Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin was named captain of the Metro division all star team when the NHL all star game heads to San Jose, California,
Canes lines tonight against the Capitals
Svechnikov-Aho-Teravainen
Ferland-Bishop-Williams
Foegele-Wallmark-Matinook
Kuokkanen-Rask-McGinn
Slavin-Pesce
deHaan-Faulk
TVR-Hamilton
Capitals lines against the Canes:
Ovechkin-Backstrom-Oshie
Vrana-Kuznetsov-Wilson
Burakovsky-Eller-Connolly
Stephenson-Boyd-DSP
Kempny-Carlson0
Orlov-Niskanen
Siegenthaler-Bowey
Holtby in between the pipes