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Capitals at Penguins: Lines, Notes, & How to Watch
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The Washington Capitals (7-5-1) will finish a set of back-to-back games Thursday night. They head up to Pittsburgh to face the rival Penguins (8-4-2) at PPG Paints Arena.
The puck drops at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday's Pittsburgh game is the first of a four-game road trip for the Capitals. The road trip, which will take place over the course of eight days, will see the team also face Tampa Bay, Carolina, and Florida .
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The Capitals are already coming off one of their best games of the season that snapped a four-game losing skid. On Wednesday night, they crushed the St. Louis Blues 6-1, as Alex Ovechkin became the first NHL player to reach 900 career goals.
Also in the win, Anthony Beuavillier and Tom Wilson each scored twice, while Logan Thompson made 23 saves in net. Thompson is now 6-3-0 to start the season, and has allowed only two or fewer goals in each of his nine starts.
The Capitals were also without the injured Pierre-Luc Dubois , who will be out for an extended period of time. They also ended their power play drought as Wilson scored on the man advantage in the opening period.
Meanwhile, Pittsburgh is coming off back-to-back losses in Canada. They fell 5-2 in Winnipeg and blew a commanding 3-0 lead to lose 4-3 to Toronto .
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Pittsburgh also lost goalie Tristan Jarry to a lower body injury in that game. Jarry was placed on injured reserve, as Arturs Silovs will take over most of his netminding duties.
This is also the first of three meetings this season between modern-day NHL legends Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby , who are both in the twilights of their careers.
Expected Capitals Lines
Forwards
Alex Ovechkin – Dylan Strome – Anthony Beauvillier
Aliaksei Protas – Connor McMichael – Tom Wilson
Sonny Milano – Hendrix Lapierre – Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime – Nic Dowd – Justin Sourdif
Defensemen
Martin Fehervary – John Carlson
Jakob Chychrun – Matt Roy
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Rasmus Sandin – Trevor van Riemsdyk
Goalie
Expected Penguins Lines
Forwards
Ben Kindel – Sidney Crosby – Bryan Rust
Anthony Mantha – Evgeni Malkin – Tommy Novak
Ville Koivunen – Danton Heinen – Philip Tomasino
Connor Dewar – Blake Lizotte – Joona Koppanen
Defensemen
Parker Wotherspoon – Erik Karlsson
Goalie
Arturs Silovs
How to Watch
TV: ESPN+, Hulu
Radio: 106.7 The Fan/Caps Radio Network
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