How to watch
Start time: 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST
In the Canadiens region: TSN2, TSN Direct (English), RDS, RDS Direct (French)
In the US: NBCSN
In the Capitals region: NBC Sports Washington
Streaming: NHL.tv/NHL Live
The night will be all about Alex Ovechkin at Capital One Arena. On the national stage in the US and a home broadcast besides, all the attention is on the NHL’s best goal-scorer of this generation as he looks to hit the 700-goals milestone that only seven other players have ever reached.
Montreal would like that spoil that party, but that will take a more solid defensive effort than they’ve shown over the past week. They’ve given up four goals in each of the past three games, blowing multi-goal leads in the last two. Whatever the reason, they simply haven’t been able to carry the strong play that gets them on the board early all the way to the finish line.
To avoid a sixth consecutive loss, they either have to shut down the opposition or explode offensively themselves. With Ovechkin getting antsy while mired in a five-game goalless drought, they may need to look behind door number two to pull this one off this evening.
Montreal Canadiens projected lineup
Forwards
Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
Tomas Tatar |
Phillip Danault |
Brendan Gallagher |
Jonathan Drouin |
Nick Suzuki |
Joel Armia |
Paul Byron |
Max Domi |
Ilya Kovalchuk |
Nick Cousins |
Nate Thompson |
Jordan Weal |
Defencemen
Left Defence |
Right Defence |
Left Defence |
Right Defence |
Ben Chiarot |
Shea Weber |
Brett Kulak |
Jeff Petry |
Xavier Ouellet |
Victor Mete |
Goaltenders
Goaltenders |
Goaltenders |
Carey Price |
Charlie Lindgren |
Washington Capitals projected lineup
Forwards
Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
Alex Ovechkin |
Nicklas Backstrom |
Tom Wilson |
Jakub Vrana |
Evgeny Kuznetsov |
T.J. Oshie |
Carl Hagelin |
Lars Eller |
Richard Panik |
Travis Boyd |
Nic Dowd |
Garnet Hathaway |
Defencemen
Left Defence |
Right Defence |
Left Defence |
Right Defence |
Brenden Dillon |
John Carlson |
Dmitri Orlov |
Nick Jensen |
Michal Kempny |
Radko Gudas |
Goaltenders
Goaltenders |
Goaltenders |
Braden Holtby |
Ilya Samsonov |