Montreal Canadiens vs. Washington Capitals
How to watch
Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT
In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French)
In the Capitals region: NBC Sports Washington
Streaming: ESPN+, RDS Direct, TSN+
The Canadiens play the first of the two home games remaining on the 2022-23 season schedule tonight, and the Bell Centre crowd hasn’t had much to celebrate in the last few contests. Hopefully the return of Rafaël Harvey-Pinard, who missed those two games versus Carolina and Detroit, will spark the offence back to life.
RHP will be right back on Nick Suzuki’s line, with the team’s play in his absence doing just as much to make his case for a top-six spot as anything he’s achieved on the ice. Suzuki was left to put on a one-man show on Tuesday, and the return of his energetic winger should result in a more dangerous attack versus Washington.
It’s hard to say what the Capitals’ response will be to playing their first game after being officially eliminated from playoff contention. They weren’t playing all that well beforehand, surrendering at least four goals eight times in the past 10 games, so there should be a chance for Suzuki, Harvey-Pinard, and maybe even a few other players besides to get on the scoreboard.
Montreal Canadiens projected roster
Forwards
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Left Wing | Centre | Right Wing |
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#49 Rafaël Harvey-Pinard | #14 Nick Suzuki | #40 Joel Armia |
#32 Rem Pitlick | #71 Jake Evans | #68 Mike Hoffman |
#25 Denis Gurianov | #27 Jonathan Drouin | #11 Brendan Gallagher |
#55 Michael Pezzetta | #67 Chris Tierney | #56 Jesse Ylönen |
Defencemen
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Left Defence | Right Defence |
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#8 Mike Matheson | #52 Justin Barron |
#64 Corey Schueneman | #26 Johnny Kovacevic |
#44 Joel Edmundson | #6 Chris Wideman |
Goaltenders
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Starter | Backup |
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#35 Samuel Montembeault | #30 Cayden Primeau |
Scratched: Sean Farrell
Injured/Ill: Josh Anderson, Paul Byron, Cole Caufield, Kirby Dach, Christian Dvorak, Kaiden Guhle, Sean Monahan, Juraj Slafkovský, Arber Xhekaj
Washington Capitals projected lineup
Forwards
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Left Wing | Centre | Right Wing |
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Alex Ovechkin | Dylan Strome | Tom Wilson |
Conor Sheary | Evgeny Kuznetsov | Craig Smith |
Sonny Milano | Nicklas Backstrom | Aliaksei Protas |
Anthony Mantha | Nic Dowd | Nicolas Aube-Kubel |
Defencemen
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Left Defence | Right Defence |
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Martin Fehervary | John Carlson |
Rasmus Sandin | Nick Jensen |
Alexander Alexeyev | Matt Irwin |
Goaltenders
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Starter | Backup |
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Darcy Kuemper | Charlie Lindgren |