The Capitals blew a lead on Tuesday night against the Columbus Blue Jackets, doing the Blackhawks a favor in the Bad for Bedard Sweepstakes. Washington is desperately trying to get into the wild card still, so a bounce-back performance against the Blackhawks tonight could be a recipe for a strong performance by the home team — and a loss for Chicago. But this Blackhawks team has never wanted to hear about how they’re supposed to lose, so stay tuned…
Broadcast Info
Puck Drop: 6:00 PM CT
TV: NBCSN
Radio: WGN 720 AM
Expected Lineups
Chicago Blackhawks
Lukas Reichel โ Philipp Kurashev โ Andreas Athanasiou
Tyler Johnson โ Jason Dickinson โ Taylor Raddysh
Boris Katchouk โ Jujhar Khaira โ Joey Anderson
Mike Hardman โ MacKenzie Entwistle โ Billy Robinson
Caleb Jones โ Seth Jones
Jarred Tinordi โ Connor Murphy
Ian Mitchell โ Nikita Zaitsev
🥅 Anton Khudobin
Washington Capitals
Alex Ovechkin – Dylan Strome – Tom Wilson
Sonny Milano – Nicklas Backstrom – TJ Oshie
Anthony Mantha – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Craig Smith
Conor Sheary – Nic Dowd – Aliaksei Protas
Rasmus Sandin – John Carlson
Alexander Alexeyev – Trevor van Riemsdyk
Matt Irwin – Nick Jensen
🥅 Darcy Kuemper
Injury Report
Chicago Blackhawks
- The Blackhawks continue to be without Jonathan Toews, Colin Blackwell, Cole Guttman, Reese Johnson, Anders Bjork and Austin Wagner.
Washington Capitals
Carl Hagelin and Connor Brown are on IR.
What to Watch For
- Dylan Strome revenge game? Maybe Trevor van Riemsdyk? Both have signed extensions to stay in Washington for the next three years.
- For what it’s worth, Strome has points in eight of his past nine games with 13 points (four goals, nine assists) in the span.
- Lukas Reichel has just one point — an assist — in his last six games. Taylor Raddysh has been held without a point in his last three contests. Will one of them break out tonight?