After a long four-game road trip (2-1-1 record) and two days off, the Washington Capitals are back for some pre-Thanksgiving action against the Montreal Canadiens.
The Capitals return to Capital One Arena battered and bruised — without five of their forwards. Rookie forward Aliaksei Protas will skate on the first line with Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov — his literal idols growing up.
Ilya Samsonov will start in net and try to continue his consecutive shutout streak going.
Tonight’s game is on NBC Sports Washington Plus. Come chat with us below in the comments!
Capitals Lines
#Caps' lines/pairs vs. MON:
8-Ovechkin, 92-Kuznetsov, 59-Protas
10-Sprong, 24-McMichael, 43-Wilson
62-Hagelin, 26-Dowd, 21-Hathaway
47-Malenstyn, 23-Sgarbossa, 49-Leason42-Fehervary, 74-Carlson
9-Orlov, 3-Jensen
57-van Riemsdyk, 2-SchultzSamsonov vs. Allen. #CapsHabs
— Mike Vogel (@VogsCaps) November 24, 2021
Ilya Samsonov’s shutout streak
Here’s how long Sammy is going to have to go to reach the Caps’ franchise record.
@SamanthaJPell @russianmachine
Capitals shutout sequence records Samsonov can reach tonight & when he would reach them
First Period
10th – 4:38
9th -4:44
8th – 10:41
7th – 12:57
6th – 17:45
5th – 18:02Second Period
4th – 5:53
3rd – 12:37Third Period
2nd – 8:37
1st – 12:25— Marcus Afzali (@ommda84) November 24, 2021
Nic Dowd is guilty on all charges of embarassing Jake Allen.
COURT IS IN SESSION! pic.twitter.com/qRgQfgOAVN
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 25, 2021
John Carlson makes it 2-0 on the PP.
BING BONG! pic.twitter.com/Vniw2Wq1Xb
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 25, 2021
A rare SCOARBOSSA via a Habs’ own goal.
We'll take it! pic.twitter.com/hN8K36iGmd
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 25, 2021
This ain’t it king
A bad turnover by John Carlson allows the Habs to narrow the Capitals lead, 3-1.
Jake Evans réduit l'écart en fin de période.
Jake Evans narrows the lead late in the period.#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/uOVqk5lxeJ
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) November 25, 2021
Sammy’s shutout streak is over.
Per @JoeBpXp, Ilya Samsonov's shutout streak lasted 170:13. It was the longest in the NHL so far this season.
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) November 25, 2021
Samsonov authored the fifth longest shutout streak in team history.
@russianmachine Samsonov’s shutout sequence surpassed 170 minutes making it the 5th longest in Capitals history before Montreal scored at the 18:46 mark in the first period tonight. Here are the only four sequences that have been longer for Washington. pic.twitter.com/FvIBxEVijy
— Marcus Afzali (@ommda84) November 25, 2021
Nic Dowd. Not a fan of his goal.
Nic Dowd to @RealSmokinAl on his goal: "I was able to get around the D there. I think I missed the puck about four times."
"Right here I was thinking [I'd shoot]. Got stuck behind the net and I took my only option. [Shot] and got a fortunate bounce."
The negativity here is 😆
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) November 25, 2021
John Carlson -> Evgeny Kuznetsov for the layup. 4-1 Caps.
Sliiiiiiiick 👌 pic.twitter.com/1IvUZVyqi4
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 25, 2021
The GIF is smoooooooth.
slap pass so good even kuzy had to double-take pic.twitter.com/qqr9cagOWw
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 25, 2021
Cole Caufield scores to narrow it 4-2. The goal was in and out so fast, it had to be reviewed.
Cole le savait.
Cole knew it.#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/DDyZxWUXzC
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) November 25, 2021
Tom Wilson makes it 5-2.
One, two, three, four, FIF pic.twitter.com/qFJXFMY1I6
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 25, 2021
Touchdown, Washington via a SCOARLOV. 6-2.
having a ton of fun tonight pic.twitter.com/OPLVv6Li8y
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 25, 2021
The mites on ice dressed up as turkeys again. A wonderful annual tradition.
It's pretty festive at the @Capitals game 🍗🏒 pic.twitter.com/EhrYGI4ibC
— SportsNation (@SportsNation) November 25, 2021
And, of course, Slapshot as a pilgrim!
When you get to eat turkey tomorrow 🦃 pic.twitter.com/f39vGCo2QD
— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) November 25, 2021
Lehkonen scores on the breakaway to make the game 6-3 WSH late.
Lehkonen marque dans un deuxième match consécutif.
Lehkonen scores in a second straight game.#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/i4rS8I2sJA
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) November 25, 2021
Caps win 6-3.
It’s the fourth time the Capitals have scored six goals this season.
STUFFED.#CapsHabs | #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/vuUMChhmQT
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 25, 2021
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