The Minnesota Wild are devastated by injury and COVID-19 while the Capitals are playing in the back end of a back-to-back tonight. Who will win?
Zach Fucale will draw his second career start with Vitek Vanecek out due to illness while Connor McMichael is back in the lineup and will play on the Capitals second line. Yes, two Connors are playing on the same line as each other and they both spell their first names differently.
Tonight’s game is on NBC Sports Washington. Watch along with us!
Capitals’ lines
Via @VogsCaps:
8-Ovechkin, 92-Kuznetsov, 43-Wilson
24-McMichael, 20-Eller, 73-Sheary
59-Protas, 23-Sgarbossa, 10-Sprong
62-Hagelin, 26-Dowd, 21-Hathaway
42-Fehervary, 74-Carlson
9-Orlov, 3-Jensen
57-van Riemsdyk, 2-Schultz
Fucale vs. Kahkonen.
It’s so stupid it’s funny.
i'm alex and i can sing hii𝗶𝗶𝗶iii𝗶𝗶𝗶𝗶iiigh like this pic.twitter.com/oKt1o88aPl
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 9, 2022
Connor McMichael makes it 1-0
Mikey cracks open the scoring pic.twitter.com/awLBCLZXQ1
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 9, 2022
Evgeny Kuznetsov scores! 2-0 WSH.
Ope lemme just squeeze this one by ya pic.twitter.com/VH6Q0nv4Q9
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 9, 2022
A spectacular own goal by Carl Hagelin during a delayed penalty on the Wild lol. 2-1 WSH.
Mats Zuccarello ties it up in the final minute, sending it to OT. 2-2.
Fucale’s shutout streak is over.
ZUCCY, ARE YOU SERIOUS?!#mnwild pic.twitter.com/r0eOtOuw3H
— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) January 9, 2022
Caps lose in the shootout 3-2.
Final from Minny#CapsWild pic.twitter.com/o0wqkmqMCb
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 9, 2022
Read the RMNB recap.
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