Capitals @ Blue Jackets Game Thread 12/12

The Caps take their nine-game road win streak – and Tom Wilson’s bruised face – to Columbus to face the struggling Blue Jackets tonight, their first game since Saturday’s big comeback win in Montreal. They will look to keep things going and stop the Devils at the top of the Metropolitan Division against these Metro Division rivals.

First some admin stuff:

• WHO: Capitals vs. Blue Jackets
• Where: Nationwide arena
• When: 7:00 p.m
• How to watch: Monumental
• How to listen: 106.7, Capitals Radio 24/7

This is what the lines and D-pairs looked like during yesterday’s training and we can expect to see Charlie Lindgren back in net:

McMichael – Strome – Raddysh
Protas-Dubois-Wilson
Lapierre – Eller – Mangiapane
Duhaime – Dowd – Miroshnichenko

Fehervary-Carlson
Sandin-Roy
Chychrun – van Riemsdyk

Lindgren
Thompson

On this day in 1974: The Caps and Rangers reached a 6-6 draw, with the Caps twice erasing the Blueshirts’ multi-goal lead. (game notes)

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