A thrilling (perhaps too thrilling?) overtime win in Game 1 puts the Caps up to an early 1-0 lead – but they’ve learned very quickly that dominating for most of the game is not necessarily going to do it against this scrappy Montreal squad. Foot on the gas pedal all the way through.
First, some admin stuff for Game 2:
- Where: Capital One Arena
- When: 7:00 p.m.
- How to Watch: Monumental, ESPN
- How to Listen: 106.7, Capitals Radio 24/7
Series: 1-0
Goalie Matchup:
Logan Thompson (1-0, .943, 1.92 GAA) vs. Sam Montembeault (0-1, .906, 2.89 GAA)
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With Aliaksei Protas likely still out for a bit longer, expect to see much of the same from the lineup, down to Thompson in net, as we saw on Monday night…but it will be interesting to see if Carbery tweaks those defensive pairs that struggled to contain Montreal’s top line in Game 1. Barring that, here’s how they’re looking:
Ovechkin – Strome – Beauvillier
McMichael – Dubois – Wilson
Mangiapane – Eller – Leonard
Duhaime – Dowd – Raddysh
Chychrun – Carlson
Sandin – Roy
Alexeyev – van Riemsdyk
Thompson
Lindgren