The Washington Capitals are making a quick stop in Ohio before returning home, taking on the Columbus Blue Jackets in the first game of a back-to-back.
Washington is 5-2 to open the season, and Columbus is 3-3. Puck drop is at 7 p.m. at Nationwide Arena.
Capitals Line Combinations
Alex Ovechkin-Dylan Strome-Anthony Beauvillier
Hendrix Lapierre-Connor McMichael-Tom Wilson
Aliaksei Protas-Justin Sourdif-Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime-Nic Dowd-Ethen Frank
Martin Fehervary-John Carlson
Jakob Chychrun-Matt Roy
Declan Chisholm-Trevor van Riemsdyk
Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren
Injured: Pierre-Luc Dubois (lower-body, day-to-day), Rasmus Sandin (upper-body, day-to-day)
Who To Watch
Tom Wilson leads the Capitals with 10 points and has points in four straight and six of seven games so far this season.
Dylan Strome is also on a four-game point streak.
Jakob Chychrun has goals in three of his last four outings.
Alex Ovechkin is two goals away from 900 and one game away from 1,500 GO.
The power play has goals in four straight contests.
Aliaksei Protas has points in three of the last four.
