Capitals at Blues: Lines, Notes, & How to Watch

The Washington Capitals (35-27-9) begin their final multi-game road trip of the 2025-26 season. Their first stop is the Midwest where they visit the St. Louis Blues (28-30-11) at Enterprise Center on Tuesday night.

The puck drops at 8:00 p.m. ET.

The Capitals will play their final three games outside the Eastern Time Zone on the trip. The team enters Tuesday’s tilt in St. Louis on a five-game point streak (3-0-2).

The Capitals recently concluded a four-game homestand with a 3-2 OT loss vs. Colorado, the top team in the NHL. Washington carried a 1-0 lead into the third period, but the game needed OT with the score tied at 2-2.

Captain Alex Ovechkin made more history as he recorded a game-tying power-play goal in the third. The 40-year-old joined Wayne Gretzky as the only other player with 1,000 combined regular season and playoff goals.

Ovechkin’s power-play goal turned out to be the first one he recorded at home this season. Additionally, The Great 8 now has 923 career goals, if you exclude ones scored in the playoffs.

The Capitals still have ways to go if they want to reach this season’s playoffs. The team is currently six points behind the Islanders for the last Wild Card spot in the Eastern Conference.

Meanwhile, St. Louis is far behind in the Western Conference standings. The Blues are eight points behind Nashville for the second Wild Card spot.

St. Louis went from their season opener last Oct. 9 to March 1st without stringing together more than two victories. However, the Blues enter Tuesday with an impressive 7-1-2 record in their last 10 games.

Expected Capitals Lines

Forwards

Alex Ovechkin – Dylan Strome – Anthony Beauvillier

Aliaksei Protas – Pierre-Luc Dubois – Tom Wilson

Connor McMichael – Justin Sourdif – Ryan Leonard

Brandon Duhaime – Hendrix Lapierre – Ethen Frank

Defensemen

Jakob Chychrun – Trevor van Riemsdyk

Cole Hutson – Matt Roy

Martin Fehervary – Rasmus Sandin

Goalies

Logan Thompson

Charlie Lindgren

Expected Blues Lines

Forwards

Dylan Holloway – Robert Thomas – Jimmy Snuggerud

Jake Neighbours – Pavel Buchnevich – Jordan Kyrou

Jonathan Drouin – Dalibor Dvorsky – Otto Stenberg

Alexey Toropchenko – Jack Finley – Pius Suter

Defensemen

Philip Broberg – Logan Mailloux

Theo Lindstein – Colton Parayko

Cam Fowler – Justin Holl

Goalies

Joel Hofer

Jordan Binnington

How to Watch

TV: Monumental Sports Network

Radio: 106.7 The Fan/Caps Radio Network

By Harry Lichtman

Harry Lichtman is an award-winning journalist who covers the Washington Capitals for Sportsnaut. He also contributes to the sites ... More about Harry Lichtman