Capitals vs. Mammoth: Lines, Notes, & How to Watch

The Washington Capitals (31-24-7) open the month of March at home. They will host the Utah Mammoth (30-24-4) at Capital One Arena on Tuesday night.

The puck drops at 7:00 p.m. ET.

Utah is the last team the Capitals will face for the first time this season. The Mammoth used to go by the Utah Hockey Club, and of course, the Arizona/Phoenix Coyotes.

The Capitals came out of the Olympic break with two victories before suffering a 6-2 setback in Montreal on Saturday. Alex Ovechkin scored both goals for Washington.

Nevertheless, the Capitals enter Tuesday’s game on a five-game home winning streak. Three of those wins took place before and after the Olympic break.

The Capitals also enter Tuesday with six wins in their last eight games (6-2-0). The team now has 20 games left on the schedule, and will need to claim two-thirds or three-fourths of the 40 points remaining.

From Nov. 1 to Feb. 28, the Capitals were the only NHL team to play as many as 50 games. The actual total for the team was 51.

Meanwhile, Utah is coming off a six-game homestand where they went 3-3-0. Their last game was a complete dud as they fell 4-0 to Chicago in Salt Lake City.

Now, Utah begins a five-game road trip in Washington on Tuesday. The trip lasts eight nights and concludes in Minnesota next Tuesday.

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 – Nic Dowd – Ethen Frank

Defensemen

Rasmus Sandin – Martin Fehervary

Jakob Chychrun – Matt Roy

Trevor van Riemsdyk – Dylan McIlrath

Goalies

Logan Thompson

Charlie Lindgren

Expected Mammoth Lines

Forwards

Clayton Keller – Nick Schmaltz – Lawson Crouse

Jack McBain – Logan Cooley – Dylan Guenther

JJ Peterka – Barrett Hayton – Kailer Yamamoto

Alexander Kerfoot – Stenlund – Michael Carcone

Defensemen

Mikhail Sergachev – Sean Durzi

Nate Schmidt – John Marino

Ian Cole – Olli Maata

Goalies

Karel Vejmelka

Vitek Vanacek

How to Watch

TV: Monumental Sports Network 2

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