Overview
- Puck drop is 7:00 p.m. ET at Capital One Arena with TV coverage on TNT and streaming on HBO Max.
- Washington recalled Brett Leason from AHL Hershey for the fourth line, kept Dylan McIlrath in the lineup, and listed Declan Chisholm and Trevor van Riemsdyk as healthy scratches.
- Logan Thompson will start for the Capitals after Charlie Lindgren’s 41-save win over Anaheim.
- The Stars are on a back-to-back following a 6-3 loss at Carolina, with DeSmith slated to start and Jake Oettinger’s availability uncertain.
- Justin Sourdif enters off a five-point game featuring the first Capitals rookie hat trick since Alex Ovechkin in 2006, and Dallas won the season’s first meeting 1-0.