Overview

• Puck drop is 7:00 p.m. ET with television coverage on Monumental Sports Network and MSGSN and radio on 99.1 FM, 106.7 The Fan, and the Capitals Radio Network.
• After a 3-1 opening loss in Boston, Capitals coach Spencer Carbery tweaked his forward combinations in practice.
• Pierre-Luc Dubois is slated to skate in his 600th NHL game for Washington.
• Islanders rookie defenseman Matthew Schaefer, 18, enters after becoming the youngest defenseman to record a point in his NHL debut.
• This matchup opens Washington’s New York back-to-back, with the Rangers on the schedule Sunday in Manhattan.