Overview
- Puck drop is 12:30 p.m. ET at Capital One Arena, with the game on MSG and streamable via the Gotham Sports App.
- Defenseman Adam Fox practiced on the top pair and PP1 and is a game-time decision after 14 games out, with Scott Morrow likely to sit, Braden Schneider moving to the third pair, and Vladislav Gavrikov shifting to PP2.
- Logan Thompson is projected to start in goal for Washington, while Igor Shesterkin is expected for New York.
- New York has dropped three of its past four games, and Washington has lost four of five.
- Tom Wilson scored twice in the Capitals’ last game and leads Washington in goals.