Gameday Preview — February 9th, 2019 — Florida Panthers @ Washington Capitals

Florida Panthers (22-22-8 52pts) v. Washington Capitals (30-18-6 66pts)

Time: 7p EST

Station: NBC Sports Washington, Fox Sports Florida, ESPN+

Preview:

The Washington Capitals host the Florida Panthers as they continue with their six game homestand. The Capitals will look to build off of the 4-3 overtime win Thursday night against the Colorado Avalanche.

Florida Panthers:

Projected Lineup:

Evgenii Dadonov – Aleksander Barkov – Derick Brassard

Jonathan Huberdeau – Vincent Trocheck – Frank Vatrano

Mike Hoffman – Riley Sheahan – Colton Sceviour

Troy Brouwer – Henrik Borgstrom – Denis Malgin

Defense

Keith Yandle – Aaron Ekblad

Mike Matheson – Mark Pysyk

Ian McCoshen – Josh Brown

Goalies

Roberto Luongo

James Reimer

Scratches: Micheal Haley, Bogdan Kiselevich, MacKenzie Weegar

Injured Reserve: Derek MacKenzie (shoulder), Jayce Hawryluk (lower body)

Keys to the Game:

1. The Panthers look to extend their streak of opening a game with scoring to a seventh game.

Washington Capitals:

Projected Lineup:

Caps expected lineup:

Ovechkin-Backstrom-Oshie
Vrana-Kuznetsov-Wilson
Burakovsky-Eller-Connolly
Jaskin-Dowd-Boyd

Kempny-Carlson
Orlov-Niskanen
Orpik-Djoos

Holtby to start

— Isabelle Khurshudyan (@ikhurshudyan) February 9, 2019

Keys to the Game:

1. Get a good start

A good start goes a long way and it helped the Capitals the other night as they were able to get an early first period goal to set the tone for the game. If the Capitals can strike early again, then this could be another strong game for the Capitals.