

The Washington Capitals are looking for their sixth straight win as they continue their California road swing on Thursday against the Los Angeles Kings.
Here's everything to know before puck drop at 10:30 p.m. at Crypto.com Arena.
The Capitals will stick with the same line combinations, and Charlie Lindgren will start. Coach Spencer Carbery may make some tweaks on the fly, though.
Here are the combinations:
Alex Ovechkin-Dylan Strome-Tom Wilson
Connor McMichael-Pierre-Luc Dubois-Aliaksei Protas
Andrew Mangiapane-Lars Eller-Taylor Raddysh
Brandon Duhaime-Nic Dowd-Anthony Beauvillier
Rasmus Sandin-John Carlson
Martin Fehervary-Matt Roy
Jakob Chychrun-Trevor van Riemsdyk
Charlie Lindgren
Logan Thompson
- Aliaksei Protas is on a three-game point streak and coming off his first NHL hat trick. He leads the NHL in plus/minus (plus-39) and is the only player with 50 points at even strength this season.
- Dylan Strome and Tom Wilson are both riding five-game point streaks.
- Alex Ovechkin had three assists last game and is nine goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals record.'
- Watch out for Anthony Beauvillier, who buried his first goal with Washington last game.
- This is Pierre-Luc Dubois' first game back in L.A. since being traded last summer. He has points in three straight and 57 points through 65 games, and as many assists as he had points all last season with the Kings.
- Lars Eller is playing in career game No. 1,100.