Capitals vs. Lightning Preview: Line Combinations, Injury Report, Storylines, How To Watch

Here's everything to know as the Capitals pay a visit to the Lightning.

After a key win over the New Jersey Devils that saw their offense break out, the Washington Capitals are looking to carry over that momentum against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Washington remains six points out of playoff position, while Tampa is also trying to gain some traction while remaining in the first Wild Card spot.

Here’s what to know before puck drop at Amalie Arena at 7 p.m. ET.

The Capitals will see tweaks to their lines, as they will be without the services of Nic Dowd for at least the next two games due to injury.

Aliaksei Protas will fill his role at center, and Nicolas Aube-Kubel will draw back in after a couple of healthy scratches. Call-up Pierrick Dubé will sit out as the extra forward but is expected to make his NHL debut soon.

Charlie Lindgren will get the start against the Lightning.

Here are the projected line combinations:

Alex Ovechkin-Dylan Strome-T.J. Oshie

Anthony Mantha-Connor McMichael-Tom Wilson

Max Pacioretty-Mike Sgarbossa-Sonny Milano

Beck Malenstyn-Aliaksei Protas-Nicolas Aube-Kubel

Trevor van Riemsdyk-John Carlson

Rasmus Sandin-Nick Jensen

Joel Edmundson-Ethan Bear

Charlie Lindgren

Darcy Kuemper

= NIc Dowd is day-to-day with an upper-body injury he suffered back on Tuesday against the New Jersey Devils.

- Martin Fehervary is week-to-week with a lower-body injury he suffered back on Saturday against the Montreal Canadiens. He was skating behind the net when he lost an edge, and his leg buckled under him.

- Evgeny Kuznetsov remains away from the team indefinitely as he receives care from the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program.

- Nicklas Backstrom remains on indefinite leave due to his hip not responding as he'd hoped following hip resurfacing surgery.

- Alex Ovechkin has scored eight goals in his last outings after having just eight goals through the first 45 games of the season. He's also on a nine-game point streak.

- Connor McMichael had a two-goal performance last game against the New Jersey Devils to establish a new career-high in goals. He has four points in his last five games.

- Aliaksei Protas has three points in his last two games and has found the scoresheet in back-to-back outings.

- T.J. Oshie and Dylan Strome have points in four of their last five games.

- Sonny Milano has points in back-to-back games since returning to the lineup.

The game will be live on ESPN.

Fans can also tune in on Caps Radio 24/7 and 106.7 FM The Fan.