The Capitals are looking to sweep their three-game road swing in Utah.
Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals just can't stop scoring, and they'll look to make their mark and sweep their road trip in a brand new city as they face Utah Hockey Club in Salt Lake City for the first time.
Here's everything to know before puck drop at Delta Center at 9 p.m. ET.
Washington Capitals Line Combinations
The Capitals are sticking with what worked against the Vegas Golden Knights just 24 hours ago, with Brandon Duhaime healthy enough to play and the forward and defensive pairings staying the same.
Washington's only change will be in net, as Charlie Lindgren gets the start with Logan Thompson coming off a busy 41-save showing in Vegas back on Sunday.
Here are the lines:
Alex Ovechkin-Dylan Strome-Aliaksei Protas
Connor McMichael-Pierre-Luc Dubois-Tom Wilson
Andrew Mangiapane-Lars Eller-Jakub Vrana
Brandon Duhaime-Nic Dowd-Taylor Raddysh
Jakob Chychrun-John Carlson
Martin Fehervary-Matt Roy
Rasmus Sandin-Trevor van Riemsdyk
Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren
Injured: Sonny Milano (upper-body, IR), Nicklas Backstrom (hip, LTIR), T.J. Oshie (back, LTIR)
Washington Capitals Stats
- Alex Ovechkin is coming off his 31st career hat trick and leads the NHL with 13 goals this season. He is 29 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time record, and this is his first time facing Utah.
- Dylan Strome leads the Capitals with 26 points and ranks third in the NHL in assists, and he's coming off back-to-back multi-point performances while remaining on his impressive point streak.
- Washington leads the NHL in goals for per game (4.24), and the power play has converted in three of the last four games.
- Rasmus Sandin is riding a career-high five-game point streak.
- Jakub Vrana has points in five of his last seven games.
Washington Capitals Storylines
- This will be the Capitals first time ever facing Utah, but they are hoping it's different from the last time they faced the former Arizona Coyotes on their home ice, as they fell 6-0 in a game where they were outplayed from start to finish.
- Ovechkin has scored on 177 goalies, the second-most in the NHL, but never on Connor Ingram, who starts for Utah. If he scores, he'll tie Jaromir Jagr for the most goalies scored on in NHL history (178).
- Connor McMichael ranks second in the NHL in goals and still leads the league in even-strength scoring. Look for him and his line to be hungry once again on Monday.
- The Capitals' penalty kill is the fourth-best in the league (86 percent), and will be looking to shut down Utah's power play, which ranks eighth-worst in the NHL.