Canadiens vs Capitals Game Preview

The Capitals are coming off a 4-2 loss against the Carolina Hurricanes, which was their 2nd loss in a row, and tonight the Capitals are at risk of losing 3 straight games. The Capitals will be playing a very good Canadiens team and will have to play their absolute best if they want to walk away from this game with a win. In tonight's game, there is a little special event happening, with Capitals defenceman Cole Hutson playing against his brother, Lane.

Here are the projected lines for the Capitals tonight:

Alex Tuch -- Dylan Strome -- Tom Wilson

Alaiksei Protas -- Ilya Protas -- Alex Ovechkin

Ryan Leonard -- Boone Jenner -- Jordan Kyrou

Ethen Frank -- Justin Sourdif -- Anthony Beauvillier

Jakob Chychrun -- Timothy Liljegren

Martin Fehervary -- Vincent Desharnais

Cole Hutson -- Justin Holl

Charlie Lindgren

Logan Thompson

Here are the projected lines for the Canadiens tonight:

Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky

Chris Kreider -- Alex Newhook -- Josh Anderson

Zachary Bolduc -- Phillip Danault -- Alexandre Texier

Owen Beck -- Jake Evans -- Kirby Dach

Lane Hutson -- Noah Dobson

Kaiden Guhle -- Alexandre Carrier

Arber Xhekaj -- Adam Engstrom

Jakub Dobes

Jacob Fowler

The Capitals are still without Rasmus Sandin (knee), Matt Roy (lower body), and Pierre-Luc Dubois (illness), and have scratched Ivan Miroshnichenko and Dylan McIlrath for tonight's game as well. For the Canadiens, they are without Samuel Montembeault (lower body), Ivan Demidov (lower body), Oliver Kapanen (lower body), Florian Xhekaj (undisclosed), and Mike Matheson (lower body). They have also scratched David Reinbacher.

The Capitals will be starting Charlie Lindgren after Logan Thompson started in last night's game, and for the Canadiens, they will be starting Jakub Dobes after Jacob Fowler started in last night's game.

It is a Hutson brother duel tonight as the Canadiens take on the Capitals at 7:30 pm EST.