The Washington Capitals are back home after a wildly unfortunate two-game road trip in which they lit the lamp just once and were outscored by their opponents, 10-1.

Tonight, they face the Toronto Maple Leafs, who are out of their “Spinny Backhand Pass” Era but are lost as ever under Craig Berube. Toronto currently sits four points out of the playoff spot in the East, but has been playing better of late, going 6-2-2 in their last 10.

On the Capitals’ end, Bogdan Trineyev will play his second career NHL game while Logan Thompson will get the start in net. He’ll oppose Leafs netminder Dennis Hildeby at the other end.

Puck drop for today’s game is scheduled for a little after 7:00 pm. Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin will have the call on Monumental Sports Network. It’s Caps Canine Night at Capital One Arena.

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Washington Capitals

Ovechkin

Strome

Beauvillier

Protas

Sourdif

Wilson

Milano

McMichael

Frank

Duhaime

Dowd

Trineyev

Fehervary

Carlson

Chychrun

Roy

Sandin

Chisholm

Thompson

Lindgren

Toronto Maple Leafs

Knies

Matthews

Nylander

Robertson

Tavares

Cowan

Joshua

Roy

McMann

Lorentz

Laughton

Domi

Rielly

Ekman-Larsson

McCabe

Stecher

Benoit

Thrun

Hildeby

Woll

Tunnel shenanigans

1st Period

Puck is dropped. Ovechkin-Strome-Beauvillier and Chychrun-Roy get the start.

Aliaksei Protas to the box for high-sticking Morgan Rielly 45 seconds into the game. Leafs get the first power play of the game.

Caps kill the power play.

Laughton misses a layup on the doorstep.

Sonny Milano, coming off the bench, steals the puck at the blue line, dances through all of Toronto’s defense, and hits the post with his shot. Great play except the finish, which is the story of the Capitals lately. Milano did draw a power play as Scott Laughton gets whistled for slashing at 4:04.

Alex Ovechkin rips a huge one-timer off the short-side post from the left circle. Got a feed from Justin Sourdif at the top of the zone.

Bobby McMann high-sticks John Carlson on a follow-through of a dump-in, which is not a penalty, but he’s in the box anyway at 6:23. Craig Berube was not happy. Caps to their second consecutive power play.

Another penalty. Martin Fehervary to the box for hauling William Nylander down at the 9:22 mark. Tonight is just power play practice thus far.

Semi-breakaway for Fehervary when he comes out of the box, but his shot is stopped by Hildeby.

Quiet crowd tonight, it’s like a Tuesday in November crowd.

Sourdif sends a pass through the crease to Protas, and the Belarusian bangs the puck home.

1-0 Washington Capitals

Goal: Aliaksei Protas (11). Assists: J. Sourdif (5), J. Carlson (19). Time: 13:53

McMichael’s shot gets deflected by Frank off the backboards, which bounces right in front of the net to Chychrun for the layup.

2-0 Washington Capitals

Goal: Jakob Chychrun (13). Assists: E. Frank (7), C. McMichael (13). Time: 16:16

That’s two goals 2:23 apart.

Rasmus Sandin off for hooking at 17:44.

Capitals kill the Leafs power play.

At intermission: The Capitals lead 2-0. The Capitals lead in shots on goal 8 to 4.

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