Projected NHL Lineups & Game Notes 05/23/18
In Game 6, the Washington Capitals once again outshot the Tampa Bay Lightning by a wide margin but were actually able to walk away with the win thanks to a strong performance from Braden Holtby.
The Capitals have finally slowed the Lightning’s power-play down, holding them to 0-for-3 in the last two games.
Heading into Game 7, the lineups will look very similar to Game 6. The Capitals will trot out the exact same lines and pairings, but the Lightning will make a couple of tweaks. Alex Killorn will be bumped up to the top-line with Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov. Killorn has been one of the Lightning’s best players in the series, posting a 13.74 ReletiveCorsi%, 51.56 ScoringChancesFor% and 70.00 HighDangerChancesFor% in 64:58 5v5 TOI. The will bump Ondrej Palat back to the second line and Yanni Gourde to the third.
In their most recent Game 7’s, the Capitals are 2-4 dating back to 2012 while the Lightning’s are 3-2 since 2011.
Projected Lineups
Tampa Bay Lightning vs.Washington Capitals [Game 7]
 | Alex Killorn – Steven Stamkos – Nikita Kucherov Ondrej Palat – Brayden Point – Tyler Johnson Yanni Gourde – Anthony Cirelli – J.T. Miller Chris Kunitz – Cedric Paquette – Ryan Callahan Victor Hedman – Dan Girardi Ryan McDonagh – Anton Stralman Braydon Coburn – Mikhail Sergachev Andrei Vasilevskiy |
 | Alex Ovechkin – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Tom Wilson Jakub Vrana – Nicklas Backstrom – T.J. Oshie Andre Burakovsky – Lars Eller – Brett Connolly Chandler Stephenson – Jay Beagle – Devante Smith-Pelly Michal Kempny – John Carlson Dmitri Orlov – Matt Niskanen Brooks Orpik – Christian Djoos Braden Holtby |