NBCSN’s coverage of the 2017-18 NHL season continues on Sunday as the Washington Capitals visit the Pittsburgh Penguins at 7:30 p.m. ET. You can watch the game online by clicking here.
CAPITALS
Alex Ovechkin – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Tom Wilson
Andre Burakovsky – Nicklas Backstrom – T.J. Oshie
Jakub Vrana – Lars Eller – Devante Smith-Pelly
Chandler Stephenson – Jay Beagle – Brett Conolly
Michal Kempny – John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov – Matt Niskanen
Brooks Orpik – Jakub Jerabek
Starting goalie: Philip Grubauer
[The 2018 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs begin April 11 on the networks of NBC]
[Ovechkin, a durable ‘Russian machine,’ reaches 1,000 games]
PENGUINS
Jake Guentzel – Sidney Crosby – Bryan Rust
Carl Hagelin – Evgeni Malkin – Phil Kessel (game time decision)
Conor Sheary – Riley Sheahan – Patric Hornqvist
Zach Aston-Reese – Josh Jooris – Tom Kuhnhackl
Brian Dumoulin – Kris Letang
Olli Maatta – Justin Schultz
Matt Hunwick – Jamie Oleksiak
Starting goalie: Matt Murray
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Sean Leahy is a writer forPro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line atphtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @Sean_Leahy.