WASHINGTON | The Canadian will end the year 2022 with a confrontation against the second leading scorer in NHL history in Alexander Ovechkin. Jake Allen will have the mission to slow down the captain of the Capitals.

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For this visit to Capitol One Arena, Martin St-Louis has made slight changes to his training. With the left knee injury to Kaiden Guhle, Chris Wideman regain a place at the blue line.

On offense, Michael Pezzetta, the man with curly hair, will return to the fourth line. He will replace the enigmatic Evgenii Dadonov.

For a second game in a row, Anthony Richard will watch the action from the press box.

A departure for Lindgren

In the Caps camp, Peter Laviolette will trust goalkeeper Charlie Lindgren.

"Charlie is playing very good hockey for us this season," Laviolette said hours before the game.

Lindgren, a former CH, signed the same number of victories (10) as Darcy Kuemper.

Among defenders, Martin Fehervary will be back in action after a twelve-game absence due to an upper-body injury.