Capitals vs. Wild Preview: Line Combinations, Stats, Storylines To Watch

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals are in for one final showdown with Marc-Andre Fleury in the District, as they play host to the Minnesota Wild on Thursday.

Here's everything to know before puck drop at 7 p.m. at Capital One Arena.

Washington Capitals Line Combinations

The Capitals will keep the same lineup as last game against the Boston Bruins, with the only change coming in goal as Charlie Lindgren starts.

Here are the projected combinations:

Alex Ovechkin-Dylan Strome-Aliaksei Protas

Connor McMichael-Pierre-Luc Dubois-Tom Wilson

Andrew Mangiapane-Lars Eller-Ivan Miroshnichenko

Brandon Duhaime-Nic Dowd-Taylor Raddysh

Rasmus Sandin-John Carlson

Jakob Chychrun-Trevor van Riemsdyk

Martin Fehervary-Matt Roy

Charlie Lindgren

Logan Thompson

Washington Capitals Stats

- Pierre-Luc Dubois has points in six of his last seven games and leads Washington in scoring since Nov. 21.

- Jakob Chychrun has 17 points in his last 17 games, and his 11 goals are the most among all NHL defensemen.

- Nic Dowd is riding a three-game point streak.

Washington Capitals Storylines

- Thursday marks what will likely be Marc-Andre Fleury's final game at Capital One Arena. No goaltender has surrendered more goals to Alex Ovechkin (27) than Fleury, and at the same time, no goaltender has played in more games against No. 8 than him (46 regular-season games, 65 total games).

- Speaking of Ovechkin, he's entering his fourth game back from a broken leg that held him out for roughly five weeks. Look for him to continue to get back to his game; he has two goals in three outings since coming back.

- Watch out for Aliaksei Protas, who has four goals in his last five games and continues to be dangerous at both ends of the ice for D.C.