6:30 — The Capitals will stick wth the same combinations from their Game 2 win, with Taylor Raddysh staying in for Ryan Leonard. Logan Thompson starts with Charlie Lindgren backing up.

Now they’re poised to get their top defenseman, Miro Heiskanen, and leading goal-scorer, Jason Robertson, back at some point ... bout did not please Carbery and his players, and Brandon Duhaime fought ...

That's part of a larger playoff trend. Through 47 first-round games, there were 307 goals scored for a 6.53 goals-per-game ...

Now they're poised to get their top defenseman, Miro Heiskanen, and leading goal-scorer, Jason Robertson ... and Brandon Duhaime fought Chatfield when they played nine nights later.

But the Stars rallied from a two-goal deficit in the third period of Game 7 to eventually eliminate the Avalanche without injured Jason Robertson ... Brandon Duhaime was a free-agent signing ...