ARLINGTON, Va. -- Ryan Leonard joined the Washington Capitals last season in time to have a front-row seat for Alex Ovechkin breaking the NHL goal record.

It appears the 20-year-old rookie will soon get a chance to play on the same line with Ovechkin, who is chasing another NHL milestone, when Washington (6-3-0) visits the Dallas Stars (5-3-1) at American Airlines Center as part of an ESPN tripleheader on Tuesday (8:30 p.m. ET; ESPN).

With Ovechkin’s usual center Dylan Strome , out day to day with a lower-body injury he sustained in the first period of a 7-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Saturday, the Capitals shuffled their line combinations at practice Monday. Connor McMichael took Strome’s spot at center with Leonard on Ovechkin’s opposite wing.

“Obviously, when you have a

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