NHL Game Preview: Anaheim Ducks at Washington Capitals with Line Combinations 1/14/2025

Anaheim Ducks (18-20-5, 41 Pts) at Washington Capitals (28-10-5, 61 Pts)
Venue: Capital One Arena
Date: Tonight – Tuesday, January 14
Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: MNMT, ESPN+, KCOP-TV
Radio:
Anaheim – KLAA 830 AM
Washington – Caps Radio 24/7

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Anaheim +1.5 ML +220
Washington -1.5 ML -270
O/U 5.5

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Anaheim Ducks News & Notes:

The Ducks defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 in overtime on Sunday breaking a three-game losing streak. Anaheim is 9-9-3 on the road this season. The Ducks are 17-0-1 when scoring three goals or more.

Washington Capitals News & Notes:

The Capitals are coming off a 4-1 win over the Nashville Predators on Saturday. Washington is 14-4-4 at home this season. The Caps are second in the NHL with 3.63 goals per game.

Anaheim Ducks Projected Lines

Vatrano-Strome-Fabbri
Gauthier-McTavish-Leason
Killorn-Carlsson-Colangelo
Nesterenko-Lundestrom-Harkins

Lacombe-Gudas
Dumoulin-Zellweger
Mintyukov-Trouba

Dostal
Gibson

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Washington Capitals Projected Lines

Ovechkin-Dubois-Protas
McMichael-Strome-Wilson
Raddysh-Eller-Frank
Duhaime-Dowd-Mangiapane

Sandin-Carlson
Chychrun-Van Riemsdyk
Fehervary-Roy

Thompson
Shepard

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Washington Hockey – Inside The Rink

Players To Watch:

Anaheim Ducks

Frank Vatrano has 11 goals and 13 assists for the Ducks. Jackson LaCombe has two goals and seven assists over the last ten games.

Washington Capitals

Dylan Strome has 12 goals and 34 assists for the Capitals. Alexander Ovechkin has seven goals and two assists over the last ten games and is 21 goals shy of Wayne Gretzky’s career goal-scoring record.

Injury Report:

Anaheim Ducks

LW Trevor Zegras – IR – Week to week
LW Brock McGinn – IR
RW Troy Terry – Day to day

Washington Capitals

C Nicklas Backstrom – LTIR – Out indefinitely
RW TJ Oshie – LTIR – Out indefinitely
LW Sonny Milano – IR – Week to week
G Charlie Lindgren – IR

Next Game

Anaheim Ducks – January 16 at Tampa Bay Lightning
Washington Capitals – January 16 at Ottawa Senators

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