NHL Game Preview: Colorado Avalanche at Washington Capitals with Line Combinations 11/21/2024

Colorado Avalanche (10-9-0, 20 Pts) at Washington Capitals (13-4-1, 27 Pts)
Venue: Capital One Arena
Date: Tonight – Thursday, November 21
Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: ESPN+, MNMT
Radio:
Colorado – KKSE 950 AM
Washington – Caps Radio 24/7

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Colorado Avalanche -1.5 ML -142
Washington Capitals +1.5 ML +120
O/U 6.5

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Colorado Avalanche News & Notes:

Colorado is 4-3-0 on the road this season. The Avalanche have the fourth-best power play in the league at 30.6 percent and the 28th-ranked penalty kill at 73.5 percent.

Washington Capitals News & Notes:

The Capitals are looking to win their fourth game in a row. Washington is 7-2-1 at home this season. The Caps won their previous meeting with Colorado 5-2 on Friday.

Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines

Lehkonen-MacKinnon-Drouin

Nichushkin-Mittelstadt-Rantanen

Kiviranta-Ivan-O’Connor

Wood-Kelly-Kovalenko

Toews-Makar

Girard-Manson

Kylington-Malinski

Annunen

Mandolese

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Washington Capitals Projected Lines

Washington Capitals Projected Lines:

McMichael-Dubois-Wilson

Mangiapane-Strome-Protas

Miroshnichenko-Eller-Vrana

Duhaime-Dowd-Raddysh

Chychrun-Carlson

Sandin-Roy

Fehervary-Van Riemsdyk

Thompson

Lindgren

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Washington Hockey – Inside The Rink

Players To Watch:

Colorado Avalanche

Nathan MacKinnon leads the NHL with 34 points. Mikko Rantanen and Cale Makar are tied for seventh with 27 points each.

Washington Capitals

Dylan Strome is fifth in the league in points with 28. Connor McMichael has tallied 19 points this season for Washington.

Injury Report:

Colorado Avalanche

C Ross Colton – IR
LW Gabriel Landeskog – LTIR
G Alexander Georgiev – OUT
D Tucker Poolman – IR

Washington Capitals

C Nicklas Backstrom – LTIR – Out indefinitely
RW TJ Oshie – LTIR – Out indefinitely
LW Sonny Milano – IR – Week to week
LW Alex Ovechkin – IR – Week to week

Next Game

Colorado Avalanche – November 23 at Florida
Washington Capitals – November 23 vs New Jersey

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