NHL Game Preview: Columbus Blue Jackets at Washington Capitals with Line Combinations 11/2/2024

Columbus Blue Jackets forward #11 Adam Fantilli shooting the puck
Photo: Hector Urcia

Columbus Blue Jackets (5-4-1, 11 Pts) at Washington Capitals (7-2-0, 14 Pts)
Venue: Capital One Arena
Date: Tonight – Saturday, November 2
Time: 5:00 pm EST

TV: ESPN+, MNMT, FanDuel Sports Network Ohio
Radio:
Columbus: 97.1 The Fan, CBJ Radio
Washington: Caps Radio 24/7

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Columbus Clue Jackets +1.5 ML +210
Washington Capitals -1.5 ML -258
O/U 6.5

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Columbus Blue Jackets News & Notes:

The Columbus penalty kill is 12th in the NHL at 81.5 percent. The Blue Jackets are looking to rebound from a 6-2 loss to Winnipeg.

Washington Capitals News & Notes:

The Caps have won their last two games and are eighth in the league with 37 goals and seventh in goals against with 27. Washington’s penalty kill is at an 81.8 percent success rate, which is tenth in the league. The Capitals’ power play is 30th at 9.4 percent. The Columbus PK is 12th at 81.5%, so the special teams should be a good matchup to watch.

Columbus Blue Jackets Projected Lines

Chinakov-Monahan-Marchenko

Sillinger-Fantilli-Pyyhtia

Ashton-Reese-Danforth-Olivier

Van Riemsdyk-Kuraly-Voronkov

Werenski-Provorov

Christiansen-Severson

J. Johnson-Harris

Tarasov

Merzlikins

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Washington Capitals Projected Lines

Washington Capitals Projected Lines:

Protas-Strome-Ovechkin

McMichael-Dubois-Wilson

Vrana-Sgarbossa-Mangiapane

Duhaime-Dowd-Raddysh

Chychrun-Carlson

Sandin-Van Riemsdyk

Alexeyev-McIlrath

Thompson

Lindgren

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Players To Watch:

Columbus Blue Jackets

Sean Monahan has 13 points in 20 games against the Caps. James van Riemsdyk has 32 points in 50 career games against Washington and Damon Severson has 18 points in 38 games.

Washington Capitals

Alex Ovechkin has 5 goals and 10 points this season. Dylan Strome leads the team with 13 points. Pierre-Luc Dubois has 5 points in 9 games.

Injury Report:

Columbus Blue Jackets

C Boone Jenner – IR – Out five to six months
RW Gavin Brindley – IR – Out four to six weeks
D Erik Gudbranson – IR – Out indefinitely
C Kent Johnson – IR – Out indefinitely

Washington Capitals

C Nicklas Backstrom – LTIR – Out indefinitely
RW TJ Oshie – LTIR – Out indefinitely
D Matt Roy – IR – Out indefinitely
D Jacob Chychrun – IR – Day to day

Next Game

Columbus Blue Jackets – November 5 at San Jose
Washington Capitals – November 3 at Carolina

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