Washington Capitals (6-2-0, 12 Pts) at Montreal Canadiens (4-5-1, 9 Pts)
Date: Tonight – Thursday, October 31
Venue – Bell Centre
Time: 7:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN+, MNMT
Radio:
Washington – Caps Radio 24/7
Montreal – TSN Radio 690 AM
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Montreal +1.5 ML +170
Washington -1.5 ML -205
O/U 6
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Montreal Canadiens News & Notes:
The Canadiens were trounced 8-2 by the Seattle Kraken at home on Tuesday night. Head Coach Martin St. Louis has changed lines around as the Canadiens look to rebound on the road.
Washington Capitals News & Notes:
Defenseman Jakob Chychrun is day-to-day with an upper body injury sustained against the Rangers. Th Capitals are sixth in the NHL in goals per game with 3.88. Washington’s power play is ranked 30th in the league at just 7.4 percent.
Montreal Canadiens Projected Lines
Caufield-Suzuki-Heineman
Slafkovsky-Newhook-Dach
Anderson-Evans-Gallagher
Armia-Dvorak-Kapanen
Matheson-Guhle
Hutson-Savard
Struble-Barron
Primeau
Montembeault
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Montreal Hockey – Inside The Rink
Washington Capitals Projected Lines
Protas-Strome-Ovechkin
McMichael-Dubois-Wilson
Vrana-Sgarbossa-Mangiapane
Duhaime-Dowd-Raddysh
Fehervary-Carlson
Sandin-Van Riemsdyk
Alexeyev-McIlrath
Lindgren
Thompson
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Washington Hockey – Inside The Rink
Players To Watch:
Montreal Canadiens
Center Nick Suzuki has three goals and eight assists for 11 points which leads the team. Cole Caufield nine goals to tie Nico Hischier of the New Jersey Devils for tops in the NHL.
Washington Capitals
Alex Ovechkin scored two goals in the victory over the New York Rangers on Tuesday bringing his career total to 857, which is 37 short of Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record. Connor McMichael has eight points in his last six games and points in five of his last six outings overall and he has only been held off the scoresheet in two contests this season.
Injury Report:
Montreal Canadiens
C Rafael Harvey-Pinard – IR – Out four months
LW Patrick Laine – IR – Out two to three months
D David Reinbacher – LTIR – Out five to six months
Washington Capitals
C Nicklas Backstrom – LTIR – Out indefinitely
RW TJ Oshie – LTIR – Out indefinitely
D Matt Roy – IR – Day to day
D Jakob Chychrun – Day to day
Next Game
Montreal Canadiens – November 2 at Pittsburgh at 7:00 pm EST.
Washington Capitals – November 2 vs Columbus at 5:00 pm EST.
