NHL Game Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals with Line Combinations 11/8/2024

Alex Ovechkin 'C' #8 skating during warmups for the Washington Capitals
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Pittsburgh Penguins (5-8-2, 12 Pts) at Washington Capitals (9-3-0, 18 Pts)
Venue: Capital One Arena
Date: Tonight – Friday, November 8
Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: ESPN+, Hulu
Radio:
Pittsburgh: 105.9 The X
Washington: Caps Radio 24/7

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Pittsburgh Penguins +1.5 ML +136
Washington Capitals -1.5 ML -162
O/U 6

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Pittsburgh Penguins News & Notes:

The Penguins have points in five-straight games at Capital One Arena (4-0-1) and are 6-1-1 in their last eight road games against the Capitals. Pittsburgh has lost six road games in a row including a 5-1 loss to Carolina on Thursday night.

Washington Capitals News & Notes:

Washington has a plus-14 goal differential and averages 4.08 goals per game this season. The Capitals power play is 32nd in the NHL at 9.3 percent. The penalty kill is eighth in the league at 85.4 percent.

Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Lines

Malkin-Crosby-Rakell

O’Connor-Eller-Glass

Bunting-Acciari-Puljujarvi

Hayes-Lizotte-Beauvillier

Grzelcyk-Letang

Pettersson-Karlsson

Graves-St. Ivany

Nedeljkovic

Blomqvist

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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:

Pittsburgh Penguins

Blake Lizotte scored the lone goal last night in Carolina. The top line of Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, and Rickard Rakell have combined for 42 points on the season.

Washington Capitals

Alex Ovechkin has eight goals and eight assists and is 34 goals from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s career record for goals scored. Dylan Strome leads the Capitals with 19 points.

Injury Report:

Pittsburgh Penguins

Matthew Nieto – IR – Returned to practice Monday
RW Bryan Rust – Week to week
RW Kevin Hayes – Day to day

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

Pittsburgh Penguins – November 11 vs Dallas
Washington Capitals – November 9 at St. Louis

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