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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Pittsburgh Hockey – Inside The Rink
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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Washington Hockey – Inside The Rink
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
