NHL Game Preview: San Jose Sharks at Washington Capitals with Line Combinations 12/3/2024

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San Jose Sharks (9-13-5, 23 Pts) at Washington Capitals (17-6-1, 35 Pts)
Venue: Capital One Arena
Date: Tonight – Tuesday, December 3
Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: NBCS-CA, MNMT, ESPN+
Radio:
San Jose – Sharks Audio Network
Washington – Caps Radio 24/7

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
San Jose +1.5 ML +240
Washington -1.5 ML -298
O/U 6.5

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San Jose Sharks News & Notes:

The Sharks are coming off back-to-back wins over the Seattle Kraken. San Jose is 3-7-4 on the road this season. The Sharks have the league’s tenth-best penalty kill at 80.9 percent.

Washington Capitals News & Notes:

The Capitals have won four straight games and are 8-4-1 at home this season. Washington leads the NHL with 4.21 goals per game, the only team with over four per game.

San Jose Sharks Projected Lines

Eklund-Celebrini-Zetterlund

Kunin-Wennberg-Toffoli

Kostin-Granlund-Smith

Dellandrea-Sturm-Cardwell

Wallman-Ceci

Ferraro-Liljegren

Thrun-Rutta

Blackwood

Vanecek

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Washington Capitals Projected Lines

McMichael-Strome-Wilson

Protas-Dubois-Raddysh

Lapierre-Eller-Mangiapane

Duhaime-Dowd-Miroshnichenko

Fehervary-Carlson

Sandin-Roy

Chychrun-Van Riemsdyk

Lindgren

Thompson

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Players To Watch:

San Jose Sharks

Mikael Granlund has ten goals and 18 assists for the Sharks. Macklin Celebrini has scored five goals and added five assists over the past ten games.

Washington Capitals

Dylan Strome has eight goals and 26 assists for the Capitals. Jakob Chychrun has five goals and four assists over the last ten games.

Injury Report:

San Jose Sharks

C Logan Couture – IR – Out indefinitely
D Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Week to week
LW Barclay Goodrow – 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 – Out four to six weeks

Next Game

San Jose Sharks – December 5 at Tampa Bay
Washington Capitals – December 6 at Toronto

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