NHL Game Preview: St. Louis Blues at Washington Capitals with Line Combinations 2/27/2025

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St. Louis Blues (27-26-6, 60 pts) at Washington Capitals (38-12-8, 84 pts)

Venue: Capital One Arena
Date: Thursday, February 27
Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: ESPN+ / FDSM / MNMT
Radio:
St. Louis Blues – 101 ESPN (101.1 FM)
Washington Capitals – WJFK 106.7 FM / WFED 1500 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
St. Louis Blues +1.5 ML +154
Washington Capitals -1.5 ML -185
O/U 6.5

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St. Louis Blues News & Notes:

The Blues travel to D.C. to face the Capitals tonight with a 13-12-3 record in road games. St. Louis just finished a six-game homestand with a 3-1-2 record, most recently defeating the Seattle Kraken 7-2 on Tuesday night. The Blues are four points out of a wild-card spot in the Western Conference, and as the season winds down, every point counts.

Washington Capitals News & Notes:

Washington has an 18-5-6 record at home and is 5-2-3 in their last ten games. When the Capitals score a power-play goal, they are 15-5-3. Dylan Strome leads Washington with 25 power-play points (6g, 19a). This is the second and final meeting between these clubs, with the Capitals taking an 8-1 victory on November 9 in St. Louis.

St. Louis Blues Projected Lines:

Neighbours-Saad-Thomas-Buchnevich
Holloway-Schenn-Kyrou
Joseph-Sundqvist-Bolduc
Toropchenko-Faksa-Walker

Fowler-Parayko
Broberg-Faulk
Suter-Leddy

Binnington
Hofer

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Washington Capitals Projected Lines:

Ovechkin-Strome-Protas
McMichael-Dubois-Wilson
Mangiapane-Eller-Frank
Duhaime-Dowd-Raddysh

Sandin-Carlson
Chychrun-van Riemsdyk
Fehervary-Roy

Thompson
Lindgren

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Players To Watch:

St. Louis Blues

Robert Thomas has a point in every Blues game this month. The Aurora, Ontario native takes a seven-game point streak into the game tonight against the Capitals. Thomas has four goals and seven assists during his streak, including three multi-point games in his last four contests.

Washington Capitals

The countdown is officially on; Alexander Ovechkin is only 12 goals away from becoming the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer. The “Great 8” has seven goals in seven games this month. The 39-year-old has 30 goals this season in just 42 games after scoring 31 in 79 games a year ago. Ovechkin is on pace for 42 goals, which means he would break the record in the last regular season game. Buy your tickets now!

Injury Report:

St. Louis Blues

C Alexandre Texier – Day To Day
D Torey Krug – LTIR – Will Miss The Entire Season

Washington Capitals

LW Sonny Milano – IR
RW TJ Oshie – LTIR
C Nicklas Backstrom – LTIR

Next Game:

St. Louis Blues – March 1 vs. Los Angeles Kings
Washington Capitals – March 1 vs. Tampa Bay Lightning

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