NHL Game Preview: Washington Capitals at Chicago Blackhawks with Line Combinations 12/17/2024

Logan Thompson in net for the Washington Capitals
Photo: Jeff Curry-Imagn Images

Washington Capitals (21-7-2, 44 pts) at Chicago Blackhawks (10-19-1, 22 pts)
Venue: United Center
Date: Tuesday, December 17
Time: 8:30 pm CT

TV: CHSN, MNMT, ESPN+
Radio:
Washington Capitals – Caps Radio 24/7
Chicago Blackhawks – WGN 720

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Washington Capitals -1.5 ML +145
Chicago Blackhawks +1.5 ML -175
O/U 6

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Washington Capitals News & Notes:

The Capitals are in the second half of a back-to-back after losing to the Stars 3-1 last night. Washington went 0/4 on the powerplay last night and will look to get back in the win column against the Hawks.

Chicago Blackhawks News & Notes:

Chicago sits at the bottom of the NHL standings alongside the Nashville Predators. While this time of season typically means subtracting from the roster, it’s rumored the Blackhawks may also look to add long-term roster players to their core.

Washington Capitals Projected Lines:

McMichael-Strome-Wilson

Protas-Dubois-Raddysh

Lapierre-Eller-Mangiapane

Duhaime-Dowd-Miroshnichenko

Fehervary-Carlson

Sandin-Roy

Chychrun-Van Riemsdyk

Thompson

Lindgren

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Chicago Blackhawks Projected Lines:

Donato-Bedard-Kurashev

Hall-Nazar-Bertuzzi

Foligno-Dickinson-Mikheyev

Maroon-Reichel-Teravainen

Vlasic-Kaiser

Allan-Murphy

Korchinski-Brodie

Soderblom

Commesso

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Players To Watch:

Washington Capitals

With Logan Thompson likely starting in net, he brings confidence to the Caps lineup. Touting a 2.45 GAA and a .913 SV%, including 12 wins in 15 starts.

Chicago Blackhawks

Connor Bedard, look no further. Bedard is the reason to tune into most Blackhawks games this season. He currently leads the team in assists and points while trailing Ryan Donato by 3 in the goals-scored category.

Injury Report:

Washington Capitals

LW Alex Ovechkin – OUT
LW Sonny Milano – LTIR
RW T.J. Oshie – LTIR
C Nicklas Backstrom – LTIR

Chicago Blackhawks

G Petr Mrazek – IR
D Alec Martinez – IR
D Seth Jones – Out 4 Weeks
G Laurent Brossoit – Out 6 Weeks

Next Game:

Washington Capitals – December 20 vs. Carolina Hurricanes
Chicago Blackhawks – December 19 vs. Seattle Kraken

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