Washington Capitals (10-4-1, 21 pts) at Colorado Avalanche (9-8-0, 18 pts)
Venue: Ball Arena
Date: Friday, November 15
Time: 9:00 pm ET / 7:00 pm MT
TV: ESPN + / MNMT / ALT2
Radio:
Washington Capitals – WJFK 106.7 FM / WFED 1500 AM
Colorado Avalanche – Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM / 950 AM
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Washington Capitals +1.5 ML +150
Colorado Avalanche -1.5 ML -175
O/U 6.5
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Washington Capitals News & Notes:
The Capitals lost to Toronto 4-3 in Overtime on Wednesday night and now travel to face the Avalanche in Colorado tonight. Washington is 3-2-0 on the road this season as they try to get a win and continue their surprising start in the Metropolitan Division.
Colorado Avalanche News & Notes:
Colorado has won three straight games on their homestand as they welcome in the Capitals. The Avalanche should get a boost as Valeri Nichushkin, Jonathan Drouin, and Miles Wood should all return to the lineup tonight.
Washington Capitals Projected Lines:
Ovechkin-Strome-Protas
McMichael-Dubois-Wilson
Mangiapane-Eller-Vrana
Duhaime-Dowd-Raddysh
Chychrun-Carlson
Sandin-Roy
Fehervary-van Riemsdyk
Lindgren
Thompson
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Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines:
Lehkonen-MacKinnon-Rantanen
Drouin-Mittelstadt-Nichushkin
Wood-Kelly-O’Connor
Kovalenko-Ivan-Kiviranta
Toews-Makar
Girard-Manson
De Haan-Malinski
Annunen
Miner
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Players To Watch:
Washington Capitals
Dylan Strome seems to have found a home in Washington. After three straight 20+ goal seasons (the last two with the Capitals), the 27-year-old pivot is on pace to shatter his career high in points. Strome had a career-high 42 points for the Caps in the 2022-23 season, but this season Strome is on pace (27-98-125) to triple that production.
Colorado Avalanche
All eyes will be on returning forwards Valeri Nichushkin and Jonathan Drouin. Nichushkin will be making his season debut after missing time while in the Player Assistance Program. Drouin played only one game before being injured and will return tonight for his second game of the season.
Injury Report:
Washington Capitals
LW Sonny Milano – IR
RW TJ Oshie – LTIR
C Nicklas Backstrom – LTIR
Colorado Avalanche
C Ross Colton – IR
LW Gabriel Landeskog – LTIR
G Alexander Georgiev – OUT
Next Game:
Washington Capitals – November 17 at Vegas Golden Knights
Colorado Avalanche– November 18 at Philadelphia Flyers
