Washington Capitals (19-6-2, 40 Pts) at Columbus Blue Jackets (12-13-3, 27 Pts)
Venue: Nationwide Arena
Date: Tonight – Thursday, December 12
Time: 7:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN+, FanDuel Sports Network Ohio, MNMT
Radio:
Washington – 106.7 FM WJFK
Columbus – CBJ Radio App
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Washington -1.5 ML -162
Columbus +1.5 ML +136
O/U 6.5
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Washington Capitals News & Notes:
The Capitals are coming off a 4-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. Washington defeated the Blue Jackets 7-2 in their first meeting this season. The Caps lead the NHL with 4.04 goals per game.
Columbus Blue Jackets News & Notes:
The Blue Jackets lost to the Philadelphia Flyers 5-3 on Tuesday night. Columbus has the 21st-ranked power play and the 30th-ranked penalty kill in the league.
Washington Capitals Projected Lines
Protas-Strome-Wilson
McMichael-Dubois-Raddysh
Lapierre-Eller-Mangiapane
Duhaime-Dowd-Miroshnichenko
Fehervary-Carlson
Sandin-Roy
Chychrun-Van Riemsdyk
Thompson
Lindgren
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Columbus Blue Jackets Projected Lines
Van Riemsdyk-Monahan-K. Johnson
Voronkov-Fantilli-Marchenko
Ashton-Reese-Sillinger-Olivier
Kuraly-Danforth-Labanc
Werenski-Fabbro
Provorov-Severson
Christiansen-Harris
Merzlikins
Tarasov
Columbus Hockey – Inside The Rink
Players To Watch:
Washington Capitals
Dylan Strome has nine goals and 26 assists for the Capitals. Wilson has scored five goals and added four assists over the last ten games.
Columbus Blue Jackets
Zachary Werenski has scored nine goals with 20 assists for the Blue Jackets. Cole Sillinger has one goal and seven assists over the last ten games.
Injury Report:
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
Columbus Blue Jackets
D Erik Gudbranson – IR – Out indefinitely
C Boone Jenner – LTIR – Six months
C Gavin Brindley – IR – Four to six weeks
LW Yegor Chinakhov – Day to day
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