Washington Capitals (47-15-9, 103 pts) at Minnesota Wild (40-27-5, 85 pts)
Venue: Xcel Energy Center
Date: Thursday, March 27
Time: 7:30 pm EST / 8:30 pm CST
TV: MNMT / ESPN+ / Disney+ / Hulu
Radio:
Washington Capitals – WJFK 106.7 FM / WFED 1500 AM
Minnesota Wild- KFAN 100.3 FM
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Washington Capitals -1.5 ML -155
Minnesota Wild +1.5 ML +135
O/U 5.5
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Washington Capitals News & Notes:
Washington was able to lock up defenseman Jakob Chychrun to an 8-year / $72 million contract to keep him in D.C. for a long time. The Capitals travel to Saint Paul tonight to face the Wild on the heels of a 3-2 overtime loss to Winnipeg on Tuesday night. Washington is 23-8-3 on the road this season. The Capitals have a + 75 goal differential and are 44-1-6 when they score three or more goals in a game.
Minnesota Wild News & Notes:
Minnesota has lost two straight games as they welcome the Presidents Trophy leading Washington Capitals to the Xcel Energy Center. The Wild is 4-5-1 in their last ten games and has a -8 goal differential. On a positive note, Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek skated together this morning. This is the second and final meeting between these two clubs this season, with the Wild winning the first matchup 4-3 in a shootout.
Washington Capitals Projected Lines:
Ovechkin-Strome-Protas
McMichael-Dubois-Wilson
Mangiapane-Eller-Raddysh
Duhaime-Dowd-Beauvillier
Sandin-Carlson
Chychrun-van Riemsdyk
Fehervary-Roy
Thompson
Lindgren
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Minnesota Wild Projected Lines:
Boldy-Rossi-Zuccarello
Johansson-Gaudreau-Nyquist
Trenin-Hartman-Hinostroza
Shore-Gaunce-Brazeau
Middleton-Faber
Brodin-Spurgeon
Merrill-Bogosian
Fleury
Gustavsson
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Players To Watch:
Washington Capitals
Aliaksei Protas has six goals and seven assists in his last ten games and has a career-high 64 points. The 24-year-old’s previous best was 29 points last season. Alex Ovechkin is six goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goal-scoring record.
Minnesota Wild
Matt Boldy leads the Wild in scoring with 23 goals and 37 assists. The 23-year-old winger has 8 points (2g, 6a) this month. In the first meeting with Washington, Boldy scored the game-winner in the shootout to give the Wild the 4-3 victory.
Injury Report:
Washington Capitals
LW Sonny Milano – IR
RW TJ Oshie – LTIR
C Nicklas Backstrom – LTIR
Minnesota Wild
LW Kirill Kaprizov – IR
C Joel Eriksson Ek – IR
LW Marcus Foligno – OUT
D Declan Chisholm – Day To Day
Next Game:
Washington Capitals – March 30 vs. Buffalo Sabres
Minnesota Wild – March 29 vs. New Jersey Devils
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