NHL Game Preview: Washington Capitals at Toronto Maple Leafs with Line Combinations 12/6/2024

Washington Capitals (17-6-2, 36 Pts) at Toronto Maple Leafs (16-7-2, 34 Pts)
Venue: Scotiabank Arena
Date: Tonight – Friday, December 6
Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV:
Radio:
Washington – 106.7 WJFK
Toronto – TSN 1050

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Washington +1.5 ML +130
Toronto -1.5 ML -155
O/U 6.5

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Washington Capitals News & Notes:

The Capitals lost to the Sharks 2-1 on Tuesday night. Washington is 9-2-0 on the road this season. The Caps are first in the NHL in goals per game with 4.08.

Toronto Maple Leafs News & Notes:

The Maple Leafs have won three in a row and have a 12-3-0 home record this season. Toronto is 16-0-1 when scoring at least three goals in a game.

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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Toronto Maple Leafs Projected Lines

Knies-Matthews-Marner

Minten-Tavares-W. Nylander

Robertson-Holmberg-Lorentz

Grebenkin-Dewar-Reaves

Ekman-Larsson-Tanev

Reilly-Myers

Benoit-Timmins

Woll

Stolarz

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Toronto Hockey – Inside The Rink

Players To Watch:

Washington Capitals

Dylan Strome has eight goals and 26 assists for the Capitals. Jakob Chychrun has scored five goals with four assists over the last ten games.

Toronto Maple Leafs

William Nylander has 16 goals and 11 assists for the Maple Leafs. Mitchell Marner has six goals and 12 assists over the past 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

Toronto Maple Leafs

LW Max Pacioretty – IR – Week to week
C Calle Jarnkrok – IR – Month to month
C David Kampf – IR
C Max Domi – IR
C Bobby McMann – IR – Day to day
D Jake McCabe – Day to day

Next Game

Washington Capitals – December 7 at Montreal
Toronto Maple Leafs – December 7 at Pittsburgh

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