Washington Capitals (12-4-1, 25 pts) at Utah Hockey Club (7-7-3, 17 pts)
Venue: Delta Center
Date: Monday, November 18
Time: 9:00 pm ET / 7:00 pm MT
TV: ESPN + / MNMT / UTAH16
Radio:
Washington Capitals – WJFK 106.7 FM / WFED 1500 AM
Utah Hockey Club – The KSL Sports Zone 1280 AM / 97.5 FM
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Washington Capitals -1.5 ML -110
Utah Hockey Club +1.5 ML -110
O/U 6.5
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Washington Capitals News & Notes:
The Capitals have won two straight games and three of their last four. Spencer Carbury is one of the early leaders for the Jack Adams Award as Coach of the Year. The Capitals are supposed to be trending downward, with some serious injury concerns, but they continue to win. Washington is 5-2-0 on the road this season.
Utah Hockey Club News & Notes:
Utah is 4-3-1 at the Delta Center this season. The Hockey Club has been alternating wins and losses recently, and Utah has been consistently inconsistent. The potential is there to string some wins together as evidenced by their quality win over the Carolina Hurricanes.
Washington Capitals Projected Lines:
Ovechkin-Strome-Protas
McMichael-Dubois-Wilson
Mangiapane-Eller-Vrana
Lapierre-Dowd-Raddysh
Chychrun-Carlson
Sandin-Roy
Fehervary-van Riemsdyk
Lindgren
Thompson
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Utah Hockey Club Projected Lines:
Keller-Bjugstad-Schmaltz
Maccelli-Cooley-Guenther
Kerfoot-Hayton-Crouse
McBain-Stenlund-Carcone
Sergachev-Maatta
Valimaki-Kesselring
Cole-Lamoureux
Ingram
Vejmelka
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Players To Watch:
Washington Capitals
Alex Ovechkin continues to amaze at 39 years old. Fresh off a hat-trick in the Capitals’ 5-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights the Great Eight is tied for the NHL lead in goals with 13. Ovechkin has 866 career goals and is only 29 goals away from breaking the all-time goal-scoring record held by Wayne Gretzky with 894 goals.
Utah Hockey Club
Defenseman Mikhail Sergachev has goals in two straight games and is in third on the Hockey Club in scoring with 12 points (3g, 9a). Sergachev is on pace for a 58-point season which would be the second-best season of his career. The Utah defenseman had a 64-point season in 2022-23 with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Injury Report:
Washington Capitals
RW Brandon Duhaime – OUT
LW Sonny Milano – IR
RW TJ Oshie – LTIR
C Nicklas Backstrom – LTIR
Utah Hockey Club
D Sean Durzi – IR
D John Marino – IR
Next Game:
Washington Capitals – November 21 vs. Colorado Avalanche
Utah Hockey Club – November 21 at Boston Bruins
