Washington Capitals (11-4-1, 23 pts) at Vegas Golden Knights (11-4-2, 24 pts)
Venue: T-Mobile Arena
Date: Sunday, November 17
Time: 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT
TV: ESPN + / MNMT / SCRI
Radio:
Washington Capitals – WJFK 106.7 FM / WFED 1500 AM
Vegas Golden Knights – Fox Sports Radio 98.9 FM / 1340 AM
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Washington Capitals +1.5 ML +115
Vegas Golden Knights -1.5 ML -135
O/U 6.5
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Washington Capitals News & Notes:
Washington is 4-2-0 on the road this season. The Capitals’ 52 5v5 goals are the most in the NHL. Washington has allowed 46 goals on the season, the 7th best mark in the league. The Capitals are 5-0-0 against the Western Conference this season.
Vegas Golden Knights News & Notes:
Vegas is 8-1-0 at home this season. The Golden Knights have scored 70 goals this season, good for third in the NHL. Vegas has won two in a row as Washington visits “The Fortress” tonight. Vegas has the best points percentage in the NHL when they’re trailing after two periods (.500), the other NHL teams have a combined .131 points percentage. (Stat Courtesy of SinBinVegas)
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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Vegas Golden Knights Projected Lines:
Barbashev-Eichel-Dorofeyev
Hertl-Roy-Kolesar
Howden-Karlsson-Holtz
Pearson-Schwindt-Korczak
Hanifin-Pietrangelo
McNabb-Theodore
Whitecloud-Hutton
Hill
Schmid
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Players To Watch:
Washington Capitals
Alex Ovechkin has points in eight of his last nine games (8g, 7a). The Great Eight has ten goals this season and 863 in his career. Ovechkin is 31 goals away from tying Wayne Gretzky for the most goals in NHL history.
Vegas Golden Knights
Eichel has four multi-point games in his last five, and points in five straight games. Eichel had two assists in a 4-2 win over Utah on Friday night. Eichel leads Vegas in scoring with 27 points on the season (5g, 22a) in 17 games.
Injury Report:
Washington Capitals
LW Sonny Milano – IR
RW TJ Oshie – LTIR
C Nicklas Backstrom – LTIR
Vegas Golden Knights
RW Mark Stone – Day To Day
G Ilya Samsonov – Day To Day
D Nicolas Hague – IR
RW Victor Olofsson – LTIR
Next Game:
Washington Capitals – November 18 at Utah Hockey Club
Vegas Golden Knights – November 20 at Toronto Maple Leafs
