NHL Playoff Series Preview: Montreal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals with Line Combinations

Alex Ovechkin 'C' #8 skating during warmups for the Washington Capitals
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Montreal Canadiens (40-31-11, 91 Pts, WC2) at Washington Capitals (51-21-9, 111 Pts, M1)

Series Schedule:
Game 1: Monday 4/21 Montreal at Washington 7:00 PM EST/ESPN
Game 2: Wednesday 4/23 Montreal at Washington 7:00 PM EST/ESPN
Game 3: Friday 4/25 Washington at Montreal 7:00 PM EST/TNT, TruTV
Game 4: Sunday 4/27 Washington at Montreal 6:30 PM EST/TBS, TruTV
If Necessary:
Game 5: Wednesday 4/30 Montreal at Washington
Game 6: Friday 5/2 Washington at Montreal
Game 7: Sunday 5/4 Montreal at Washington

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Montreal ML +260
Washington ML -330

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Montreal Canadiens News & Notes:

Montreal clinched a playoff berth with a win in their last regular season game. The Habs have gone 14-5-6 after returning from the 4 Nations Face-Off break on February 22.

Washington Capitals News & Notes:

The Capitals were the first team to qualify for the postseason on March 20. The Caps clinched first place in the Metropolitan Division on April 8 and the top seed in the East on April 11.

Montreal Canadiens Projected Lines

Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky
Gallagher-Dvorak-Anderson
Laine-Newhook-Demidov
Heineman-Evans-Armia

Matheson-Carrier
Guhle-Hutson
Struble-Savard

Montembeault
Dobes

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Washington Capitals Projected Lines

Ovechkin-Strome-Beauvillier
McMichael-Dubois-Wilson
Mangiapane-Eller-Leonard
Duhaime-Dowd-Raddysh

Chychrun-Carlson
Sandin-Van Riemsdyk
Fehervary-McIlrath

Lindgren
Shepard

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Players To Watch:

Montreal Canadiens

Cole Caufield tallied five points in the three games against Washington. Lane Hutson tied an NHL-record with 60 assists for a rookie defenseman.

Washington Capitals

Aliaksei Protas and Tom Wilson had four points each in the season series with Montreal. Alex Ovechkin scored on each of his two shots in two games played against the Canadiens.

Injury Report:

Montreal Canadiens

Kirby Dach – Out for season

Washington Capitals

C Nicklas Backstrom – LTIR
RW TJ Oshie – LTIR
LW Sonny Milano – IR
G Logan Thompson – Day to day

Head-to-Head This Season

10/31 Washington 6, Montreal 3
12/7 Washington 4, Montreal 2
1/10 Montreal 3, Washington 2 OT

Prediction
Montreal in 6

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