Washington Capitals (32-10-5, 69 Points) at Seattle Kraken (21-24-3, 43 pts)
Venue: Climate Pledge Arena
Date: Thursday, January 23
Time: 10:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+/MNMT/KHN/KONG
Radio:
Washington – WJFK 106.7 FM / WFED 1500 AM
Seattle – Sportsnet 96.0
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Washington -1.5 ML -148
Seattle +1.5 ML +124
O/U 5.5
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The Capitals picked up their fifth straight win on Tuesday night as they beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2. They have scored three goals per game in that five-game stretch while allowing 0.80 goals per game in that stretch. That’s due to the performance of Logan Thompson who started all five games posting a 0.79 goals-against average and a .969 save percentage. Alex Ovechkin comes into this game 21 goals away from passing Wayne Gretzky for the most goals all-time.
The Kraken picked up their second straight win on Monday with a 6-4 win over the Buffalo Sabres. The win streak comes at the right time as they are 4-6-0 in January after dropping the first four games to start the month. They are averaging 3.20 goals per game while allowing 3.50 goals per game. Since returning from injury Joey Daccord is 4-1-0 with a 2.41 goals-against average and a .919 save percentage.
Washington Capitals Projected Lines:
Ovechkin-Strome-McMichael
Protas-Dubois-Wilson
Raddysh-Eller-Frank
Duhaime-Dowd-Mangiapane
Sandin-Carlson
Chychrun-van Riemsdyk
Fehervary-Roy
Thompson
Lindgren
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Seattle Kraken Projected Lines:
Schwartz-Beniers-Kakko
Burakovsky-Stephenson-Bjorkstrand
McCann-Wright-Tolvanen
Tanev-Stephens-Hayden
Dunn-Larsson
Evans-Montour
Oleksiak-Mahura
Daccord
Grubauer
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Connor McMichael this season has 35 points on 17 goals and 18 assists. He’s faced the Kraken four times in his career recording a goal; that goal came in one of the two meetings last season.
Oliver Bjorkstrand this season has 31 points on 13 goals and 18 assists. He’s faced the Capitals 19 times in his career recording ten points on six goals and four assists; last season in the two meetings against them he had a goal and an assist.
F Sonny Milano – IR
F TJ Oshie – LTIR
C Nicklas Backstrom – LTIR
F Jordan Eberle – IR
F Yanni Gourde – IR
Next game:
Washington – January 25 at Vancouver Canucks
Seattle – January 25 vs Pittsburgh Penguins
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