Game Thread: Washington Capitals (10-6-2) at Los Angeles Kings (13-3-3) – 29 Nov 2023 – 7:30PM PST

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   ##Projected Lineups

   ||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Quinton Byfield|Anze Kopitar|Adrian Kempe|[WSH](/r/caps)|Alex Ovechkin|Evgeny Kuznetsov|Tom Wilson|
   |[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Kevin Fiala|Phillip Danault|Trevor Moore|[WSH](/r/caps)|Connor McMichael|Dylan Strome|Matthew Phillips|
   |[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Carl Grundstrom|Pierre-Luc Dubois|Alex Laferriere|[WSH](/r/caps)|Sonny Milano|Hendrix Lapierre|Aliaksei Protas|
   |[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Jaret Anderson-Dolan|Trevor Lewis|Arthur Kaliyev|[WSH](/r/caps)|Beck Malenstyn|Nic Dowd|Anthony Mantha|

   ||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Mikey Anderson|Drew Doughty|[WSH](/r/caps)|Martin Fehervary|John Carlson|
   |[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Vladislav Gavrikov|Matt Roy|[WSH](/r/caps)|Joel Edmundson|Nick Jensen|
   |[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Andreas Englund|Jordan Spence|[WSH](/r/caps)|Rasmus Sandin|Trevor van Riemsdyk|

   ||Goalies||Goalies|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Cam Talbot|[WSH](/r/caps)|Darcy Kuemper|
   |[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Pheonix Copley|[WSH](/r/caps)|Charlie Lindgren|

   [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/los-angeles-kings/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/washington-capitals/line-combinations/)

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   ##Injuries

   ||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Tobias Bjornfot|21 Nov 2023|Undisclosed|IR|Bjornfot’s undisclosed injury is “thankfully nothing major,” AHL Ontario coach Marco Sturm told Jared Shafran of LA Kings Insider on Thursday.|05 Dec 2023|
   |[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Blake Lizotte|20 Nov 2023|Undisclosed|DTD|Lizotte (undisclosed) won’t play Saturday versus the Montreal Canadiens, per Zach Dooley of the Los Angeles Kings’ official site.|unknown|
   |[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Viktor Arvidsson|10 Oct 2023|Back|IR-LT|Arvidsson is considered month-to-month with a back injury, Austin Stanovich of The Hockey News reports.|03 Dec 2023|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|T.J. Oshie|24 Nov 2023|Upper Body|IR|Oshie (upper body) was put on injured reserve Monday, per the NHL media site.|02 Dec 2023|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Nicklas Backstrom|01 Nov 2023|Hip|IR-LT|Surgery|15 Sep 2024|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Cam Allen||Shoulder|OUT|Surgery|02 Jan 2024|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Max Pacioretty|09 Oct 2023|Achilles|IR-LT|Surgery|02 Dec 2023|

   [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/los-angeles-kings/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/washington-capitals/injuries)

   ##Team Stats

   |Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|19|13|3|3|29|0.763|4.00|2.37|20.83|89.39|32.11|27.68|49.60|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|18|10|6|2|22|0.611|2.33|2.78|5.66|78.18|29.17|30.17|45.76|

   [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

   ##Team Leaders

   |Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |G|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Trevor Moore|11|[WSH](/r/caps)|Dylan Strome|8|
   |A|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Kevin Fiala|14|[WSH](/r/caps)|John Carlson|10|
   |P|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Adrian Kempe, Kevin Fiala|20|[WSH](/r/caps)|Alex Ovechkin|12|
   |+/-|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Adrian Kempe|12|[WSH](/r/caps)|Dylan Strome, Anthony Mantha, Rasmus Sandin|3|
   |PIM|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Andreas Englund|29|[WSH](/r/caps)|Tom Wilson|39|
   |TOI|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Drew Doughty|25:35|[WSH](/r/caps)|John Carlson|26:09|

   [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=26 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=15 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

   ## Goalie Breakdown

   ||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Cam Talbot|14|13|10|3|1|1|2.02|0.931|
   |[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Pheonix Copley|6|6|3|0|2|1|3.04|0.868|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Darcy Kuemper|10|10|4|4|2|0|2.95|0.894|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Charlie Lindgren|6|6|4|2|0|1|2.51|0.926|

   [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=26 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=15 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

   ##Season Series

   |Date|Away|Home|Time|Network/Result|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |29 Nov 2023|[WSH](/r/caps)|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|7:30PM PST|TVAS, SN, BSW, MNMT, MNMT2|
   |07 Jan 2024|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|[WSH](/r/caps)|12:00PM PST|BSW, MNMT|

   [Source](https://api-web.nhle.com/v1/gamecenter/2023020339/landing)

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