NHL Game Preview: St. Louis Blues at Washington Capitals with Line Combinations 11/5/2025

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St. Louis Blues (4-7-2, 10 pts) at Washington Capitals (6-5-1, 13 pts)

Venue: Capital One Arena
Date: Wednesday, November 5
Time: 7:30 pm EST
How To Watch: HBO Max/TNT/TruTV/Monumental Sports Network
Radio:  101 ESPN (101.1 FM)/Caps Radio 24/7

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St. Louis Blues News & Notes:

The Blues snapped a seven game losing streak with a 3-2 win over the Oilers on Monday night. Rookie forward Dalibor Dvorsky scored his first career goal in the win.

Washington Capitals News & Notes:

The Capitals suffered their fourth straight loss on Saturday in a shootout 4-3 to the Sabres. They’re averaging 1.3 goals per game while allowing three goals per game during their skid.

St. Louis Blues Projected Lines:

Buchnevich-Thomas-Snuggerud
Schenn-Suter-Kyrou
Holloway-Dvorsky-Sundkvist
Toropchenko-Bjugstad-Joseph

Broberg-Parayko
Fowler-Faulk
Tucker-Kessel

Binnington
Hofer

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Washington Capitals Projected Lines

Ovechkin-Strome-Beauvillier
Protas-McMichael-Wilson
Milano-Lapierre-Leonard
Duhaime-Dowd-Sourdif

Fehervary-Carlson
Chychrun-Roy
Sandin-van Riemsdyk

Thompson
Lindgren

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Players To Watch:

St. Louis Blues

Pavel Buchnevich has faced the Capitals 28 times in his career, recording 22 points on nine goals and 13 assists; in two meetings last season, he had two assists.

Washington Capitals

Connor McMichael has faced the Blues six times in his career, recording four points, three goals, and an assist; all of those came last season between two meetings.

Injury Report:

St. Louis Blues

D Torey Krug – IR
LW Jake Neighbours – IR

Washington Capitals

F Pierre-Luc Dubois – DTD
F Ethen Frank – IR

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