NHL Game Preview: Washington Capitals at Los Angeles Kings with Line Combinations 12/2/2025

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Washington Capitals (15-9-2, 32 pts) at Los Angeles Kings (12-6-7, 31 pts)

Venue: Crypto.com Arena
Date: Tuesday, December 2
Time: 10:30 pm EST
How To Watch: ESPN+/MNMT/FDSNW/
Radio: WJFK 106.7 FM/710 AM ESPN

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Washington Capitals News & Notes:

The Capitals picked up their fourth straight win on Sunday with a 4-1 win over the Islanders; they’ve also won seven of their last eight games. They went 9-4-2 in November, averaging four goals per game while allowing 2.9 goals per game.

Los Angeles Kings News & Notes:

The Kings picked up a 2-1 overtime win over the Canucks on Saturday to close out November. They went 7-3-3 in November, averaging 2.5 goals per game while allowing 2.3 goals per game.

Washington Capitals Projected Lines:

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

Fehervary-Carlson
Chychrun-Roy
Sandin-Van Riemsdyk

Thompson
Lindgren

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Los Angeles Kings Projected Lines

Fiala-Byfield-Kempe
Kuzmenko-Kopitar-Moore
Armia-Danault-Laferriere
Malott-Turcotte-Perry

Anderson-Edmundson
Dumoulin-Clarke
Moverare-Ceci

Forsberg
Kuemper

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Players to Watch:

Washington Capitals

Alex Ovechkin scored one of the two Capitals goals in their win over the Kings back in November.

Los Angeles Kings

Anze Kopitar scored the Kings’ lone goal in their loss to the Capitals back on November 17th.

Injury Report:

Washington Capitals

F Pierre-Luc Dubois – IR
F Nic Dowd – IR

Los Angeles Kings

D Drew Doughty – IR
F Warren Foegele – DTD

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