NHL Game Preview: Washington Capitals at New Jersey Devils with Line Combinations 12/27/2025

AP Photo/Nick Wass

Washington Capitals (19-13-5, 43 pts) at New Jersey Devils (20-16-1, 41 pts)

Venue: Prudential Center
Date: Saturday, December 27
Time: 7:00 pm EST
How To Watch: ESPN+/MNMT/MSG
Radio: Capitals Radio 24/7/104.5 The Team

Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster

Washington Capitals News & Notes:

The Capitals dropped their third straight game on Tuesday with a 7-3 loss to the Rangers. They’re 1-3-1 in their last five games, averaging 2.2 goals per game while allowing four goals per game.

New Jersey Devils News & Notes:

The Devils dropped their second straight on Tuesday in a 2-1 loss to the Islanders. They’re 2-3-0 in their last five games, averaging 1.4 goals per game while allowing 1.8 goals per game.

Washington Capitals Projected Lines

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

Fehervary-Carlson
Chychrun-Roy
Chisholm-van Riemsdyk

Thompson
Lindgren

Buy Washington Hockey Gear Below!
Washington Hockey – Inside The Rink

New Jersey Devils Projected Lines:

Meier-Hischier-Mercer
Palat-J.Hughes-Bratt
Gritsyuk-Glass-Brown
Cotter-Glendening-Noesen

Siegenthaler-Hamilton
L. Hughes-Pesce
Dillon-White

Markstrom
Allen

Get your New Jersey Hockey merchandise here

Players To Watch:

Washington Capitals

Connor McMichael had a goal and an assist in the Capitals’ 3-2 shootout loss to the Devils in November.

New Jersey Devils

Luke Hughes had a goal and an assist in the first meeting between the two teams back on November 15th.

Injury Report:

Washington Capitals

F Pierre-Luc Dubois – IR
F Tom Wilson – DTD
D Rasmus Sandin – DTD

New Jersey Devils

D Johnathan Kovacevic – IR
F Evgenii Dadonov – IR
D Simon Nemec – IR
F Zack MacEwen – IR

Next Game:

Discover more from Inside The Rink

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.