NHL Game Preview: Washington Capitals at Chicago Blackhawks with Line Combinations 1/9/2026 | Inside The Rink
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Washington Capitals (22-16-6, 50 pts) at Chicago Blackhawks (18-18-7, 43 pts)
Venue: United Center
Date: Sunday, January 4
Time: 7:00 pm EST
How To Watch:Â NHL Network/MNMT2/MNMT/CHSN
Radio:Â 106.7 The Fan/WGN 720
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Washington Capitals News & Notes:
The Capitals suffered a 4-1 loss to the Stars on Wednesday night. They’re 2-2-1 in their last five games, averaging 3.8 goals per game while allowing 3.6 goals per game.
Chicago Blackhawks News & Notes:
The Blackhawks picked up their fourth straight win on Wednesday with a 7-3 win over the Blues. They’re on a five-game point streak, averaging 3.8 goals per game while allowing 2.6 goals per game.
Washington Capitals Projected Lines:
Ovechkin-Strome-Beauvillier
McMichael-Sourdif-Leonard
Duhaime-Dowd-Frank
Milano-Lapierre-Leason
Fehervary-Carlson
Chychrun-Roy
Sandin-McIlrath
Thompson
Lindgren
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Chicago Blackhawks Projected Lines
Bertuzzi-Greene-Burakovsky
Donato-Dickinson-Mikheyev
Teravainen-Moore-Lardis
Dach-Foligno-Slaggert
Vlasic-Crevier
Kaiser-Levshunov
Grzelcyk-Murphy
Knight
Soderblom
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Players To Watch:
Washington Capitals
Ryan Leonard scored a goal in the Capitals’ loss to the Blackhawks when the two teams met last week.
Chicago Blackhawks
Ryan Donato scored a goal in the Blackhawks 3-2 shootout win over the Capitals six days ago.
Injury Report:
Washington Capitals
F Pierre-Luc Dubois – IR
F Tom Wilson -DTD
F Aliaksei Protas – IR
Chicago Blackhawks
F Frank Nazar – IR
F Connor Bedard – IR
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