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NHL Game Preview: Washington Capitals at Colorado Avalanche with Line Combinations 1/19/2026

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Washington Capitals (24-19-6, 54 pts) at Colorado Avalanche (33-5-8, 74 pts)

Venue: Ball Arena
Date: Monday, January 19
Time: 4:00 pm EST
How To Watch: TNT/truTV/HBO Max/MNMT
Radio: 106.7 The Fan/92.5 ALT

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Washington Capitals News & Notes:

The Capitals dropped their second straight game on Saturday in a 5-2 loss to the Panthers. They’ve dropped three of their last four games, averaging 2.3 goals per game while allowing 3.3 goals per game.

Colorado Avalanche News & Notes:

The Avalanche dropped their second straight on Friday in a 7-3 loss to the Predators. The loss on Friday also snapped their three-game point streak. They’re now 2-2-1 in their last five games, averaging four goals per game while allowing 3.4 goals per game.

Washington Capitals Projected Lines:

Ovechkin-Strome-Beauviller
Protas-McMichael-Leonard
Frank-Dowd-Miroshnichenko
Duhaime-Lapierre-Leason

Chychrun-Carlson
Fehervary-Roy
Sandin-Van Riemsdyk

Thompson
Lindgren

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Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines:

Lehkonen-MacKinnon-Necas
Colton-Nelson-Nichushkin
Kelly-Drury-Olofsson
Bardakov-Ivan-Brindley

Malinski-Makar
Manson-Burns
Girard-Solovyov

Blackwood
Wedgewood

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Players To Watch:

Washington Capitals

Connor McMichael scored two goals in one of the two meetings against Colorado last season.

Colorado Avalanche

Parker Kelly had three points in two games against the Capitals last season, on a goal and two assists.

Injury Report:

Washington Capitals

Pierre-Luc Dubois – IR
Tom Wilson -DTD
F Justin Sourdif – DTD

Colorado Avalanche

Logan O’Connor – Out
F Joel Kiviranta – Out
D Devon Toews – Out
F Gabriel Landeskog – Out

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