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Washington Capitals (25-22-7, 57 pts) at Detroit Red Wings (32-17-5, 69 pts)

Venue: Little Caesars Arena
Date: Thursday, January 29
Time: 7:00 pm EST
How To Watch: ESPN+/MNMT/FDSNDET Extra
Radio: 106.7 The Fan/97.1 The Ticket

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Washington Capitals News & Notes:

The Capitals dropped their second straight on Tuesday with a 5-1 loss to the Kraken. They’ve dropped six of their last seven, averaging 2.6 goals per game while allowing 4.1 goals per game.

Detroit Red Wings News & Notes:

The Red Wings had their five-game point streak snapped with a 3-1 loss to the Kings. They’re 7-2-1 in their last ten games, averaging 3.2 goals per game while allowing 2.1 goals per game.

Washington Capitals Projected Lines:

McMichael-Strome-Leonard
Protas-Sourdif-Wilson
Ovechkin-Dowd-Frank
Duhaime-Lapierre-Beauviller

Chychrun-Carlson
Fehervary-van Riemsdyk
Chisholm-McIlrath

Thompson
Lindgren

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Detroit Red Wings Projected Lines

Kasper-Larkin-Raymond
DeBrincat-Copp-Kane
van Riemsdyk-Compher-Finnie
Soderblom-Rasmussen-Appleton

Bernard Docker-Seider
Chiarot-Sandin Pelikka
Johansson-Hamonic

Gibson
Talbot

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Players To Watch:

Washington Capitals

Dylan Strome has three assists in two games against Detroit this season.

Detroit Red Wings

Moritz Seider has a goal in each game against the Capitals this season. He had an assist in one of the two games as well.

Injury Report:

Washington Capitals

F Pierre-Luc Dubois – IR
D Matt Roy – DTD
D Rasmus Sandin – DTD

Detroit Red Wings

D Simon Edvinsson – DTD

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