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NHL Game Preview: Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals with Line Combinations 1/31/26

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Carolina Hurricanes (33-15-5, 71 pts) at Washington Capitals (26-22-7, 59 pts)

Venue: Capital One Arena
Date: Saturday, January 31
Time: 5:00 pm EST
How To Watch: ESPN+, FDSNS, Monumental Sports Network
Radio: 99.9 The Fan, 106.7 The Fan

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Carolina Hurricanes News & Notes:

The Hurricanes are 4-0-1 over their last five games after beating the Utah Mammoth on Thursday night, 5-4. Carolina has scored an average of 3.2 goals per game while allowing an average of 2.2 goals per game.

Washington Capitals News & Notes:

The Capitals beat the Red Wings 4-3 in a shootout Thursday night in Detroit. Over their last five games, the Capitals have a 2-2-1 record, scoring an average of 3.2 goals per game while allowing 3.8 goals per game.

Carolina Hurricanes Projected Lines

Svechnikov-Aho-Jarvis
Hall-Stankoven-Blake
Ehlers-Staal-Martinook
Carrier-Jankowski-Kotkaniemi

Slavin-Chatfield
Miller-Walker
Gostisbehere-Nikishin

Bussi
Andersen

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Washington Capitals Projected Lines:

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

Fehervary-Carlson
Chychrun-Van Riemsdyk
Sandin-Chisholm

Stevenson
Lindgren

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Players To Watch:

Carolina Hurricanes

Nikolaj Ehlers had one goal and one assist in the Hurricanes’ 3-2 shootout win over the Capitals back on December 11th.

Washington Capitals

Jakob Chychrun had a goal on five shots in the Capitals’ 4-1 win over the Hurricanes back on November 11th.

Injury Report:

Carolina Hurricanes

D Charles-Alexis Legault – IR
F Noah Philp – IR
D Shayne Gostisbehere – DTD
G Pyotr Kochetkov – IR
F Eric Robinson – Out

Washington Capitals

F Pierre-Luc Dubois – IR
G Charlie Lindgren – DTD
G Logan Thompson – DTD
D Matt Roy – DTD

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