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New Jersey Devils (35-31-2, 72 pts) at Washington Capitals (34-27-8, 76 pts)
Venue: Capital One Arena
Date: Friday, March 20
Time: 7:00 pm EST
How To Watch:Â ESPN+, MSGSN, Monumental Sports Network
Radio: WFAN 101.9 FM, 1050 AMÂ /106.7 The Fan
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New Jersey Devils News & Notes:
The Devils beat the Rangers 6-3 in their last game on Wednesday. In their previous five games, the Devils have a 3-2-0 record, scoring four goals per game while conceding 3.6. With 14 games left to play, the Devils are 12 points back from the Boston Bruins and Detroit Red Wings and four other teams ahead of them, a Wild Card Spot chance is all but gone for the Devils this season. The Season series between these two teams is all tied 1-1 with two meetings left.
Washington Capitals News & Notes:
The Capitals beat the Ottawa Senators 4-1 on Wednesday night. In their last five games, Washington has a 3-1-1 record, scoring 3.2 goals per game while allowing 2.4. In the last meeting between these two teams, the Capitals won 4-3 in overtime, while New Jersey took the first game 3-2 in a shootout victory. The Capitals’ playoff hopes are all but gone. With 13 games left to play, they are eight points back from both Boston and Detroit for the last two Wild Card spots.
New Jersey Devils Projected Lines
Meier-Hischier-Mercer
Bratt-Hughes-Brown
Gritsyuk-Glass-Hameenaho
Cotter-Bjustad-Tsyplakov
Siegenthaler-Hamilton
Hughes-Kovacevic
Dillon-Nemec
Markstrom
Allen
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Washington Capitals Projected Lines:
Ovechkin-Strome-Beauvillier
Protas-Dubois-Wilson
McMichael-Sourdif-Leonard
Duhaime-Lapierre-Frank
Chychrun-Van Riemsdyk
Hutson-Roy
Fehervary-Sandin
Thompson
Lindgren
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Players To Watch:
New Jersey Devils
Jesper Bratt had two goals in the Devils’ 4-3 overtime loss to the Capitals, back on December 27th.
Washington Capitals
Aliaksei Protas had one goal and two assists in the Capitals’ 4-3 win over the Devils in their last meeting back on December 27th.
Injury Report:
New Jersey Devils
F Stefan Noesen– IR
F Zack MacEwen – IR
D Brett Pesce – Day to day
Washington Capitals
F Sonny Milano – DTD
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