{"id":26857,"date":"2025-05-12T10:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T10:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/26857\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T10:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T10:44:10","slug":"nhl-playoff-preview-washington-capitals-at-carolina-hurricanes-with-line-combinations-5-12-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/26857\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Playoff Preview: Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes with Line Combinations 5\/12\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NHL <\/p>\n

Washington Capitals (5-2-1) at Carolina Hurricanes (6-1-1)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Venue: Lenovo Center
Date: Monday, May 12
Time: 7:00 pm EST
TV: TNT\/truTV\/TVAS\/Sportsnet
Radio:
Washington \u2013 Caps Radio 24\/7
Carolina \u2013 99.9 The Fan<\/p>\n

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:<\/p>\n

Washington<\/a>\u00a0+1.5 ML +195
Carolina<\/a>\u00a0-1.5 ML -238
O\/U 5.5<\/p>\n

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Washington Capitals News & Notes:<\/p>\n

The Capitals suffered a tough loss in game three as they failed to find the back of the net. got back in the series behind a 3-1 win on Thursday. They are now averaging 2.8 goals per game while allowing 2.4 goals per game.\u00a0Logan Thompson<\/a>\u00a0is posting a 2.26 goals-against average and a .922 save percentage. He stopped 24 of the 28 shots he faced in Saturday\u2019s loss.<\/p>\n

Carolina Hurricanes News & Notes:<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes took the lead in the series again behind a 4-0 win on Saturday night. They are averaging 3.3 goals per game in the playoffs while allowing 1.9 goals per game.\u00a0Frederik Andersen<\/a>\u00a0is posting a 1.32 goals-against average with a .940 save percentage. He stopped all 21 shots he faced in Saturdays win.<\/p>\n

Washington Capitals Projected Lines<\/p>\n

Ovechkin-Strome-Protas
McMichael-Dubois-Wilson
Mangiapane-Eller-Raddysh\u00a0
Duhaime-Dowd-Beauvillier\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chychrun-Carlson
Sandin-Roy
Alexeyev-Van Riemsdyk<\/p>\n

Thompson
Gibson<\/p>\n

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Carolina Hurricanes Projected Lines<\/p>\n

Svechnikov-Aho-Blake
Hall-Roslovic-Stankoven
Martinook-Staal-Jarvis
Robinson-Kotkaniemi-Carrier<\/p>\n

Slavin-Burns
Orlov-Chatfield
Gostisbehere-Walker<\/p>\n

Andersen
Kochetkov<\/p>\n

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Players To Watch:<\/p>\n

Washington Capitals<\/p>\n

Alex Ovechkin<\/a>\u00a0this season had 73 points on 44 goals and 29 assists. In the playoffs, he has four goals and an assist. He had a point in all three games against Carolina in the regular season on two goals and an assist.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Carolina Hurricanes<\/p>\n

Jack Roslovic<\/a>\u00a0this season had 39 points on 22 goals and 17 assists. He has a goal and two assists in five playoff games. In four games against the Capitals in the regular season he had two assists.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Injury Report:<\/p>\n

Carolina Hurricanes<\/p>\n

F Jesper Fast \u2013 IR
F Mark Jankowski\u00a0\u2013 DTD<\/p>\n

Washington Capitals<\/p>\n

C Nicklas Backstrom \u2013 LTIR
RW TJ Oshie \u2013 LTIR
LW\u00a0Sonny Milano\u00a0\u2013 IR
D Martin Fehervary\u00a0\u2013 Out
G Charlie Lindgren\u00a0\u2013 Out<\/p>\n

Next Game<\/p>\n

Game 5: Thursday, May 15 at Capital One Arena<\/p>\n

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