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Washington Capitals (22-16-6, 50 pts) at Chicago Blackhawks (18-18-7, 43 pts)<\/p>\n

Venue: United Center
Date: Sunday, January 4
Time: 7:00 pm EST
How To Watch:\u00a0NHL Network\/MNMT2\/MNMT\/CHSN
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Washington Capitals News & Notes:<\/p>\n

The Capitals suffered a 4-1 loss to the Stars on Wednesday night. They\u2019re 2-2-1 in their last five games, averaging 3.8 goals per game while allowing 3.6 goals per game.<\/p>\n

Chicago Blackhawks News & Notes:<\/p>\n

The Blackhawks picked up their fourth straight win on Wednesday with a 7-3 win over the Blues. They\u2019re on a five-game point streak, averaging 3.8 goals per game while allowing 2.6 goals per game.<\/p>\n

Washington Capitals Projected Lines:<\/p>\n

Ovechkin-Strome-Beauvillier
McMichael-Sourdif-Leonard
Duhaime-Dowd-Frank
Milano-Lapierre-Leason<\/p>\n

Fehervary-Carlson
Chychrun-Roy
Sandin-McIlrath<\/p>\n

Thompson
Lindgren<\/p>\n

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Chicago Blackhawks Projected Lines<\/p>\n

Bertuzzi-Greene-Burakovsky
Donato-Dickinson-Mikheyev
Teravainen-Moore-Lardis
Dach-Foligno-Slaggert<\/p>\n

Vlasic-Crevier
Kaiser-Levshunov
Grzelcyk-Murphy<\/p>\n

Knight
Soderblom<\/p>\n

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Players To Watch:<\/p>\n

Washington Capitals<\/p>\n

Ryan Leonard scored a goal in the Capitals\u2019 loss to the Blackhawks when the two teams met last week.<\/p>\n

Chicago Blackhawks<\/p>\n

Ryan Donato scored a goal in the Blackhawks 3-2 shootout win over the Capitals six days ago.<\/p>\n

Injury Report:<\/p>\n

Washington Capitals<\/p>\n

F\u00a0Pierre-Luc Dubois<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR
F\u00a0Tom Wilson<\/a>\u00a0-DTD
F\u00a0Aliaksei Protas<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<\/p>\n

Chicago Blackhawks<\/p>\n

F\u00a0Frank Nazar<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR
F\u00a0Connor Bedard<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<\/p>\n

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