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Washington Capitals (24-19-6, 54 pts) at Colorado Avalanche (33-5-8, 74 pts)<\/p>\n

Venue: Ball Arena
Date: Monday, January 19
Time: 4:00 pm EST
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Washington Capitals News & Notes:<\/p>\n

The Capitals\u00a0dropped their second straight game on Saturday in a 5-2 loss to the Panthers. They\u2019ve dropped three of their last four games, averaging 2.3 goals per game while allowing 3.3 goals per game.<\/p>\n

Colorado Avalanche News & Notes:<\/p>\n

The Avalanche dropped their second straight on Friday in a 7-3 loss to the Predators. The loss on Friday also snapped their three-game point streak. They\u2019re now 2-2-1 in their last five games, averaging four goals per game while allowing 3.4 goals per game.<\/p>\n

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

Ovechkin-Strome-Beauviller
Protas-McMichael-Leonard
Frank-Dowd-Miroshnichenko
Duhaime-Lapierre-Leason<\/p>\n

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

Thompson
Lindgren<\/p>\n

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Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines:<\/p>\n

Lehkonen-MacKinnon-Necas
Colton-Nelson-Nichushkin
Kelly-Drury-Olofsson
Bardakov-Ivan-Brindley<\/p>\n

Malinski-Makar
Manson-Burns
Girard-Solovyov<\/p>\n

Blackwood
Wedgewood<\/p>\n

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Players To Watch:<\/p>\n

Washington Capitals<\/p>\n

Connor McMichael scored two goals in one of the two meetings against Colorado last season.<\/p>\n

Colorado Avalanche<\/p>\n

Parker Kelly had three points in two games against the Capitals last season, on a goal and two assists.<\/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 Justin Sourdif \u2013 DTD<\/p>\n

Colorado Avalanche<\/p>\n

F\u00a0Logan O\u2019Connor<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Out
F Joel Kiviranta \u2013 Out
D Devon Toews \u2013 Out
F Gabriel Landeskog \u2013\u00a0Out<\/a><\/p>\n

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