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Washington Capitals (24-21-6, 54 pts) at Calgary Flames (21-24-5, 47 pts) <\/p>\n

Venue: Scotiabank Saddledome
Date: Friday, January 23
Time: 9:30 pm EST
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Washington Capitals News & Notes:<\/p>\n

The Capitals\u00a0dropped their fourth straight on Wednesday in a 4-3 loss to the Canucks. During their skid they\u2019re averaging 2.3 goals per game while allowing 4.3 goals per game.<\/p>\n

Calgary Flames & Notes:<\/p>\n

The Flames suffered a 4-1 loss to the Penguins. Wednesday\u2019s loss to Pittsburgh was their second straight. They\u2019re 2-2-1 in their last five games, averaging 2.4 goals per game while allowing 2.8 goals per game.<\/p>\n

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

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

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

Thompson
Lindgren<\/p>\n

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Calgary Flames Projected Lines<\/p>\n

Zary-Kadri-Gridin
Sharangovich-Backlund-Coronato
Pospisil-Frost-Farabee
Lomberg-Kirkland-Klapka<\/p>\n

Kuznetsov-Weegar
Bahl-Whitecloud
Hanley-Brzustewicz<\/p>\n

Wolf
Cooley<\/p>\n

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Washington Capitals<\/p>\n

Dylan Strome had a point in each game against the Flames last season, scoring a goal in one game and adding an assist in the other.<\/p>\n

Calgary Flames<\/p>\n

Martin Pospisil scored a goal in one of the two games against the Capitals last season.<\/p>\n

Injury Report:<\/p>\n

Washington Capitals<\/p>\n

F\u00a0Pierre-Luc Dubois<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<\/p>\n

Calgary Flames<\/p>\n

F\u00a0Samuel Honzek<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR
D\u00a0Jake Bean<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR
F\u00a0John Beecher<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR
F Blake Coleman \u2013 IR
F Jonathan Huberdeau \u2013 DTD<\/p>\n

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St. Louis Blues (19-23-8, 46 pts) at Dallas Stars (28-14-9, 65 pts)Venue: American Airlines CenterDate: Friday, January 23Time: 8:00 pm ESTHow To Watch: ESPN+\/FDSNMW\/Victory+Radio: 101 ESPN\/96.7 FM The TicketPurchase tickets via Ticketmaster St. Louis Blues News & Notes: The Blues suffered their second straight loss on Tuesday in a 3-1 defeat to the Jets. They\u2019re [\u2026]<\/p>\n


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