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Carolina Hurricanes (33-15-5, 71 pts) at Washington Capitals (26-22-7, 59 pts)<\/p>\n

Venue: Capital One Arena
Date: Saturday, January 31
Time: 5:00 pm EST
How To Watch:\u00a0ESPN+, FDSNS, Monumental Sports Network
Radio:\u00a099.9 The Fan, 106.7 The Fan<\/p>\n

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

The Hurricanes are 4-0-1 over their last five games after beating the Utah Mammoth on Thursday night, 5-4. Carolina has scored an average of 3.2 goals per game while allowing an average of 2.2 goals per game.<\/p>\n

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

The Capitals beat the Red Wings 4-3 in a shootout Thursday night in Detroit. Over their last five games, the Capitals have a 2-2-1 record, scoring an average of 3.2 goals per game while allowing 3.8 goals per game.<\/p>\n

Carolina Hurricanes Projected Lines<\/p>\n

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

Slavin-Chatfield
Miller-Walker
Gostisbehere-Nikishin<\/p>\n

Bussi
Andersen<\/p>\n

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

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

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

Stevenson
Lindgren<\/p>\n

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Carolina Hurricanes<\/p>\n

Nikolaj Ehlers<\/a> had one goal and one assist in the Hurricanes\u2019 3-2 shootout win over the Capitals back on December 11th.<\/p>\n

Washington Capitals<\/p>\n

Jakob Chychrun<\/a> had a goal on five shots in the Capitals\u2019 4-1 win over the Hurricanes back on November 11th.<\/p>\n

Injury Report:<\/p>\n

Carolina Hurricanes<\/p>\n

D Charles-Alexis Legault<\/a> \u2013 IR
F Noah Philp<\/a> \u2013 IR
D Shayne Gostisbehere<\/a> \u2013 DTD
G Pyotr Kochetkov<\/a> \u2013\u00a0IR<\/a>
F Eric Robinson<\/a> \u2013 Out<\/p>\n

Washington Capitals<\/p>\n

F\u00a0Pierre-Luc Dubois<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR
G Charlie Lindgren<\/a> \u2013 DTD
G Logan Thompson<\/a> \u2013 DTD
D Matt Roy<\/a> \u2013 DTD<\/p>\n

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