{"id":482856,"date":"2026-03-03T14:43:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/482856\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T14:43:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:43:13","slug":"nhl-game-preview-utah-mammoth-at-washington-capitals-with-line-combinations-03-03-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/482856\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Utah Mammoth at Washington Capitals with Line Combinations 03\/03\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NHL-Game-Preview-Utah-Mammoth-at-Washington-Capitals-with-Line-Combinations-03.03.2026.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"NHL Game Preview: Utah Mammoth at Washington Capitals with Line Combinations 03\/03\/2026\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>(Photo by: NHL)<\/p>\n<p>Utah Mammoth (31-25-4, 66 pts) at Washington Capitals (31-24-7, 69 pts)<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Capital One Arena<br \/>Date: Tuesday, March 3<br \/>Time: 7:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch:\u00a0ESPN+, Utah 16, MNMT2, Monumental Sports Network<br \/>Radio: 92.1 FM, ESPN 700AM\u00a0\/106.7 The Fan<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Utah Mammoth News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">The Mammoth currently holds the top Wild Card spot in the Western Conference with 22 games to play of their own, with the Kraken behind them by one point and one additional game to play. The Mammoth lost their last game 4-0 to the Blackhawks on Sunday. In their previous five games, they have a 3-2-0 record, scoring 3.4 goals per game while conceding 2.6. This will be the first meeting of the season between the Capitals and Mammoth.<\/p>\n<p>Washington Capitals News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Capitals are currently two points behind Boston for the second Wild Card spot in the Eastern Conference, but have played 61 games to Boston\u2019s 59. The Capitals lost their last game 6-2 to the Canadiens on Saturday. In their last five games, the Capitals have a 3-2-0 record, scoring 2.8 goals per game while allowing three.<\/p>\n<p>Utah Mammoth Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">Keller-Schmaltz-Crouse<br \/>McBain-Cooley-Guenther<br \/>Peterka-Hayton-Yamamoto<br \/>Kerfoot-Stenlund-Carcone<\/p>\n<p>Sergachev-Durzi<br \/>Schmidt-Marino<br \/>Cole-Maatta<\/p>\n<p>Vejmelka<br \/>Vanacek<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/utah-hockey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Get your Utah Hockey Merchandise Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Washington Capitals Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">Ovechkin-Strome-Beauvillier<br \/>Protas-Dubois-Wilson<br \/>McMichael-Sourdif-Leonard<br \/>Duhaime-Dowd-Frank<\/p>\n<p>Sandin-Fehervary<br \/>Chychrun\u2013Roy<br \/>Van Riemsdyk-McIlrath<\/p>\n<p>Thompson<br \/>Lindgren<\/p>\n<p>Buy Washington Hockey Gear Below!<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/search?q=florida&amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/florida-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=florida&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/washington-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=was&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Hockey \u2013 Inside The Rink<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Utah Mammoth<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/?s=Lawson%20Crouse&amp;post_tag=lawson-crouse\" id=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/?s=Lawson%20Crouse&amp;post_tag=lawson-crouse\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lawson Crouse<\/a> scored two goals in the Mammoth\u2019s 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Friday, February 27th.<\/p>\n<p>Washington Capitals<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/?s=Alex%20Ovechkin&amp;post_tag=alex-ovechkin\" id=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/?s=Alex%20Ovechkin&amp;post_tag=alex-ovechkin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Ovechkin<\/a> scored the Capitals\u2019 only two goals in their 6-2 loss to the Canadiens on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Utah Mammoth<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">NONE<\/p>\n<p>Washington Capitals<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">D <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/?s=John%20Carlson&amp;post_tag=john-carlson\" id=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/?s=John%20Carlson&amp;post_tag=john-carlson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Carlson<\/a> \u2013 DTD<br \/>F <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/sonny-milano\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1691\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sonny Milano<\/a> \u2013 DTD<\/p>\n<p>Next Game<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/jcgifford18d2e1cafa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772548993_92_8db68b5dc1a6417474926df3f6d3c47ad5c5859e11a1a42050a5fdf654aba77b.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/jcgifford18d2e1cafa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JC Giff<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Father of 3, Bruins, Red Sox, Cubs, Liverpool, Syracuse football and Basketball Fan. Love Fantasy Football, Baseball and Hockey. If I am not at work, I either at an ice rink, Ball field or spending quality time with my family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Photo by: NHL) Utah Mammoth (31-25-4, 66 pts) at Washington Capitals (31-24-7, 69 pts) Venue: Capital One ArenaDate:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5114],"tags":[426,191,5,281,8423,4,5573,3389,3154,190,109,5222],"class_list":{"0":"post-482856","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-capitals","8":"tag-alex-ovechkin","9":"tag-capitals","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-john-carlson","12":"tag-lawson-crouse","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-nhl-game-preview","15":"tag-sonny-milano","16":"tag-utah-mammoth","17":"tag-washington","18":"tag-washington-capitals","19":"tag-washingtoncapitals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116165779826800192","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}