{"id":513142,"date":"2026-03-20T12:38:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T12:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/513142\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T12:38:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T12:38:19","slug":"devils-game-69-vs-capitals-lines-notes-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/513142\/","title":{"rendered":"Devils Game 69 vs. Capitals; Lines, Notes, & How to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New Jersey Devils<\/a> (35-31-2) visit the Washington Capitals (34-27-8)\u2014who, like the Devils, surprisingly fell out of the Metropolitan Division race this year.<\/p>\n

However, this game is more important to Washington than New Jersey, as they sit four points ahead of the Devils with a clearer path to the postseason, should they go on a late run here.<\/p>\n

Yet, the Devils are finally playing like the team we expected them to be, and are 7-3-0 in their last 10 games, walking into Capital One Arena on a three-game win streak.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s dive into tonight\u2019s matchup, which is the first on a four-game road-trip.<\/p>\n

What to Know vs. Capitals<\/p>\n

\u2014 The Devils and Washington meet for the third of four matchups this season. The Metropolitan Division foes conclude their 2025-26 regular-season series on April 2nd at the Rock.<\/p>\n

\u2014Both games against Washington this season were decided in an extra frame. Jersey\u2019s team defeated the Caps in a 3-2 shootout win on Nov. 15, but then suffered a 4-3 overtime loss on Dec. 27.<\/p>\n

\u2014Jesper Bratt leads the Devils with three points (2g-1a) against the Caps this season.<\/p>\n

\u2014Simon Nemec earned the game-deciding goal in the shootout victory against the Caps on Nov. 15,<\/p>\n

2025-26 vs. Capitals<\/p>\n

Nov. 15 W 3-2 at Washington <\/p>\n

Dec. 27 OTL 3-4 at Washington <\/p>\n

Mar. 20\/26 7:00 P.M. ET Capital One Arena<\/p>\n

April 2\/2026 7:00 P.M. ET Prudential Center<\/p>\n

Devils vs. Capitals<\/p>\n

All-time Record: 100-122-113-8 <\/p>\n

All-time Home Record: 55-52-7-6<\/p>\n

All-time Road Record: 45-70-6-2<\/p>\n

Projected Devils Lineup*<\/p>\n

Forwards<\/p>\n

Timo Meier\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0Nico Hischier<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dawson Mercer<\/p>\n

Jesper Bratt \u2013\u00a0Jack Hughes\u00a0\u2013 Connor Brown<\/p>\n

Arseny Gritsyuk \u2013 Cody Glass \u2013 Lenni Hameenaho<\/p>\n

Paul Cotter\u00a0\u2013 Nick Bjugstad \u2013\u00a0Maxim Tsyplakov<\/a><\/p>\n

Defensemen<\/p>\n

Jonas Siegenthaler \u2013\u00a0Dougie Hamilton<\/a><\/p>\n

Luke Hughes\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u00a0Johnathan Kovacevic<\/p>\n

Brenden Dillon \u2013\u00a0Simon Nemec<\/a><\/p>\n

Goaltenders<\/p>\n

Jacob Markstrom<\/p>\n

Jake Allen<\/p>\n

*Lineup subject to change<\/p>\n

Current Injuries:\u00a0Zack MacEwen (upper body, out for season)<\/p>\n

2025-26 Total Man-Games Lost: 289<\/p>\n

Projected Capitals Lineup*<\/p>\n

Forwards<\/p>\n

Alex Ovechkin \u2013 Dylan Strome \u2013 Anthony Beauvillier <\/p>\n

Aliaksei Protas \u2013 Pierre-Luc Dubois \u2013 Tom Wilson<\/p>\n

Connor McMichael \u2013 Justin Sourdif \u2013 Ryan Leonard <\/p>\n

Brandon Duhaime \u2013 Hendrix Lapierre \u2013 Ethen Frank<\/p>\n

Defensemen<\/p>\n

Jakob Chychrun \u2013 Trevor van Riemsdyk<\/p>\n

Clode Hutson \u2013 Matt Roy <\/p>\n

Martin Fehervary \u2013 Rasmus Sandin<\/p>\n

Goaltenders<\/p>\n

Logan Thompson <\/p>\n

Charlie Lindgren<\/p>\n

*Lineup subject to change<\/p>\n

How to Watch the Devils Game \u2014 7:00 P.M. ET<\/p>\n

Watch: MSGSN<\/p>\n

Radio: DEVILS HOCKEY NET<\/a><\/p>\n

Next Up<\/p>\n

Fri., March 20 At WSH 7:00 P.M. E.T.
Tue., March 24 At DAL 8:00 P.M. E.T.
Thu., March 26 At NSH 8:00 P.M. E.T.
Sat., March 28 At CAR 5:00 P.M. E.T.<\/p>\n

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\t\tJames is a fully credentialed New Jersey Devils beat reporter for New Jersey Hockey Now on Sportsnaut and the … More about James Nichols<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New Jersey Devils (35-31-2) visit the Washington Capitals (34-27-8)\u2014who, like the Devils, surprisingly fell out of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5114],"tags":[191,201,43484,42567,54052,5,151,4,190,109,5222,7098],"class_list":["post-513142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-washington-capitals","tag-capitals","tag-devils","tag-devils-gameday","tag-devils-lines","tag-devils-starting-goaltender","tag-hockey","tag-new-jersey-devils","tag-nhl","tag-washington","tag-washington-capitals","tag-washingtoncapitals","tag-washinton-capitals"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116261547030293914","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513142","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=513142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}