{"id":536682,"date":"2026-04-02T14:40:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/536682\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T14:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:40:14","slug":"devils-game-75-vs-capitals-lines-notes-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/536682\/","title":{"rendered":"Devils Game 75 vs. Capitals; Lines, Notes & How to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New Jersey Devils (38-34-2, 78 points) will try to play spoiler when they host the Washington Capitals\u2019 (38-28-9) on Thursday at Prudential Center.<\/p>\n

The Devils are 10-5 in their past 15 games but are coming off a 4-1 loss to the Rangers on Thursday at Madison Square Garden. New Jersey has won six straight home games, most recently its 5-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Caps sit three points behind the Columbus Blue Jackets for the final Eastern Conference wild-card spot. Washington has won three in a row and is 2-0-1 against the Devils this year.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at what to know with the Devils vs Capitals game.<\/p>\n

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

All three meetings this season have been settled by one goal, with two games settled in overtime\/shootout<\/p>\n

Devils goalie Jake Allen<\/a> has started all three meetings this season and has a .923 save% and 2.24 goals-against average against the Caps<\/p>\n

Jesper Bratt<\/a> leads the Devils with four points (3 goals, 1 assist) against Washington this season.<\/p>\n

Connor Brown<\/a> needs four points to reach 300 for his NHL career<\/p>\n

Devils captain Nico Hischier needs three goals to reach 200 for his career<\/p>\n

Washington captain Alex Ovechkin has 44 goals and 92 points in 81 career games against the Devils<\/p>\n

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

11\/15\/25: SOW 3-2 Capital One Arena<\/p>\n

12\/27\/25: OTL 4-3 Prudential Center <\/p>\n

3\/20\/26: L 2-1 Capital One Arena<\/p>\n

4\/2\/26 7:30 P.M. ET Prudential Center<\/p>\n

Devils vs. Capitals<\/p>\n

All-time Record: 100-123-13-8<\/p>\n

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

All-time Road Record: 45-71-6-2<\/p>\n

Projected Devils Lineup*<\/p>\n

Forwards<\/p>\n

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

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

Lenni Hameenaho \u2013 Cody Glass \u2013 Nick Bjugstad <\/p>\n

Evgenii Dadonov \u2013 Paul Cotter \u2013 Maxim Tsyplakov<\/p>\n

Defensemen<\/p>\n

Jonas Siegenthaler \u2013 Dougie Hamilton<\/p>\n

Luke Hughes \u2013 Jonathan Kovacevic<\/p>\n

Brenden Dillon \u2013 Simon Nemec<\/p>\n

Goalies<\/p>\n

Jacob Markstrom<\/a><\/p>\n

Jake Allen<\/p>\n

Projected Capitals Lineup*<\/p>\n

Forwards<\/p>\n

Alexander Ovechkin \u2013 Dylan Strome \u2013 Connor McMichael<\/p>\n

Hendrix LaPierre \u2013 Pierre-Luc Dubois \u2013 Tom Wilson<\/p>\n

Anthony Beauvillier \u2013 Justin Sourdif \u2013 Ryan Leonard<\/p>\n

Brandon Duhaime \u2013 David Kampf \u2013 Ivan Miroshnichenko<\/p>\n

Defensemen<\/p>\n

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

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

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

Goalies<\/p>\n

Logan Thompson<\/p>\n

Charlie Lindgren<\/p>\n

How to Watch the Devils Game \u2014 7:30 P.M. ET<\/p>\n

Watch:\u00a0ESPN+\/Hulu<\/p>\n

Radio:\u00a0DEVILS HOCKEY NET<\/a><\/p>\n

Next Up<\/p>\n

Sat., April 4 vs MTL 7:00 P.M. ET<\/p>\n

Sun., April 5 at MTL 7:00 P.M. ET<\/p>\n

Tue., April 7 vs PHI 7:00 P.M. ET<\/p>\n

Thu., April 9 vs PIT 7:00 P.M. ET<\/p>\n

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\t\tPat Pickens is an award-winning sports writer and author who has covered the NHL since 2013. He has covered … More about Pat Pickens<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New Jersey Devils (38-34-2, 78 points) will try to play spoiler when they host the Washington Capitals\u2019…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536683,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5114],"tags":[191,5,4,190,109,5222],"class_list":{"0":"post-536682","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-capitals","8":"tag-capitals","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-washington","12":"tag-washington-capitals","13":"tag-washingtoncapitals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116335636986780805","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536682","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=536682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}