{"id":550336,"date":"2026-04-11T13:42:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T13:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/550336\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T13:42:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T13:42:24","slug":"nhl-game-preview-washington-capitals-at-pittsburgh-penguins-with-line-combinations-04-11-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/550336\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins with Line Combinations 04\/11\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NHL-Game-Preview-Washington-Capitals-at-Pittsburgh-Penguins-with-Line-Combination-04.11.2026.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"NHL Game Preview: Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins with Line Combinations 04\/11\/2026\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>(Photo by: Gene J. Puskar-AP)<\/p>\n<p>Washington Capitals (40-30-9, 89 pts) at Pittsburgh Penguins (41-22-16, 98 pts)<\/p>\n<p>Venue: PPG Paints Arena<br \/>Date: Saturday, April 11<br \/>Time: 3:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch:\u00a0ABC<br \/>Radio: Capitals Radio Network \/ 105.9 The X<\/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>Washington Capitals News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Capitals beat the Maple Leafs in their last game on Wednesday night. In the last five games, Washington has a 3-2-0 record, scoring four goals per game while allowing 4.2. This will be the second meeting of the season between the two teams. Pittsburgh won the first game 5-3 back on November 6th.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Penguins beat the Devils on Thursday night, 5-2. In their previous five games, Pittsburgh has a 4-1-0 record, scoring 5.4 goals per game while conceding three.<\/p>\n<p>Washington Capitals Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">Ovechkin-Strome-Beauvillier<br \/>Aliaksei Protas-Ilya Protas-Wilson<br \/>McMichael-Dubois-Leonard<br \/>Duhaime-Sourdif-Miroshnichenko<\/p>\n<p>Fehervary-Sandin<br \/>Chychrun-Van Riemsdyk<br \/>Hutson-Roy<\/p>\n<p>Thompson<br \/>Gibson<\/p>\n<p>Buy Washington Hockey Merchandise Below!<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/washington-hockey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Washington Hockey \u2013 Inside The Rink<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">Chinakov-Crosby-Rust<br \/>Novak-Malkin-Rakell<br \/>Mantha-Kindel-Brazeau<br \/>Soderblom-Acciari-Hayes<\/p>\n<p>Wotherspoon-Karlsson<br \/>Girard-Letang<br \/>Shea-Clifton<\/p>\n<p>Skinner<br \/>Silovs<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/pittsburgh-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=pittsburgh&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get Pittsburgh Hockey Merchandise Here:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Washington Capitals<\/p>\n<p>Dylan Strome had a goal for the Capitals in their 5-3 loss to the Penguins back on November 6th.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n<p>Bryan Rust had a goal and two assists in the Penguins\u2019 5-3 win over Washington in their first meeting back on November 6th.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Washington Capitals<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">F\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/sonny-milano\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sonny Milano<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 OUT<br \/>G Charlie Lindgren \u2013 DTD<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">C\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/filip-hallander\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Filip Hallander<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>G\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/player-profile-joel-blomqvist\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joel Blomqvist<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>D\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/jack-st-ivany\/\" id=\"6948\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jack St. Ivany<\/a> \u2013 IR<\/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\/04\/1775914944_220_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. 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