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Game Date:
12/19/2018
8:00pm EST
Lines:
Pittsburgh +1.5
Washington -1.5
Total:
Over
6.5 (-125)
Under 6.5 (+105)
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Even after last years Stanley Cup run, theres still something extra in the Capitals-Penguins rivalry originally appeared on nbcsportswashington.com The Capitals finally changed their playoff narrative last season with the franchise's first Stanley Cup championship and they went through their biggest rival, the Pittsburgh Penguins, to win it. Washington's run last season changed the nature of the Caps-Penguins rivalry, but if you think it made it any less meaningful, you are very much mistaken. "No, I don't think they process it as a normal game," Caps head coach Todd Reirden said of his player's preparation for Wednesday's game against the Penguins. Continue to Article
December 18, 2018 11:58:pm EST
Even though they are playing their best hockey of the season, expect the Washington Capitals to find a little something extra in the tank Wednesday when the Pittsburgh Penguins come to town for the next chapter in this storied rivalry. "It's always something you kind of look forward to and know about," Washington coach Todd Reirden told reporters. The Capitals have won five straight games to solidify first place atop the Metropolitan Division behind the continued excellence of Alexander Ovechkin, who has seven goals in his last three games and 29 on the season. Continue to Article
December 18, 2018 7:23:pm EST
Right now, it sure seems like Andre Burakovsky is the odd man out for the Washington Capitals, and you wonder if something eventually has to give. The Washington Post’s Isabelle Khurshudyan reports that Burakovsky is likely to be a healthy scratch during the Capitals’ Wednesday game against the Penguins (airing on NBCSN), which would mark the fourth consecutive game that Capitals head coach Todd Reirden sat him viable the dreaded “coach’s decision. Publicly, Reirden provided the boilerplate optimism you’d expect, even when a player seems to be in the doghouse. Continue to Article
December 18, 2018 4:41:pm EST
Jakub Vrana scored in the sixth round of a shootout to give the Washington Capitals a 6-5 victory against the host Carolina Hurricanes in a thriller in which Washington's Alex Ovechkin posted a hat trick for the second straight game Friday night in Raleigh, N.C. The Capitals overcame a three-goal hole, with Ovechkin breaking a 4-4 tie with 10:11 to play in regulation on a power-play goal. Ovechkin scored his 26th, 27th and 28th goals of the season, notching a goal in each period. In the shootout, Carolina's Dougie Hamilton and Washington's Nicklas Backstrom converted in the fourth round before Vrana ended it. Continue to Article
December 15, 2018 12:53:am EST
Alex Ovechkin entered God Mode on Friday night to lead the Washington Capitals back from a 4-1 deficit in a 6-5 shootout win. The only thing that Ovechkin didn’t do on the night was score the shootout winner, which he had a chance. Still, Ovechkin recorded his second hat trick in as many nights and helped spark an epic comeback from the Capitals who, at one point, didn’t look like they showed up in Raleigh. Continue to Article
December 14, 2018 10:47:pm EST
