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Game Date:
12/22/2018
7:00pm EST
Lines:
Washington -1.5
Ottawa +1.5
Total:
Over
6.5 (-125)
Under 6.5 (+105)
Community Picks: Washington 0% vs Ottawa 0%
Washington and Ottawa Thread
Team Tweets & News Articles
This is the second of three meetings between the Sabres and Caps this season, following Washington’s 4-3 shootout win six days ago in D.C. The season series will conclude on Feb. 23 in Buffalo. Buffalo is coming off a 5-2 loss at home to Florida – a game the Sabres led 2-1 after two periods. Buffalo had been 9-0-2 when leading after 40 minutes this season. Continue to Article
December 21, 2018 10:00:pm EST
The third meeting this season between longtime rivals Pittsburgh and Washington featured tight checking, strong goaltending and more than a few punches. The Penguins won 2-1 on Wednesday night, yet the Capitals appreciated the ferocity with which the game was played. ''It was a good game, especially this time of year, one with playoff mentality,'' Washington goaltender Braden Holtby said. Continue to Article
December 20, 2018 12:07:am 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
The Buffalo Sabres announced on Saturday morning that the organization has suspended forward Patrik Berglund indefinitely for failure to report to the team. The Sabres said they will have no further comment on the suspension at this time. This announcement comes after the 30-year-old forward missed the previous two games due what coach Phil Housley had called an illness. The Sabres are set to play the defending Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals on Saturday evening and are looking to win their third game in a row. Continue to Article
December 15, 2018 11:44:am 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
