Preview: Washington Capitals Finally Have First Date With Detroit Red Wings On Tuesday

The Washington Capitals go to the Detroit Purple Wings for the primary time this season and of 3 times in a span of precisely six weeks on Tuesday night time (7 PM ET, Monumental Sports activities Community 2 in-market, ESPN+ out-of-market). Detroit earned 5 of a potential six factors (Washington: 1-2-0) in final season’s regular-season set between the 2 squads.

Schedule

Washington: wraps up back-to-back set after Monday’s 6-3 win over the Ottawa Senators and stretch the place they play three video games in 4 nights and eight of 11 towards Atlantic Division opponents (5-3-2 to date)

Detroit: start three-game homestand, stretch the place they host 5 of six (3-0-0 to date)

How Every Group Is Doing

Washington: 4-0-1 throughout five-game point-streak, has factors in six of their final seven (4-1-2) since ending six-game winless streak (0-5-1)

Detroit: has received 5 in a row, is 15-4-2 (.762 — second within the NHL) since January 1

Standings

Washington: 27-21-9 (.553 factors proportion — fourth in Metropolitan Division, ninth in Japanese Convention); level up on New Jersey Devils and New York Islanders with a sport in hand on each groups; six factors behind Tampa Bay Lightning (three) for second wild-card spot in Japanese Convention, seven again of Detroit (one) for the primary, 4 behind Philadelphia Flyers (two) for third place in Metropolitan Division

Detroit: 32-20-6 (.603 factors proportion — fourth in Atlantic Division, sixth in Japanese Convention); 4 factors again of Toronto Maple Leafs (who’ve a sport in hand) for third in Atlantic, one level up on Tampa Bay for first wild-card spot

Group Leaders

Left-wing Patrick Kane leads Detroit with a median of 1.04 points-per-game (28 in 27) and the staff has 12 gamers with not less than 10 targets.

Group Statistics

Detroit ranks sixth in goals-per-game, eighth on the ability play, and ninth on the penalty kill however permits the seventh-most photographs.

Accidents/Diseases/Suspensions

Washington

C Nicklas Backstrom (hip)
RW T.J. Oshie (upper-body)
C Evgeny Kuznetsov (NHL/NHLPA Participant Help Program)
C Nic Dowd (upper-body)
D Martin Fehervary (lower-body)
D Nick Jensen (lower-body)

Detroit

G Ville Husso (undisclosed)

Anticipated Goaltending Matchup

Tuesday’s possible matchup within the crease options two which have awfully related statistics.

Projected Traces

Washington

Alex Ovechkin – Strome – Tom WilsonAnthony Mantha – Connor McMichael – Aliaksei ProtasMax Pacioretty – Michael Sgarbossa — Pierrick DubeBeck Malenstyn – Hendrix Lapierre – Nicolas Aube-Kubel

Rasmus Sandin – CarlsonAlexander Alexeyev – Trevor Van RiemsdykJoel Edmundson – Ethan Bear

LindgrenDarcy Kuemper

Scratched: N/A

Detroit

DeBrincat – Larkin – KaneMichael Rasmussen – J.T. Compher – RaymondDavid Perron – Andrew Copp — Joe VelenoRobby Fabbri – Christian Fischer – Daniel Sprong

Jake Walman – SeiderBen Chiarot – Jeff PetryOlli Maatta – Shayne Gostisbehere

LyonJames Reimer

Scratched: C Klim Kostin, D Justin Holl

Betting Odds (BetMGM)

Washington: +150, Detroit: -185

Over-under: 6 (-120 over, +100 below)

By Harrison Brown