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The Washington Capitals and Winnipeg Jets will meet for the first time since December 23, 2022 when the teams clash at Canada Life Centre on Monday (7:30 PM ET, Monumental Sports Network in-market, ESPN+ out-of-market). Washington is 17-3-2, including four straight wins, against Winnipeg since March 2, 2013.
Schedule
Washington: open five-game Northwest road trip, continue stretch where they play on the road for six of seven (2-0-0 so far)
Winnipeg: return from two-game Pacific Northwest trip after a 5-0 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday, begin three-game homestand
How Each Team Is Doing
Washington: is 8-3-2 in last month
Winnipeg: has lost two of its last three but is 10-4-0 in last month
Standings
Washington: 30-23-9 (.556 points percentage — fifth in Metropolitan Division, 10th in Eastern Conference); five points back of Tampa Bay Lightning (with three games in hand) for first wild-card spot, three behind Detroit Red Wings (two) for the second, five behind Philadelphia Flyers (three) for third place in Metropolitan Division, one behind New York Islanders (with each team having played 62 games) in wild card standings; three ahead of New Jersey Devils (two)
Winnipeg: 40-18-5 (.675 points percentage — first in Central Division, second in Western Conference); four points behind Dallas Stars (three) for division lead in actual points, tied for second with Colorado Avalanche (two)
Team Leaders
Neither team has a player among the NHL’s top-40 in scoring but both have one in the top-17 in time-on-ice.
Team Statistics
Winnipeg trails only the Florida Panthers (2.34) in goals-against but has the ninth-worst penalty kill. They also allow the eighth-fewest shots. Both teams are among the NHL’s bottom-six on faceoffs.
Winnipeg is among the top-10 in Corsi-for and expected goals-for percentage and lead the NHL in save percentage at five-on-five. They also rank third in PDO.
Injuries/Illnesses
Washington
- C Nicklas Backstrom (hip)
- D Martin Fehervary (lower-body)
- RW T.J. Oshie (upper-body)
- C Nic Dowd (upper-body)
Winnipeg
- C Gabriel Vilardi (upper-body)
Expected Goalie Matchup
Hellebuyck’s 29 wins are tied for fourth in the NHL in addition to his save percentage and goals-against average both ranking third.
Projected Lines
Washington
Ovechkin — Hendrix Lapierre — Aliaskei Protas
Sonny Milano — Strome — Ivan Miroshnichenko
Max Pacioretty — Connor McMichael — Tom Wilson
Beck Malenstyn — Michael Sgarbossa — Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Trevor Van Riemsdyk — Carlson
Rasmus Sandin — Nick Jensen
Alexander Alexeyev — Ethan Bear
Lindgren
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched: N/A
Winnipeg
Connor — Schiefele — Vladislav Namestnikov
Nikolaj Ehlers — Sean Monahan — Alex Iafallo
Nino Niedereitter — Adam Lowry — Mason Appleton
Morgan Barron — David Gustafsson — Rasmus Kupari
Morrissey — Dylan DeMelo
Brenden Dillon — Neal Pionk
Dylan Samberg — Nate Schmidt
Hellebuyck
Laurent Brossoit
Scratched: D Colin Miller, RW Tyler Toffoli, D Logan Stanley, C Cole Perfetti
Betting Odds (BetMGM)
Washington: +170, Winnipeg: -210
Over-under: 6.5 (-120 over, +100 over)
By Harrison Brown
