Colorado Avalanche (22-22-8 52pts) v. Washington Capitals (29-18-6 64pts)
Time: 7p EST
Station: NBC Sports Washington, Altitude, and ESPN+
Preview:
The Washington Capitals host the Colorado Avalanche as they continue with their six game homestand. The Capitals will look to build off of their 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks the other night. The Avalanche will be looking to avoid their fifth straight loss.
Colorado Avalanche:
Projected Lineup:
Gabriel Landeskog — Nathan MacKinnon — Mikko Rantanen
Matt Nieto — Carl Soderberg — Matt Calvert
Alexander Kerfoot — J.T. Compher — Colin Wilson
Sven Andrighetto — Sheldon Dries — Gabriel Bourque
Ian Cole — Erik Johnson
Nikita Zadorov — Tyson Barrie
Patrik Nemeth — Samuel Girard
Semyon Varlamov
Philipp Grubauer
Scratched: A.J. Greer, Anton Lindholm
Injured: Vladislav Kamenev (shoulder), Mark Barberio (head)
Keys to the Game:
1. Depth needs to produce
The biggest knock on the Avalanche is that they are a one line team, and will need to get production from their bottom nine forwards and from their defense
Washington Capitals:
Projected Lineup:
Pheonix Copley starts tonight.
— Isabelle Khurshudyan (@ikhurshudyan) February 7, 2019
Keys to the Game:
1. Get a good start
A good start goes a long way and it helped the Capitals the other night as they were able to get an early first period goal to set the tone for the game. If the Capitals can strike early again, then this could be another strong game for the Capitals.
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