Sabres vs. Washington Capitals: Date, Time, Betting Odds, Streaming, More
The Washington Capitals host the Buffalo Sabres tonight at Capital One Arena. Coming off a 2-1 loss on Saturday night to the Philadelphia Flyers, the Caps look to bounce back in a lineup that could be different. Yesterday the Caps recalled Axel Jonsson-Fjallby from the Hershey Bears while on Saturday they sent Aliaksei Protas back to Hershey.
Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Wilson
Sheary-Eller-Sprong
Hagelin-Dowd-Hathaway
AJF-McMichael-Leason
Fehervary-Carlson
Orlov-Jensen
TvR-Schultz
It looks like based on these rushes that Jonsson-Fjallby could make his NHL debut tonight which would technically come against his former team. The Caps put him on waivers in the preseason, the Sabres claimed him before then placing him on waivers allowing the Caps to claim him right back. Vitek Vanecek was the first goalie off the ice meaning he will likely get the start in goal.
Vanecek is 5-1-1 against Buffalo in his career with one shutout, a 2.24 goals against average and a .927 save percentage. The Caps are 16-4-2 in their last 21 games against the Sabres, dating back to Dec. 28, 2015, and have earned points in nine of their last 10 games with a 7-1-2 record.
John Carlson is on a four game point streak with a goal and four assists. Brett Leason is on a three game point streak with two goals and an assist while Connor McMichael is on a two game point streak with a goal and an assist.
Alex Ovechkin is tied for first in the NHL in goals with 10 through games played Nov. 6 and ranks third in points with 18. He enters tonight’s game two goals shy of passing Brett Hull (741 goals) for the fourth most goals on the NHL’s all time goals list. The other night against the Florida Panthers, Ovechkin became the NHL’s first player to reach the 10 goal mark. It’s a feat he’s accomplished two other times in his career (2013-14 and 2017-18).
Rookie Brett Leason scored his second goal in four games on Saturday against the Flyers and has recorded three points in four games with two goals and an assist since being recalled from the Hershey Bears on Oct. 29. The Caps had four rookies on the ice for Leason’s goal (Leason, Martin Fehervary, Connor McMichael, and Hendrix Lapierre) which was only the second time in franchise history and the first since Nov. 19, 2005, when Alex Ovechkin, Brooks Laich, Tomas Fleischmann, and Jakub Klepis were on the ice for Laich’s goal.
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Date: Nov. 8, 2021
Time: 7 p.m.
Where: Capital One Arena
What Channel Is The Capitals Game On: NBC Sports Washington
Radio: 106.7 The Fan and Caps Radio 24/7
Betting Odds: The Capitals are -1.5 favorites at home against the Sabres according to the betting odds on WynnBET. The moneyline has the Capitals at -250 and the Sabres at +220. The over/under for tonight’s game is 5.5.
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