Tonight the Washington Capitals visit the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena for the third and final time this season. The Capitals have earned three out of a possible four points in two games against Toronto and won the most recent matchup 3-1 on Dec. 6 in Toronto.
The betting odds per Caesars have the Capitals as 1.5 goal underdogs on the road. The Caps have -105 moneyline odds, while the Maple Leafs are favored at -115. The game is set at an over/under of 6.0 goals.
In that win over the Maple Leafs earlier in the month, Ajax, Ontario native Connor McMichael would score the game winning goal with 10:09 remaining in regulatation while Charlie Lindgren stopped 20 of 21 shots faced.
In the first meeting on Nov. 13 at Capital One Arena, Toronto rallied for a 4-3 overtime win. Aliaksei Protas leads the Capitals with three points in two games against the Maple Leafs this season with two goals and an assist.
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Puck drop is at 7 p.m. and you can catch the game on Monumental Sports Network 2 as well as NHL Network. You can listen to the game on 106.7 The Fan and Caps Radio 24/7.
Alex Ovechkin practiced in full on Friday at MedStar Capitals Iceplex in Arlington, VA on Friday morning. He could play as soon as tonight and boy do the Caps need him. Back in November he suffered a broken left fibula and has missed Washington's last 16 games.
The 16 game miss is the longest stretch of consecutive games he has missed in his career. The Capitals lost their first two games without Ovechkin in the lineup but went 10-3-1 since and have a 36-34-5 all time record in games without Ovechkin.
The Great Eight scored two goals in his most recent game on Nov. 18 at Utah which marked his 177th career multi goal game. The night before, Ovechkin had his 31st career hat trick in a win over Vegas.