How to watch Dallas Stars vs Washington Capitals game with & without cable

The Washington Capitals have one final home game left in the current three game homestand before going on the road. After an impressive win over the Vegas Golden Knight on Tuesday, the Caps look to build off of that. Puck drop is at 7 p.m. Thursday night and you can catch the game on Monumental Sports Network or hear the game on Team 980 or Caps Radio 24/7.

The betting odds on Caesars have the Capials as 1.5 goal underdogs with +122 moneyline odds while the Stars are favored to win at -145. The total number of goals is set at an over/under of 6.0.

In the win on Tuesday night Jakub Vrana scored in his first game with the Caps since 2021, Alex Ovechkin notched his 699th and 700th career assists while Logan Thompson earned the win against his former team en route to a 4-2 victory.

The Caps got four goals from four different skaters including Jakob Chychrun's first wih the team and have now scored seven goals through their first two games. It marks the first time the Caps have scored three plus goals in each of their first two games since 2019-20. Ovechkin has tallied three assists and has recorded four points in his last three games against Dallas with a goal and three assists.

This will mark the first of two meetings between the teams this season. Washington is 34-51-16-6 all time against the Dallas/Minnesota North Stars franchise and have earned at least a point in nine of their last 12 games against the Stars dating back to the 2017-18 season, posting a 4-3-5 record.

In 2023-24 Washington dropped the season series with Dallas 0-0-2including a 5-4 shootout loss at home on Dec. 7, 2023. Last season it took the Capitals five games to score seven goals total so this offense got better for sure through the first two games.

Per Natural Stat Trick, the Caps hold a 45-34 advantage in scoring chances at five on five over the opposition and their 56.96 scoring chances for percentage ranks fifth in the NHL.