How to watch Washington Capitals vs Colorado Avalanche game with & without cable
The Capials are back in action to begin a west coast road trip
The Washington Capitals take on the Colorado Avalnche tonight at 9 p.m. eastern on Monumental Sports Network 2 or you can listen to it on 106.7 The Fan or Caps Radio 24/7.
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Tonight is the Caps first of three games out on the road and is the first of two meetings between the Caps and Avalanche this season. Washington has a record of 47-36-9-1 all time against the Colorado/Quebec franchise and is 12-6-0 in their last 18 games against the Avalanche. The Capitals have won three of their last five games against the Avalanche at Ball Arena.
The Caps are coming off a loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Following a loss the Caps are 4-0-0 and are one of four teams who have not lost back to back games. The other teams are the Carolina Hurricanes, New York Rangers, and Winnipeg Jets.
48 of Washington's 62 goals this season have come at five on five, the most five on five goals in the NHL. The Caps rank third in goal differential at +18 and are the only team in the NHL with two 10 goal scorers in Alex Ovechkin and Connor McMichael. On defense the Caps rank fifth in the NHL in penalty kill percentage at 87.0 percent.
Lars Eller is expected to make his Caps debut tonight against his former team and the team the Caps traded him to a couple seasons ago in that infamous firesale that we can look back on and laugh since it's working.
Eller was reacquired from the Pittsburgh Penguins on Nov. 12 for Washington's third round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft and a fifth rounder originally from the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2025 NHL Draft. Eller spent seven seasons with the Caps from 2016-2023, recording 208 points in 488 games with 87 goals and 121 assists.
The Capitals traded Eller to Colorado for a second round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft on March 1, 2023. he Caps traded that second rounder to the Calgary Flames for Andrew Mangiapane on June 27.
The Capitals betting odds on Caesars have the Capitals as 1.5 goal underdogs on the road with +135 moneyline odds. The Avalanche are favored to win at -160 and the game is set at an over/under of 6.5 goals.