The Washington Capitals will complete their season series with the Nashville Predators tonight at Bridgestone Arena. Puck drop is at 8 p.m. Eastern on Monumental Sports Network. You can also listen to the game on 106.7 The Fan and Caps Radio 24/7.
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Tonight's betting odds per Caesars have the Capitals as 1.5 goal underdogs on the road. The Capitals have +118 moneyline odds, while the Predators are favored to win at -140. Tonight's over/under is at 6.0 goals.
Although the Capitals lost in overtime last night they still enter tonight's game on a six game point streak with a 3-0-3 record. Although they have failed to win consecutive games in almost one month.
In the first meeting between the two teams this season on Nov. 6, Alex Ovechkin scored the go ahead and eventual game winning goal in the third period to give the Capitals a 3-2 win in D.C. Tonight marks Washington's 20th road game in Nashville. The Capitals are 17-17-1-3 all time against the Predators and have won two of their last three games at Bridgestone Arena.
In last night's loss to Montreal, Ethen Frank made his NHL debut and recorded his first career NHL assist in the third period to force overtime. Frank became the 40th player in franchise history to record a point in their NHL debut and the first since Vincent Iorio tallied an assist in his debut on March 4, 2023 at the San Jose Sharks.
Charlie Lindgren exited the game with an injury with Logan Thompson finishing the rest of the game. Hunter Shepard will get called up. Lindgren enters IR so he'll miss at least seven days.
Per the NHL media website, Hunter Shepard has been added to the Capitals roster after Charlie Lindgren left last night's game vs. the Canadiens with an upper-body injury.
— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) January 11, 2025
Lindgren is listed on IR, so he will miss at least 7 days.
The Capitals enter tonight's game with a 27-10-5 record which is good for first place in both the Metropolitan Division and the Eastern Conference. There is a three way tie that the Caps are involved in for tops in the league as Washington has 59 points along with the Vegas Golden Knights and the Winnipeg Jets. As we finished this story, Hunter Shepard indeed got called up so that's confirmed.