How to Watch Washington Capitals vs. Minnesota Wild: Live Stream, TV Channel, Start Time – 10-27-2023

The Washington Capitals (2-3-1), coming off a 6-4 victory over the New Jersey Devils, host the Minnesota Wild (3-2-1) at Capital One Arena on Friday, October 27 at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN+, BSN, BSWI, and MNMT. The Wild lost to the Philadelphia Flyers 6-2 in their most recent outing.

Capitals vs. Wild Game Info

• Game Day: Friday, October 27, 2023
• Game Time: 7:00 PM ET
• TV: Bally Sports (Regional restrictions may apply)

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Capitals and Wild Stats, Key Players, and Injuries

Capitals Insights

• The Capitals’ 12 total goals (two per game) rank 30th in the NHL.
• The Capitals have allowed 23 total goals (3.8 per game), ranking 25th in league play in goals against.
• They have the league’s 31st-ranked goal differential at -11.
• The two power-play goals the Capitals have scored this season (on 19 power-play chances) rank 25th in the NHL.
• The Capitals’ 10.53% power-play conversion rate ranks 28th in the league.
• The Capitals kill 69.57% of opponent power plays, the 28th-ranked penalty-kill percentage in the league.
• The Capitals win 42.6% of their faceoffs (31st in the NHL)
• The Capitals shoot 7.5% as a team (29th in the league).
• The Capitals have not secured a shutout this season. Their skaters average 15 hits and 18.7 blocked shots per game.

Capitals Key Players

• A leading offensive player this season for Washington, John Carlson has recorded five points.
• With two goals and three assists, Alexander Ovechkin is one of the most important offensive options for Washington with his five points (0.8 per game).
• Dylan Strome has created four points for Washington in six games this season, netting a goal on 30.8% of his shots and putting up four goals and zero assists.
• Charlie Lindgren (0-1-0) has a 1.3 goals against average and a save percentage of 88.571 for Washington.

Capitals Injuries

Joel Edmundson: Hand (Out), Charlie Lindgren: Undisclosed (Out), Max Pacioretty: Achilles (Out), Nic Dowd: Upper Body (Questionable), Rasmus Sandin: Undisclosed (Questionable)

Wild Insights

• The Wild’s 25 goals on the season (4.2 per game) rank them sixth in the league.
• The Wild concede 4.2 goals per game (25 in total), 29th in the league.
• They have the 14th-ranked goal differential in the league at 0.
• The Wild have four power-play goals (on 23 chances), 16th in the NHL.
• The Wild have the NHL’s 16th-ranked power-play percentage (17.39).
• The Wild have two shorthanded goals (fourth in league).
• The 78.95% penalty-kill percentage of the Wild is 16th in the NHL.
• The Wild win 45.2% of faceoffs, 30th-ranked in the NHL.
• The 14% shooting percentage of the Wild is fourth in the league.
• This season, the Wild have shut out their opponents once.

Wild Key Players

• Mats Zuccarello’s two goals and seven assists in seven games for Minnesota add up to nine total points on the season.
• Kirill Kaprizov has totaled nine total points (1.3 per game) this campaign. He has two goals and seven assists.
• Joel Eriksson Ek has posted five goals on the season, chipping in four assists.
• Marc-Andre Fleury is 1-1-0 on the season, allowing seven goals (1.0 goals against average) and collecting 47 saves with an 87.037 save percentage (57th in the league).

Wild Injuries

Matthew Boldy: Upper Body (Out), Frederick Gaudreau: Upper Body (Questionable), Jared Spurgeon: Upper Body (Out), Alex Goligoski: Lower Body (Out)