The Washington Capitals go for three wins in a row win they face off against the Columbus Blue Jackets Thursday.
The Washington Capitals look to take a 2-0 series lead against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night. Washington has already beat the Blue Jackets 7-2 back in the beginning of November and should be heavily favored again tonight even on the road. These two Metropolitan division rivals are on opposite ends of the spectrum. The Capitals lead the division with 40 points while the Blue Jackets are at the bottom with 27. Washington has won six of its last seven games and it has scored points in all of those contests. The Capitals are trying to make it three wins in a row after beating the Montreal Canadiens 4-2 in their last game. The game didn’t start off strong for Washington with Montreal scoring the first two goals of the game in the first period. But 33 seconds into the second, Pierre-Luc Dubois scored Washington’s first goal of the game. It was all Capitals in the third with the team scoring three goals to secure the comeback victory. Tom Wilson was the first star of the game with two goals which both came in the third and he scored the tying goal and eventual game-winner.
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Game Date: Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024
Game Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
TV Channel: FanDuel Sports Network Ohio 1 (Cleveland feed)
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Columbus is coming off a 5-3 victory against the Philadelphia Flyers in a contest that wasn’t all that close. Philadelphia got up 5-1 before Columbus scored two goals at the end of the game. Sean Monahan was the third star of the game with a goal that swung back the momentum a bit in the Blue Jackets favor. But it was too little, too late and Columbus didn’t generate enough shots to be competitive against the Flyers ending the night with 18. The Blue Jackets will need to create many more scoring chances to pull off this upset against Washington.
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