The Washington Capitals go for back-to-back wins when they host the Minnesota Wild on Thursday. Watch free on Fubo.
The Minnesota Wild and Washington Capitals both play their first game of the new year in the nation’s capital on Thursday night. This should be a very close and evenly matched game. Washington is leading the Metropolitan division with 52 points and Minnesota has 50 sitting right behind Winnipeg for the division lead. The Capitals only have a one-point division lead over New Jersey so they will need to keep up the pressure tonight. Washington is coming off a big 3-1 win over the Boston Bruins at home on New Year’s Eve.
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Game Date: Jan. 2, 2024
Game Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
TV Channel: FanDuel Sports Network North
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Jakob Chychrun was the first star of the game with a goal which tallied for his 11th of the season which is tied for the most amongst a defenseman in the league. Things didn’t start off great at all though with Justin Brazeau scoring for Boston just 1:21 in the first period. Washington scored two to end the first from Aliaksei Protas and on the power play from Chychrun. It was all the Capitals would need after settling down from the early goal and icing the game with an empty-net goal to seal it. Logan Thompson was the second star with the goalie locking in to make 26 saves. Washington should be the slight favorite with home-ice advantage.
Minnesota is also coming off a win beating Central division rival Nashville 5-3 on New Year’s Eve. Marco Rossi played great to earn the first star with two goals and an assist. Nashville shot 46 shots but Filip Gustavsson was locked in stopping 43 of those to give the Wild a chance. The Wild also impressively scored a season-high three power play goals in the game. This will be the first game of the season between the Wild and Capitals tonight.
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