Detroit Red Wings vs Washington Capitals Odds: Eastern Conference Foes Collide on Monday Night
Scuffle in D.C. as Red Wings Battle Capitals
Monday Night’s eight-game slate in the National Hockey League gets rolling in the Nation’s capital as Alex Ovechkin looks to make more history on Monday night when the Washington Capitals host the Detroit Red Wings. Let’s analyze this Eastern Conference showdown with a betting preview of the Red Wings vs Capitals Odds for this contest on Monday night.
Game Information
Detroit Red Wings (13-11-6, 32 points) at Washington Capitals (16-13-4, 36 points)
Date & Time & Streaming:
Location: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Streaming: Live Sports Stream
Capitals Captain Chasing History
The Washington Capitals have been playing solid hockey of late, winning six of their last seven games overall. On Saturday, the Caps beat another hot hockey club, the Toronto Maple Leafs by the score of 5-2. Former Caps goalie Ilya Samsonov had his return to D.C. ruined thanks to a Hat Trick by defenseman Erik Gustafsson.
The 30-year old journeyman blue-liner from Sweden was scoreless heading into last game, and is the second hockey player in the last three contests for the Capitals to pick up a hat trick along with superstar Alex Ovechkin, who was held off the scoresheet again on Saturday as he looks to tie the late legend Gordie Howe for second place on the National Hockey League All-Time Goals list.
“The Great Eight” will have a chance on Monday against the team “Mr. Hockey” scored 786 goals with over his 25 seasons in the Motor City. Goaltender Charlie Lindgren made 34 saves on 36 shots faced in Saturday’s victory for his eighth win of the year, and with starter Darcy Kuemper, and both Hunter Shepard and Zach Fucale injured as well, look for Lindgren to get the bulk of the starts moving forward for the Capitals.
With wins in six of their last seven games, we have seen sportsbooks worldwide move the NHL Playoff Odds for Washington slightly higher over the last week of action.
No Rush for Red Wings?
The Detroit Red Wings have been slumping lately, adding another notch to the loss column on Saturday afternoon, dropping a 6-3 decision to the Ottawa Senators.
Three Ottawa goals in the third period spelled doom for goaltender Ville Husso, who made 22 saves on 27 shots faced in the losing effort. The Red Wings have now been held to three goals or fewer in six of their last eight games, coicidentally enough, all six contests were losses.
Now Detroit has to head on the road for four of their next five contests starting with this showdown in Washington, where they have lost ten of their last 13 visits to Capital One Arena. Without defensemen Olli Maatta and Robert Hagg, both of whom are on injured reserve, this blue-line corps will have to work much harder to stop a surging Capitals offense, especially with winger Alex Ovechkin chasing history towards his 801st career goal to tie former Red Wing great Gordie Howe.
Red Wings vs Capitals Betting Odds
Sportsbooks have the hosting Washington Capitals odds to win as larger favorites against the visiting Detroit Red Wings on Monday night priced in the range around -185 to -200.
This is the eleventh game this NHL season where Washington has been favored, with the Capitals winning seven of their first ten games in that role. For Detroit, it’s their 21st game of the season as an underdog, with the Red Wings losing 13 of their first 20 games when lined at plus money, including eleven losses in regulation.
Washington has won seven of the last nine meetings against Detroit, along with a 10-3 run versus the Red Wings at home.
Concluding the Betting Preview for Red Wings vs Capitals Odds: The total for this contest is set at 6 goals shaded slightly to the Over around the pick’em range between -115 to -125. These two NHL teams have played to the Under in seven of the last ten meetings, with five of the last six Washington contests at Capital One Arena also cashing in Under the total.
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