Washington; Sunday, 12:30 pmEDT
Bottom line: The Washington Capitals and the Colorado Avalanche meet in a non-conference matchup.
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Washington is 35-27-8 overall and 22-11-4 at home. The Capitals are 14-15-8 when serving more penalty minutes than their opponent.
Colorado has a 45-13-10 record overall and a 22-7-5 road record. The Avalanche have a scoring differential of +84, with 251 total goals scored and 167 allowed.
The teams meet on Sunday for the second time this season. The Avalanche won the last meeting 5-2. Nathan MacKinnon scored two goals in the victory.
TOP PERFORMERS: Alexander Ovechkin has scored 25 goals and 27 assists for the Capitals. Rasmus Sandin has a goal and five assists in the last 10 games.
Cale Makar has 20 goals and 50 assists for the Avalanche. MartÃn Necas has seven goals and nine assists in the last 10 games.
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LAST 10 GAMES: Capitals: 5-4-1, averaging 2.6 goals, 3.7 assists, 3.3 penalties and 6.6 penalty minutes and conceding 2.2 goals per game.
Avalanche: 6-3-1, averages 3.1 goals, 5.4 assists, 3.3 penalties and 8.3 penalty minutes and concedes 2.5 goals per game.
INJURIES: Capitals: David Kampf: day to day (not injury related).
Avalanche: Gabriel Landeskog – Out (lower body), Ross Colton – Day to Day (upper body), Artturi Lehkonen – Out (upper body), Logan O’Connor – Out (hip).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.