Snapshots of the Week Ahead: Week 3
It’s a three-game week chock full of rivalry and standings implications.
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Week 4 provides some variety for the Washington Capitals, who will face three opponents, the two teams immediately behind them in the standings at home sandwiched around a date at Madison Square Garden against the rebuilding New York Rangers.
The Opponents
Washington brings the curtain down on its season-opening six-game home stand when it wraps up its two-game set with the Boston Bruins on Monday. The Caps stormed out to a 3-0 lead in the first game, gave it all back, and then won in overtime, 4-3, on an Alex Ovechkin goal 28 seconds into the extra session.
Blue Jackets vs Blackhawks Picks and Predictions January 29
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Undrafted rookie Kevin Lankinen is 2-0-2 with a 2.19 GAA and .931 SV% to begin his NHL career, and he has not allowed more than two goals in three straight starts.
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In the only game on the NHL betting schedule tonight, the Chicago Blackhawks welcome a Columbus Blue Jackets team that will be on the back end of a traveling back-to-back and playing its seventh game in 11 days.
Chicago has picked up at least a point in five straight contests after starting the season 0-3 SU and getting outscored 14-6. The Blue Jackets are in decent form as well, collecting nine of a possible 12 points over their last six.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have placed center Brandon Dubinsky on Long-Term Injured Reserve, club General Manager and Alternate Governor Jarmo Kekalainen announced today.
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Lightning vs Blue Jackets Picks and Predictions for January 21
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After being upset by the Blue Jackets in the 2019 playoffs, Tampa Bay has won five of the last six head-to-head matchups, which included eliminating Columbus in last year s playoffs.
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The NHL betting board for Thursday is headlined by a battle between a pair of familiar foes as the Tampa Bay Lightning face the Columbus Blue Jackets.
These teams faced off in the playoffs in each of the past two seasons, with Columbus upsetting Tampa Bay in 2019 but the Bolts bounced the Jackets last year, en route to an eventual Stanley Cup win.