The Washington Capitals (37-17-5, 79 points) look to bounce back to both a home ice defeat to the Montreal Canadiens and a two-game slide on their west coast road trip out in the desert.
Two tough losses to the Arizona Coyotes and the Vegas Golden Knights sink the Capitals out of first place in the Metropolitan Division. Now the Pittsburgh Penguins have leapfrogged them into first place making Sunday’s matchup and the race to the finish all the more bigger.
The Capitals are 16-9-4 on home ice this season but have only won one of their past five home games.