The San Jose Sharks (16-26-11) go to the Washington Capitals (28-20-6) Sunday. Face-off from Capital One Area is ready for 1 p.m. ET (NHL NET). Beneath, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s traces across the Sharks vs. Capitals odds, and make our knowledgeable NHL picks and predictions.
San Jose is coming off a 4-1 loss vs. Florida on Thursday, their third within the final 5 video games. They’re 3-7 of their final 10. Sunday’s recreation will mark the top of an 8-game highway journey inwhich they’re 2-5 on.
The Capitals completed off a 3-game highway journey with a 2-1 win Saturday night time in Boston. Washington is 3-2 within the final 5 video games and 5-5 of their final 10.
That is the first recreation of two conferences these season. The crew meet March 4 in San Jose.
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Sharks at Capitals odds
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- Moneyline (ML): Sharks +150 (wager $100 to win $150) | Capitals -175 (wager $175 to win $100)
- Puck line (PL)/Towards the unfold (ATS): Sharks +1.5 (-155) | Capitals -1.5 (+135)
- Over/Below (O/U): 6.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Sharks at Capitals projected goalies
James Reimer (8-14-6, 3.31 GAA, .895 SV%) vs. Charlie Lindgren (12-6-2, 2.67 GAA, .907 SV%)
Reimer final began in a 5-4 OT loss vs. Carolina on Jan. twenty seventh and allowed 5 objectives on 36 photographs and posted an SV% of .861. He has misplaced 4 of his final 5 begins, together with the final 2 in extra time.
Lindgren final began on Jan. thirty first in a 4-3 OT win vs. Columbus. He allowed 3 objectives on 34 photographs and posted an SV% of .912 within the win to snap a 4-game dropping streak.
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Sharks at Capitals picks and predictions
Prediction
Capitals 3, Sharks 2
Moneyline
AVOID.
The Capitals ought to choose up the straightforward win on this recreation, regardless of this being the 2nd recreation of a back-to-back. The Capitals are the a lot better crew and whereas this recreation will doubtless have a detailed ultimate rating, it won’t essentially be a detailed recreation. The explanations to keep away from this are the worth (-175) and the priority that fatigue might play an element for the Capitals,
Puck line/Towards the unfold
BET SHARKS +1.5 (-135).
The Sharks ought to have the ability to hold this recreation shut because the Capitals’ culd be dragging a bit of. Count on the Sharks who’re a really mediocre 28-25 ATS to start out this recreation behind, however come again to make it shut in the long run.
Over/Below
LEAN UNDER 6.5 (-110).
The Below is clearly the marginally safer wager right here. For Washington the Below is 4-0-1 of their final 5 residence video games and 6-0-2 of their final 8 video games on the top of a back-to-back. Within the collection between the groups, the Below can be the safer wager, going 9-4-1 within the final 14 conferences in Washington.
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