Red Wings continue playoff push as they skate into D.C. to face off against Ovechkin and the East leading Capitals.
Winners of two of their last three games, the Detroit Red Wings sit just two points out of the final Wild Card spot in the National Hockey League’s Eastern Conference as they open a four-game road trip on Tuesday night in D.C. as they take on the Washington Capitals and Alexander Ovechkin who continues his march to overtake Wayne Gretzky as the league’s all-time leading goal scorer. The Caps lead the East with 96 points this season and are 21-7-6 inside Capital One Arena this season having won three consecutive home games. This game is the third and final meeting of the season between the teams with the home team winning each of the first two contests.
How to Watch Detroit Red Wings at Washington Capitals:
Game Date: Mar. 18, 2025
Game Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
TV Channel: FanDuel Sports Network Detroit – BSD
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Despite missing a month earlier this season with a broken bone in his leg, Capitals winger Alex Ovechkin leads the team with 34 goals this season and is now just eight goals away from the record. Ovechkin, the number one overall selection I the 2004 NHL Draft, has scored 30 or more goals in 19 of his 20 NHL seasons and has torched Detroit scoring 25 goals with 15 assists in his 37 games versus the Red Wings.
Detroit owns the league’s third best power play unit that has converted on 28.3% of chances with the man advantage and has scored a goal on the man advantage in each of the first two meetings with Washington this season.
Washington has won five of the last seven meetings in this series at home with four of the five victories coming by two or more goals.
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