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Posted at 12:40 PM EST.

9:05 PM EST. Regulation only. We’re not going to go into a lot of detail regarding this game because we’re simply playing the same angle here as we are in the Pittsburgh/Ottawa game. The Avalanche are returning home from their back-to-back games in Sweden and will take the ice five days later upon their return. If you’ve ever traveled overseas or been on a nine to 10-hour flight, then you’re aware that jet-lag is a real thing. These two teams, Colorado and Ottawa not only made that long flight once, but they did it twice within the span of one week and it would be completely unreasonable to expect either one of them to be sharp.

Furthermore, the Caps are coming off an ugly 6-3 loss in Nashville (Barry Trotz’s old stomping ground) so you know he and his team is not in a very good mood. The Caps have issues to be sure but what they do have is perhaps the best goaltending in the league, not to mention a massive situational edge here. That prompts us to move in.  

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