Vancouver Canucks (16-18-3, seventh in Pacific) vs. Washington Capitals (21-8-9, third in Metropolitan)

Washington; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTS LINES LINE: Capitals -181, Canucks +154; plus/minus is 6

BOTTOM LINE: Alex Ovechkin and Washington face off against Vancouver. Ovechkin is second in the NHL with 53 points, scoring 25 goals and 28 assists.

The Capitals are 10-4-5 in home games. Washington ranks ninth in the league with an average of 3.3 goals per game, led by Ovechkin with 25.

The Canucks are 8-11-2 in road games. Vancouver ranks 31st in the Western Conference with 33.0 shots per game and a 2.5 goal average.

Sunday’s game is the first meeting this season between the two teams.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ovechkin leads the Capitals with 28 assists and 53 points this season. Conor Sheary has 8 points in Washington’s last 10 games.

JT Miller leads the Canucks with 36 points, scoring 11 goals and recording 25 assists. Bo Horvat has five goals and two assists in Vancouver’s last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Capitals: 4-3-3, average of three goals, 5.3 assists, four penalties and 9.6 penalty minutes while allowing three goals per game with an .889 save percentage.

Canucks: 6-3-1, averaging 2.7 goals, 4.3 assists, 2.9 penalties and 6.7 penalty minutes while allowing 2.5 goals per game with a .915 save percentage.

INJURIES: Capitals: TJ Oshie: day to day (upper body), Dmitry Orlov: absent (sanitary protocols), Carl Hagelin: absent (sanitary protocols).

Canucks: Ashton Sautner: absent (covid-19), Phillip Di Giuseppe: absent (covid-19), Justin Dowling: absent (covid-19), Alex Chiasson: absent (health protocols), Jaroslav Halak: absent (covid-19 ).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.