Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins Prediction: a Possible Draw

Prediction for the NHL Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins match, which will take place on January 27th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

On the eve of the match with Pittsburgh, Peter Laviolette's team conducted a visit to the representatives of the Western Conference. At first, Washington coped quite confidently with Arizona (4-0), but then stumbled twice on two contenders – Vegas (2:6) and Colorado (2:3). Not the most successful situation, which left Washington in fifth place in the Metropolitan Division and eighth in the summary table of the Eastern Conference. But Alexander Ovechkin scored another goal in a meeting with Colorado. This season, the great Russian forward now has 31 pucks.

The Penguins played a crazy home game with Florida before leaving for Washington, which ended with a 7-6 victory for Pittsburgh following the results of overtime. The winning goal was recorded by Chris Letang, who scored a double in this match. Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby scored a goal and two assists. Pittsburgh is fourth in the division and seventh in the conference with Washington's equal figures. The fight for the playoffs for Mike Sullivan's team is just beginning.

The following situation has developed in the East. In the Atlantic Division, it is difficult to question the top three so far: Boston, Toronto and Tampa Bay. In the Metropolitan Division, Carolina and New Jersey are ahead of everyone, and Washington and Pittsburgh also claim the third place, which is now occupied by the New York Rangers. In addition to these three teams from Metropolitan, on the wild card zone there is only Florida from Atlantic.

All this means that the match of Pittsburgh and Washington at the moment is not only fundamental because of the eternal confrontation between Crosby and Ovechkin, but also very important from a tournament point of view, being in fact a battle for four points. So we are waiting here for the maximum perseverance of the teams, most likely because of this desire and problems with protecting a large number of abandoned pucks. And a possible draw in regular time – then both teams will score important points.