Bruins at Capitals 12/11/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Bruins have to figure out how to snap their losing skid the team has been on recently. The Bruins are heading into the game here with 3 straight losses. Those losses have dropped the Bruins record to 20-5-6 on the year, but still sitting in first place by 11 points. 

When it comes to scoring the goals the Bruins offense has been decent at 3.50 goals a game. The power play has been converting at a clip of 28.4%. The defense for Boston has allowed 2.30 goals a game and the penalty kill for Boston is sitting at 84.4% on the year.

The Capitals are heading into this game after getting Tuesday off to figure out what went wrong against the Blue Jackets. The Capitals allowed the horrible Blue Jackets team to get a win off of them by a score of 5-2. The loss dropped Washington to a 22-5-5 record overall, but still hold the Division lead by 7 points.

The scoring for the Capitals has been done at a clip of 3.61 goals a game, the power play is good at 24.5%  on the year. The defense for Washington has given up 2.77 goals a game on the year and have ended up killing off 84% of the penalties on the year.