T.M. Selection: Washington Capitals.

I like the Washington Capitals to win this game against the Minnesota Wild on Sunday. The Capitals just lost their most recent game on home ice and it was a bad game losing 6-1 to the Hurricanes. That game was last Monday though and they have had a week to sit on that loss and rest up for this game. I think the rest can only benefit a team like Washington, especially with older players such as Ovechkin, and I expect them to come out angry in this game looking to bounce back with a win. They should have some fire in them for this game after sitting a loss that bad for a week and the loss came on home ice too, which makes it even more important that they get that win back on home ice here. The Capitals haven't been terrible lately though, they actually won 2 games in a row before that loss in their most recent game and they were scoring goals too, scoring 4 goals in both of those games. The Wild are in a tough spot here and I think this is a bit of a let down game for them for their schedule lately. The Wild had 7 wins in a row before Pittsburgh ended that the other night but the Wild bounced back with a win in Carolina 3-1 on Saturday but now have to play on a B2B in Washington here. I think that win over the Hurricanes took a lot of energy out of them, to beat a good team like that in a road game and with the great defensive effort that they put into that game to keep the Hurricanes high flying offense to 1 goal. I think the Wild are going to be a bit tired here and with all of that travel, the Capitals have a huge advantage since they have been sitting at home for a week waiting for the Wild to come in to town. I think the Capitals will bounce back here after that bad loss. I like the Capitals to win this game.

T.M. Prediction: 3-0 Capitals.