This is an 8* play on the Washington Capitals.

In my opinion, the Flames are over-performing while Washington is clearly under-performing, when the smoke finally clears at the end of this one, I expect the home side to find a way to get the job done. Washington has lost four straight, and as I've mentioned many times in other writeups, I think that desperation breeds motivation and really like the home side to come out fired up tonight. Certainly the Capitals will be extra motivated here after blowing a 3-1 first period lead in a 6-5 home loss to Arizona on Sunday: "That behavior has to change or we have to change people," coach Barry Trotz raged afterwards. "It's plain and simple. (I'll adjust) ice time, look at different people in different situations. To me, it's absolutely unacceptable. They have to fix it. They have to fix the behavior. It's my job to fix the behavior. I don't like the behavior. If they're not going to fix it internally, individually, then I'll make sure I fix it." I give a lot of props to Calgary which opened a five-game trip with a 6-2 win at Montreal on Sunday, but I think it runs into a buzzsaw today; note that Washington is 21-16 (+5.8 units) in its last 37 after allowing 4 goals or more in its previous contest, while the Flames are just 11-16 (-2.2 units) in their last 27 after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game. In my opinion, this is the very definition of great line value; play on WASHINGTON.

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