The New Jersey Devils (51-22-8) visit the Washington Capitals (35-37-9) on Thursday. Puck drop from Capital One Arena is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+). Below, we analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Devils vs. Capitals odds, and make our expert NHL picks and predictions.
The Devils enter the regular season finale with 110 points, just a single point back of the 1st-place Carolina Hurricanes in the Metropolitan Division. New Jersey can steal the division with a win and a Carolina loss in either overtime or regulation. The Hurricanes wrap up the regular season at the Florida Panthers Thursday.
If the teams end up tied, regulation wins are the tiebreaker, and the Devils enter play with 39 regulation wins to just 38 for the Canes.
The Capitals have been in freefall for the past calendar month, going 3-9-2 across the past 14 games since March 14. Washington has been eliminated from the postseason. The Devils skated away with a 3-2 win in a shootout on March 9 when these teams last'played in Washington.