Washington at Buffalo

Washington comes off a 5-2 win over Pittsburgh on Saturday as Nic Dowd scored twice and Braden Holtby had 26 saves. The Capitals remain tied with Philadelphia at the top of the Metropolitan Division. Meanwhile, Buffalo lost its sixth in a row 3-1 to the Flyers and the Sabres have scored only 12 goals their last seven games. Washington has won eight of the last 10 meetings and Buffalo goalie Carter Hutton is 12-14-3-1 with a 3.18 goals-against average and .898 save percentage. The Caps are 101-39 their last 140 games against Atlantic Division teams and Buffalo is 21-53 versus the Metropolitan Division. Also, the Sabres have lost 10 of their last 12 Monday games. Take the Capitals.