The New Jersey Devils will travel to Washington, District of Columbia to face the Washington Capitals at the Capital One Arena with the puck scheduled to drop at 7:00 PM ET on Tuesday evening and will air on the Monumental Sports Network.

The New Jersey Devils enter this game with a record of 28-22-4 and 60 points which puts them in 4^th place in the Metropolitan Division and gives them the 9^th best record in the Eastern Conference while winning three of their last four games including a 6-3 win at home against the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. The Devils have been an above-average team offensively as they rank 11^th in goals per game and 9^th in power-play success rate with an average of 3.34 goals per game and a power-play success rate of 23.6%. 

Jesper Bratt has played a pivotal role in the success the Devils have had offensively as he leads the team in assists and points with 38 assists and 58 points. However, New Jersey has been one of the worst teams defensively in the NHL this season as they are allowing the 6^th most goals per game with an average of 3.43 goals allowed per game and have a penalty-kill percentage of 79.39% which ranks 18^th in the NHL. 

The New Jersey Devils will look to get their 4^th win in their last five games when they travel to face the Washington Capitals.

The Washington Capitals are in 11^th place in the Eastern Conference and 6^th place in the Metropolitan Division with a record of 24-21-8 and 56 points following a 4-3 win on the road against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday which also ended their two-game losing streak. The Capitals have been one of the lowest-scoring teams in the NHL this season as they are averaging the 3^rd fewest goals per game and have the 8^th worst power-play success rate at 15.17% while averaging 2.44 goals per game. 

Defensively, Washington has been a middle-of-the-pack team as they rank 17^th in goals allowed per game with an average of 3.15 goals allowed per game while ranking 16^th in penalty-kill percentage at 80%. Despite being one of the oldest players in the NHL, Alex Ovechkin has been one of the better players on the team as he leads the team in points with 38. The Washington Capitals will look to build off the momentum following the win on the road against the Montreal Canadiens when they host the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday evening.

BookMaker has the New Jersey Devils listed as -170 moneyline favorites on the road against the Washington Capitals on Tuesday evening. Washington is 5-2-3 in the last ten and has won two of the last three meetings. The Capitals have outscored the Devils by an average of 3.7 to 3.6 goals per game over the last ten while winning by an average margin of .33 goals per game over the last three games in the series.

New Jersey enters this game with a slightly better record and has won three of their last four games while Washington has split their previous four games, however, Washington has been the better team most recently in the series, winning two of the last three games. The Capitals have outscored the Devils by an average of 3.7 to 3.6 in the last ten and have won by an average margin of .33 goals per game over the last three games in the series. As a result, I am taking the moneyline for the Washington Capitals when they host the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday evening.