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| 7 | WASHINGTON | +125 | Ov 5.5,-130 | +125 | Ov 5.5,-130 | | 8 | TORONTO | -145 | Un 5.5,+110 | -145 | Un 5.5,+110 |
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| All Games | 10-12-0 | -6.4 | 10-12 | -6.4 | 10-11 | 2.9 | 30.1 | 2.7 | 27.3 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 5-5-0 | +0.6 | 5-5 | +0.6 | 2-7 | 2.5 | 26.8 | 2.4 | 29.4 | | Last 5 Games | 3-2-0 | -1 | 3-2 | -1 | 1-4 | 2.6 | 29.0 | 2.0 | 28.4 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 22 | 63 | 22 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 663 | 9.5% | 63 | 18 | 28.6% | 110 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 10 | 25 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 268 | 9.3% | 20 | 7 | 35.0% | 43 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 145 | 9.0% | 9 | 4 | 44.4% | 23 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 59 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 600 | 9.8% | 67 | 13 | 19.4% | 96 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 24 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 294 | 8.2% | 28 | 7 | 25.0% | 41 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 142 | 7.0% | 10 | 2 | 20.0% | 20 |
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| BRADEN HOLTBY (All Games) | 17 | 17 | 438 | 401 | 91.6% | 0 | 8-9 | -4.6 | 8-9-0 | -4 | 7-10 | | BRADEN HOLTBY (Road Games) | 8 | 8 | 226 | 210 | 92.9% | 0 | 5-3 | +2.6 | 5-3-0 | +3 | 1-7 | | BRADEN HOLTBY (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 118 | 109 | 92.4% | 0 | 2-2 | -2 | 2-2-0 | -2 | 1-3 | | JUSTIN PETERS (All Games) | 6 | 5 | 161 | 142 | 88.2% | 0 | 2-3 | -1.9 | 2-3-0 | -2 | 3-1 | | JUSTIN PETERS (Road Games) | 2 | 2 | 67 | 60 | 89.6% | 0 | 0-2 | -2 | 0-2-0 | -2 | 1-0 | | JUSTIN PETERS (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 124 | 108 | 87.1% | 0 | 1-3 | -2.9 | 1-3-0 | -3 | 3-0 |
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| All Games | 11-11-0 | -0.2 | 11-11 | -0.2 | 12-10 | 3.2 | 30.4 | 3.0 | 32.7 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 7-6-0 | +1 | 7-6 | +1 | 6-7 | 3.1 | 29.8 | 3.1 | 31.9 | | Last 5 Games | 2-3-0 | -2.2 | 2-3 | -2.2 | 4-1 | 3.2 | 28.2 | 4.4 | 30.6 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 22 | 70 | 15 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 668 | 10.5% | 81 | 15 | 18.5% | 109 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 13 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 388 | 10.3% | 49 | 9 | 18.4% | 57 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 141 | 11.3% | 17 | 1 | 5.9% | 21 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 67 | 26 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 719 | 9.3% | 76 | 12 | 15.8% | 112 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 40 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 415 | 9.6% | 43 | 7 | 16.3% | 69 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 22 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 153 | 14.4% | 15 | 3 | 20.0% | 39 |
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| JONATHAN BERNIER (All Games) | 16 | 15 | 445 | 407 | 91.5% | 2 | 7-8 | -0.9 | 7-8-0 | -1 | 9-6 | | JONATHAN BERNIER (Home Games) | 10 | 10 | 276 | 250 | 90.6% | 1 | 5-5 | -0.2 | 5-5-0 | 0 | 6-4 | | JONATHAN BERNIER (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 93 | 83 | 89.2% | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 2-2-0 | 0 | 3-1 | | DREW MACINTYRE (All Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | DREW MACINTYRE (Home Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | JAMES REIMER (All Games) | 9 | 7 | 274 | 246 | 89.8% | 0 | 4-3 | +0.6 | 4-3-0 | +1 | 3-4 | | JAMES REIMER (Home Games) | 5 | 3 | 139 | 125 | 89.9% | 0 | 2-1 | +1.2 | 2-1-0 | +1 | 0-3 | | JAMES REIMER (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 134 | 116 | 86.6% | 0 | 1-2 | -2.1 | 1-2-0 | -2 | 2-1 |
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| 11/2/2014 | ARIZONA | 5-6 | L | 0, -190 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 11/4/2014 | CALGARY | 3-4 | L | 0, -170 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 11/7/2014 | at CHICAGO | 3-2 | W | 0, +160 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 11/8/2014 | CAROLINA | 4-3 | W | 0, -170 | W | 5.5 ev | O | | 11/11/2014 | COLUMBUS | 4-2 | W | 0, -215 | W | 5.5 ov | O | | 11/14/2014 | NEW JERSEY | 0-1 | L | 0, -160 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 11/15/2014 | at ST LOUIS | 1-4 | L | 0, +170 | L | 5 ov | P | | 11/18/2014 | at ARIZONA | 2-1 | W | 0, -120 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 11/20/2014 | at COLORADO | 3-2 | W | 0, -110 | W | 5.5 ev | U | | 11/22/2014 | BUFFALO | 1-2 | L | 0, -300 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 11/26/2014 | at NY ISLANDERS | 2-3 | L | 0, +140 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 11/28/2014 | NY ISLANDERS | 5-2 | W | 0, -115 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 11/29/2014 | at TORONTO | | | 12/2/2014 | VANCOUVER | | | 12/4/2014 | at CAROLINA | | | 12/6/2014 | at NEW JERSEY | | | 12/9/2014 | at TAMPA BAY | |
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| 11/4/2014 | at ARIZONA | 2-3 | L | 0, -110 | L | 5.5 ov | U | | 11/6/2014 | at COLORADO | 3-4 | L | 0, +105 | L | 5.5 ov | O | | 11/8/2014 | NY RANGERS | 5-4 | W | 0, -115 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 11/9/2014 | at OTTAWA | 5-3 | W | 0, +115 | W | 5.5 ev | O | | 11/12/2014 | BOSTON | 6-1 | W | 0, +105 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 11/14/2014 | PITTSBURGH | 1-2 | L | 0, +120 | L | 6 un | U | | 11/15/2014 | at BUFFALO | 2-6 | L | 0, -210 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 11/18/2014 | NASHVILLE | 2-9 | L | 0, -115 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 11/20/2014 | TAMPA BAY | 5-2 | W | 0, +110 | W | 6 ov | O | | 11/22/2014 | DETROIT | 4-1 | W | 0, -105 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 11/26/2014 | at PITTSBURGH | 3-4 | L | 0, +170 | L | 5.5 ov | O | | 11/29/2014 | WASHINGTON | | | 12/2/2014 | DALLAS | | | 12/4/2014 | NEW JERSEY | | | 12/6/2014 | VANCOUVER | | | 12/9/2014 | CALGARY | | | 12/10/2014 | at DETROIT | |
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| |  | WASHINGTON: LAST SEASON: 38-30-14, 90 points. Missed the playoffs by finishing ninth in the Eastern Conference.
COACH: Barry Trotz, 1st season with Capitals; 16th overall in NHL, 557-479-60-100.
ADDED: Trotz, GM Brian MacLellan, D Brooks Orpik, D Matt Niskanen, G Justin Peters.
LOST: Coach Adam Oates, GM George McPhee, C Mikhail Grabovski, LW Dustin Penner, G Jaroslav Halak.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Alex Ovechkin, as always. The three-time league MVP led the NHL with 51 goals last season, but his plus-minus of minus-35 was third-worst in the league. Trotz plans to move Ovechkin back to left wing and also hopes to cajole more of a team game from the Russian forward.
OUTLOOK: It was deflating enough for the talented Capitals to lose in the early rounds of the playoffs every year, but last season they didn't make the postseason at all, a failure that cost Oates and McPhee their jobs. Orpik and Niskanen should stabilize the blue line, but nothing is more crucial in Washington than the relationship between Ovechkin and the coach du jour. Trotz is Ovechkin's first NHL head coach with prior head coaching experience elsewhere in the league, giving him the cachet to make demands of his players - and to expect them to be met. | | TORONTO: LAST SEASON: 38-6-8, 84 points, finished 12th in the East and missed the playoffs.
COACH: Randy Carlyle, fifth season with the Leafs, 343-244-77.
ADDED: RW Matt Frattin, C Leo Komarov, D Roman Polak, D Stephane Robidas, C Mike Santorelli.
LOST: C Dave Bolland, D Tim Gleason, D Carl Gunnerson, C Jay McClement, RW Nikolai Kulemin, LW Mason Raymond.
PLAYER TO WATCH: David Clarkson. The right winger's first season with his boyhood team was one he'd rather forget. Clarkson had with 11 points (five goals and six assists) in 60 games with a minus-14 rating after agreeing to a seven-year, $36.75 million deal with Toronto.
OUTLOOK: The hirings of Brendan Shanahan as team president, Kyle Dubas as the assistant general manager and the added emphasis of analytics seem to indicate a new day for the Leafs. But much of the team that lost 12 of their final 14 games last season has returned. Coupled with the fact that the Leafs are in a division with 2013-14 playoff teams in Boston, Tampa Bay, Montreal and Detroit, it's hard to envision a scenario in which Toronto shows enough improvement to contend for a postseason berth in 2014-15. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER HOCKEY PREVIEW (WASHINGTON-TORONTO) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Capitals-Maple Leafs Preview* ==============================
By NICOLINO DIBENEDETTO STATS Writer
Washington (9-8-4) at Toronto (11-8-3), 7:00 p.m. EDT
The atmosphere has improved around the Toronto Maple Leafs and finding some more success on the power play would only bolster the upbeat mood.
The Maple Leafs are looking for their re-tooled power play to help get a five-game homestand off to a strong start against the Washington Capitals on Saturday night.
Toronto (11-8-3) has earned five points over its past three games, a vast improvement after drawing the ire of fans while being outscored 17-5 during a three-game slide.
That losing streak included a 6-2 defeat at Buffalo on Nov. 15 before a 9-2 home loss against Nashville three days later - a dreadful performance that led one fan at Air Canada Centre to toss his Maple Leafs jersey on the ice.
Coach Randy Carlyle believes things have picked up since then with Toronto scoring 12 goals in three games.
"It's a dramatic change, but you can't hide from the fact that what happened in our own building with the loss to Buffalo was pretty demoralizing to our group," he said. "It put a lot of pressure on everybody involved. We responded with more of a workman-like attitude, but in this market you better be prepared to roll with the punches."
The Leafs delivered a gutsy effort Wednesday, rallying twice before eventually falling 4-3 in overtime at Pittsburgh. However, the power play continues to be a concern after it failed on three chances to drop to 1 for 23 over the last six games.
Carlyle is planning to make changes, but didn't go into specifics.
"When you make adjustments to power-play units, to top offensive units, you try to do it in the mindset that you're going to stimulate something a little different," he said. "That's all we're trying to do. We think there are options available to us."
Leo Komarov could be one of those options after finding the net twice against the Penguins, giving the center three goals and an assist in the past two games. His four goals on the season match his total as a rookie from 2013-14.
Toronto has dropped three of four meetings with Washington (10-8-4), but won 2-1 in a shootout on Nov. 23, 2013, in its only home matchup over that span.
The Capitals, playing four of their next five on the road, are coming off a 3-1-1 stretch. They blew a two-goal first-period lead before doing the rest of the scoring in a 5-2 win over the visiting New York Islanders on Friday, two days after falling 3-2 in overtime in the opener of the home-and-home set.
"You go into this obviously looking for four points when you play someone, and we got three," coach Barry Trotz said. "We gained a little ground, but importantly, we didn't lose any ground."
Star right wing Alex Ovechkin has been helping with four goals in as many games, matching his total from the previous 15. He totaled three in the two meetings with the Islanders, including two on the road.
Ovechkin has 27 goals and 22 assists in 33 career games against the Maple Leafs, including 16 and six, respectively, in 16 visits to Toronto.
Nicklas Backstrom leads the Capitals with 22 points - one more than Ovechkin - after picking up six in the past four games. The center, however, has one point in his last four at Toronto.
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| | Last Updated: 4/26/2024 3:18:58 PM EST. |
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