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| 51 | DETROIT | +110 | Ov 5,-130 | +110 | Ov 5,-130 | | 52 | WASHINGTON | -130 | Un 5,+110 | -130 | Un 5,+110 |
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| All Games | 4-4-0 | -0.2 | 4-4 | -0.2 | 2-5 | 2.2 | 29.5 | 2.1 | 26.9 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 1-2-0 | -1 | 1-2 | -1 | 1-2 | 2.3 | 33.3 | 2.3 | 25.7 | | Last 5 Games | 3-2-0 | +1 | 3-2 | +1 | 2-3 | 2.4 | 32.6 | 2.0 | 26.6 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 8 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 236 | 7.6% | 30 | 2 | 6.7% | 32 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 7.0% | 11 | 0 | 0.0% | 12 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 163 | 7.4% | 19 | 0 | 0.0% | 20 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 17 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 215 | 7.9% | 26 | 1 | 3.8% | 24 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 77 | 9.1% | 8 | 1 | 12.5% | 14 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 133 | 7.5% | 16 | 1 | 6.2% | 18 |
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| JONAS GUSTAVSSON (All Games) | 2 | 2 | 46 | 43 | 93.5% | 1 | 1-1 | -0.1 | 1-1-0 | 0 | 1-1 | | JONAS GUSTAVSSON (Road Games) | 1 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 81.2% | 0 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 1-0 | | JONAS GUSTAVSSON (Last 4 Games) | 2 | 2 | 46 | 43 | 93.5% | 1 | 1-1 | -0.1 | 1-1-0 | 0 | 1-1 | | JIMMY HOWARD (All Games) | 6 | 6 | 168 | 156 | 92.9% | 0 | 3-3 | -0.1 | 3-3-0 | 0 | 1-4 | | JIMMY HOWARD (Road Games) | 2 | 2 | 60 | 57 | 95.0% | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 1-1-0 | 0 | 0-2 | | JIMMY HOWARD (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 125 | 117 | 93.6% | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 2-2-0 | 0 | 1-2 |
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| All Games | 4-4-0 | -0.5 | 4-4 | -0.5 | 3-5 | 3.1 | 29.0 | 2.4 | 25.0 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 2-2-0 | -0.5 | 2-2 | -0.5 | 2-2 | 3.5 | 31.2 | 2.7 | 24.0 | | Last 5 Games | 3-2-0 | +0.6 | 3-2 | +0.6 | 2-3 | 3.0 | 29.4 | 2.2 | 24.8 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 8 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 232 | 10.8% | 27 | 7 | 25.9% | 41 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 4 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 125 | 11.2% | 16 | 3 | 18.7% | 23 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 147 | 10.2% | 14 | 3 | 21.4% | 22 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 19 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 200 | 9.5% | 30 | 6 | 20.0% | 29 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 96 | 11.5% | 16 | 2 | 12.5% | 17 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 124 | 8.9% | 18 | 5 | 27.8% | 18 |
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| BRADEN HOLTBY (All Games) | 6 | 6 | 129 | 119 | 92.2% | 0 | 3-3 | -0.5 | 3-3-0 | 0 | 2-4 | | BRADEN HOLTBY (Home Games) | 3 | 3 | 59 | 53 | 89.8% | 0 | 1-2 | -1.5 | 1-2-0 | -1 | 2-1 | | BRADEN HOLTBY (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 76 | 67 | 88.2% | 0 | 2-2 | -0.5 | 2-2-0 | 0 | 2-2 | | JUSTIN PETERS (All Games) | 3 | 2 | 70 | 64 | 91.4% | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 1-1-0 | 0 | 1-1 | | JUSTIN PETERS (Home Games) | 2 | 1 | 37 | 34 | 91.9% | 0 | 1-0 | +1 | 1-0-0 | +1 | 0-1 | | JUSTIN PETERS (Last 4 Games) | 3 | 2 | 70 | 64 | 91.4% | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 1-1-0 | 0 | 1-1 |
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| 10/9/2014 | BOSTON | 2-1 | W | 0, -105 | W | 5 ov | U | | 10/11/2014 | ANAHEIM | 2-3 | L | 0, -115 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 10/15/2014 | BOSTON | 2-3 | L | 0, +100 | L | 5 un | P | | 10/17/2014 | at TORONTO | 4-1 | W | 0, +100 | W | 5.5 ev | U | | 10/18/2014 | TORONTO | 1-0 | W | 0, -125 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 10/21/2014 | at MONTREAL | 1-2 | L | 0, +120 | L | 5 ov | U | | 10/23/2014 | PITTSBURGH | 4-3 | W | 0, +100 | W | 5 ov | O | | 10/25/2014 | at PHILADELPHIA | 2-4 | L | 0, -105 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 10/29/2014 | at WASHINGTON | | | 10/31/2014 | LOS ANGELES | | | 11/2/2014 | at BUFFALO | | | 11/4/2014 | at OTTAWA | | | 11/5/2014 | at NY RANGERS | | | 11/7/2014 | NEW JERSEY | | | 11/9/2014 | TAMPA BAY | |
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| 10/9/2014 | MONTREAL | 1-2 | L | 0, -145 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 10/11/2014 | at BOSTON | 4-0 | W | 0, +145 | W | 5 ov | U | | 10/14/2014 | SAN JOSE | 5-6 | L | 0, -105 | L | 5 ov | O | | 10/16/2014 | NEW JERSEY | 6-2 | W | 0, -130 | W | 5 ov | O | | 10/18/2014 | FLORIDA | 2-1 | W | 0, -200 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 10/22/2014 | at EDMONTON | 2-3 | L | 0, -145 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 10/25/2014 | at CALGARY | 3-1 | W | 0, -130 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 10/26/2014 | at VANCOUVER | 2-4 | L | 0, +140 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 10/29/2014 | DETROIT | | | 11/1/2014 | at TAMPA BAY | | | 11/2/2014 | ARIZONA | | | 11/4/2014 | CALGARY | | | 11/7/2014 | at CHICAGO | | | 11/8/2014 | CAROLINA | |
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| |  | DETROIT: LAST SEASON: 39-28-15, 93 points. Lost in first round of playoffs.
COACH: Mike Babcock, 10th season with Red Wings, 415-198-91; 12th overall in NHL.
ADDED: C Andy Miele, C Kevin Porter.
LOST: RW Mikael Samuelsson, C Cory Emmerton, C David Legwand, RW Todd Bertuzzi.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Gustav Nyquist. The 25-year-old Swede is coming off a breakout season in which he scored a team-high 28 goals in only 57 games. If the Red Wings are going to return to the NHL's elite, they're going to need younger players like Nyquist to grow into significant roles alongside aging stars like Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk.
OUTLOOK: If injuries mount like last season, the Red Wings may have to fight down the stretch to extend their streak of 23 straight playoff appearances. Datsyuk is expected to miss the start of the regular season with a separated shoulder. | | 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. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER HOCKEY PREVIEW (DETROIT-WASHINGTON) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Red Wings-Capitals Preview* ============================
By JEFF BARTL STATS Senior Writer
Detroit (4-2-2) at Washington (4-2-2), 7:30 p.m. EDT
The narrative heading into recent seasons has been whether the Detroit Red Wings and their aging stars can help keep their playoff streak alive.
They've done so in each of the last two, and a solid start to 2014-15 could help the Red Wings defy their critics once again.
Detroit and its league-best penalty kill visits the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night looking to hold Alex Ovechkin without a point for a fifth straight game.
The Red Wings (4-2-2), who have reached the playoffs in each of the last 23 seasons, have played six of their first eight against clubs that made the postseason last year. They've more than held their own despite Pavel Datsyuk missing the first five recovering from a separated right shoulder.
Datsyuk recorded an assist in each of his first two games before scoring his first goal Saturday against Philadelphia, but Detroit fell 4-2 after winning three of its previous four.
"I think it's a start we all were looking for," goaltender Jimmy Howard told the team's official website. "Looking at the schedule heading up to training camp, you didn't really know. It was going to be a true test. We've got (two) more games here at the end of the month that are going to be real good tests for our team."
The Red Wings host defending Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles on Friday, but they'll first have to contend with a Capitals club returning home after a 1-2-0 road trip through Western Canada.
Washington (4-2-2) ranks among the league leaders in power-play percentage at 25.9, but Detroit killed off 25 straight penalties to open the season before allowing a power-play goal to the Flyers in the third period.
"When we get short-handed, I don't think anyone panics," Howard said. "We know we're going to kill it off."
The Capitals went 4 for 8 on the power play in the last two meetings with Detroit last season and went 2-0-1 in the season series. Ovechkin has nine goals and seven assists while recording at least a point in each of his 11 career games against the Red Wings, including six power-play goals.
Ovechkin had five goals in his first four games this season, but he's gone without a point in his last four, including Sunday's 4-2 loss to Vancouver.
Marcus Johansson scored and rookie Liam O'Brien netted his first NHL goal, but the Capitals couldn't generate much else and were outshot 34-22.
"That was probably our poorest game in terms of puck management and puck protection," coach Barry Trotz said. "We turned over way too many pucks, gave up way too many odd-man rushes."
Washington also gave up a pair of power-play goals and has allowed opponents to convert 33.3 percent of their chances over the last four. Detroit, though, has one of the league's worst power plays and has gone 0 for 19 over its last five games.
"It's not very good," coach Mike Babcock said. "We have to fix it."
Howard, 3-1-2 with a 1.95 goals-against average in six starts, could be back in net for this contest after Jonas Gustavsson made 13 saves against Philadelphia. Howard is 1-1-2 with a 3.82 GAA in his last four against Washington, though.
The Capitals seem likely to go back to Braden Holtby after Justin Peters started against Vancouver. Holtby is 3-1-1 with a 1.92 GAA in six starts and has won both of his career outings against Detroit.
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| | Last Updated: 4/25/2024 9:54:49 PM EST. |
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