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63 | WASHINGTON | -105 | Ov 5.5,-110 | -115 | Ov 5.5,-115 | 64 | DALLAS | -115 | Un 5.5,-110 | -105 | Un 5.5,-105 |
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All Games | 40-13-0 | +20.7 | 40-13 | +20.7 | 22-16 | 3.4 | 30.6 | 2.3 | 28.8 | Team Stats (Road Games) | 20-7-0 | +9.9 | 20-7 | +9.9 | 12-8 | 3.3 | 29.3 | 2.4 | 29.7 | Last 5 Games | 5-0-0 | +5 | 5-0 | +5 | 2-0 | 3.6 | 27.6 | 2.4 | 29.4 |
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Team Stats (All Games) | 53 | 178 | 44 | 61 | 67 | 6 | 13 | 1620 | 11.0% | 165 | 40 | 24.2% | 291 | Team Stats (Road Games) | 27 | 89 | 24 | 36 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 791 | 11.3% | 83 | 19 | 22.9% | 147 | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 138 | 13.0% | 15 | 2 | 13.3% | 28 | Stats Against (All Games) | | 121 | 37 | 35 | 45 | 4 | 7 | 1528 | 7.9% | 166 | 27 | 16.3% | 201 | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 64 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 803 | 8.0% | 90 | 16 | 17.8% | 112 | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 8.2% | 20 | 3 | 15.0% | 23 |
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PHILIPP GRUBAUER (All Games) | 12 | 9 | 285 | 261 | 91.6% | 0 | 4-5 | -3.1 | 4-5-0 | -2 | 4-5 | PHILIPP GRUBAUER (Road Games) | 6 | 5 | 156 | 143 | 91.7% | 0 | 3-2 | +0.4 | 3-2-0 | +1 | 2-3 | PHILIPP GRUBAUER(vs. Non-Conference) | 3 | 3 | 83 | 73 | 88.0% | 0 | 1-2 | -2 | 1-2-0 | -2 | 1-2 | PHILIPP GRUBAUER (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 2 | 75 | 69 | 92.0% | 0 | 1-1 | -0.4 | 1-1-0 | 0 | 2-0 | BRADEN HOLTBY (All Games) | 44 | 44 | 1237 | 1147 | 92.7% | 2 | 36-8 | +23.7 | 36-8-0 | +25 | 18-11 | BRADEN HOLTBY (Road Games) | 22 | 22 | 645 | 597 | 92.6% | 1 | 17-5 | +9.6 | 17-5-0 | +11 | 10-5 | BRADEN HOLTBY(vs. Non-Conference) | 11 | 11 | 315 | 292 | 92.7% | 1 | 9-2 | +6.6 | 9-2-0 | +7 | 5-2 | BRADEN HOLTBY (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 121 | 111 | 91.7% | 0 | 4-0 | +4 | 4-0-0 | +4 | 2-0 |
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All Games | 35-20-0 | +7.8 | 35-20 | +7.8 | 29-25 | 3.3 | 32.5 | 2.7 | 29.2 | Team Stats (Home Games) | 19-7-0 | +6.9 | 19-7 | +6.9 | 12-14 | 3.3 | 33.4 | 2.3 | 27.1 | Last 5 Games | 4-1-0 | +3 | 4-1 | +3 | 5-0 | 3.6 | 34.0 | 3.2 | 32.0 |
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Team Stats (All Games) | 55 | 180 | 50 | 54 | 69 | 7 | 17 | 1785 | 10.1% | 172 | 38 | 22.1% | 295 | Team Stats (Home Games) | 26 | 86 | 21 | 28 | 33 | 4 | 8 | 868 | 9.9% | 95 | 21 | 22.1% | 142 | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 170 | 10.6% | 17 | 5 | 29.4% | 26 | Stats Against (All Games) | | 149 | 49 | 46 | 49 | 5 | 4 | 1608 | 9.3% | 159 | 32 | 20.1% | 243 | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 61 | 17 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 705 | 8.7% | 77 | 14 | 18.2% | 97 | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 10.0% | 16 | 3 | 18.7% | 28 |
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KARI LEHTONEN (All Games) | 25 | 23 | 680 | 620 | 91.2% | 1 | 17-6 | +9.4 | 17-6-0 | +8 | 15-8 | KARI LEHTONEN (Home Games) | 11 | 9 | 266 | 243 | 91.4% | 1 | 7-2 | +3.2 | 7-2-0 | +3 | 5-4 | KARI LEHTONEN(vs. Non-Conference) | 12 | 11 | 323 | 292 | 90.4% | 0 | 8-3 | +4.2 | 8-3-0 | +3 | 8-3 | KARI LEHTONEN (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 130 | 120 | 92.3% | 0 | 2-1 | +1.2 | 2-1-0 | +1 | 2-1 | ANTTI NIEMI (All Games) | 36 | 32 | 926 | 841 | 90.8% | 4 | 18-14 | -1.6 | 18-14-0 | -1 | 14-17 | ANTTI NIEMI (Home Games) | 19 | 17 | 438 | 401 | 91.6% | 3 | 12-5 | +3.6 | 12-5-0 | +4 | 7-10 | ANTTI NIEMI(vs. Non-Conference) | 15 | 12 | 364 | 332 | 91.2% | 2 | 7-5 | -0.9 | 7-5-0 | -1 | 3-8 | ANTTI NIEMI (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 83 | 73 | 88.0% | 0 | 3-1 | +1.8 | 3-1-0 | +2 | 3-1 |
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1/17/2016 | NY RANGERS | 5-2 | W | 0, -165 | W | 5 ov | O | 1/19/2016 | at COLUMBUS | 6-3 | W | 0, -160 | W | 5 ov | O | 1/27/2016 | PHILADELPHIA | 3-4 | L | 0, -235 | L | 5 ov | O | 2/2/2016 | FLORIDA | 2-5 | L | 0, -145 | L | 5 ov | O | 2/4/2016 | NY ISLANDERS | 3-2 | W | 0, -160 | W | 5 ov | P | 2/6/2016 | at NEW JERSEY | 3-2 | W | 0, -160 | W | 5 un | P | 2/7/2016 | PHILADELPHIA | 3-2 | W | 0, -205 | W | 5 ov | P | 2/9/2016 | at NASHVILLE | 5-3 | W | 0, -105 | W | 5 ov | O | 2/11/2016 | at MINNESOTA | 4-3 | W | 0, -140 | W | 5 un | O | 2/13/2016 | at DALLAS | | 2/16/2016 | LOS ANGELES | | 2/18/2016 | at NY ISLANDERS | | 2/20/2016 | NEW JERSEY | | 2/22/2016 | ARIZONA | | 2/24/2016 | MONTREAL | |
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1/19/2016 | at LOS ANGELES | 2-3 | L | 0, +130 | L | 5.5 un | U | 1/21/2016 | EDMONTON | 3-2 | W | 0, -245 | W | 5.5 un | U | 1/23/2016 | COLORADO | 1-3 | L | 0, -200 | L | 5.5 ev | U | 1/25/2016 | CALGARY | 2-1 | W | 0, -200 | W | 5.5 ov | U | 2/2/2016 | at WINNIPEG | 5-3 | W | 0, -120 | W | 5.5 un | O | 2/4/2016 | at COLORADO | 4-3 | W | 0, -140 | W | 5.5 ov | O | 2/6/2016 | CHICAGO | 1-5 | L | 0, -115 | L | 5.5 un | O | 2/9/2016 | at MINNESOTA | 4-3 | W | 0, -115 | W | 5.5 un | O | 2/11/2016 | at CHICAGO | 4-2 | W | 0, +120 | W | 5 ov | O | 2/13/2016 | WASHINGTON | | 2/15/2016 | at NASHVILLE | | 2/16/2016 | at ST LOUIS | | 2/18/2016 | at ARIZONA | | 2/20/2016 | BOSTON | | 2/23/2016 | at WINNIPEG | |
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| | | WASHINGTON: LAST SEASON: 45-26-11, 101 points. Second in Metropolitan
Division. Lost to New York Rangers in Eastern Conference
semifinals.
COACH: Barry Trotz (second season, 17th NHL season).
ADDED: F T.J. Oshie, F Justin Williams.
LOST: D Mike Green, F Troy Brouwer, F Joel Ward, F Eric Fehr, F
Curtis Glencross, D Tim Gleason.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Alex Ovechkin. When it comes to the Capitals,
it's always about the three-time NHL MVP and man of many
nicknames - "Alexander the Great," "The Great 8," "Ovi." He just
turned 30, and while he jokes about how he isn't keeping count,
at some point there will arrive a time when his aggressive style
of hit-and-be-hit play will take a toll. Still, Ovechkin scored
53 goals last season, his sixth season getting to the
half-century mark.
OUTLOOK: Not much new here: For a half-dozen years or so, the
Capitals have entered the season with high expectations, often
lived up to them during the regular season, then flopped in the
playoffs. Ovechkin has said it's time to stop talking about
potential and start doing something when the games count the
most. He's never been past the second round of the playoffs and
is 3-6 in Game 7s, so not until spring will everything be
evaluated. | | DALLAS: LAST SEASON: 40-31-11, 91 points, 5th Central Division. Made
Western Conference playoffs as wild card, lost first-round
playoff series in six games to top-seeded Anaheim.
COACH: Lindy Ruff, 2nd season with Stars, 40-31-11; 17th season
overall in NHL, was 571-432-162 in Buffalo.
ADDED: C Jason Spezza, RW Ales Hemsky; G Anders Lindback, RW
Patrick Eaves.
LOST: RW Alex Chiasson, D Aaron Rome, LW Ray Whitney.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Jamie Benn. In his first season as the Stars
captain, the 25-year-old Canadian ranked eighth in the NHL with
79 points and ninth with 34 goals. Both were career highs, as
was his plus-21 rating. Benn has increasingly accepted his role
as a leader on a team filled with plenty of 20-something
players, and is part of a dynamic scoring line with Tyler
Seguin.
OUTLOOK: With the experience of a hard-fought first-round series
in their first season under veteran Ruff, the Stars expect to do
more than just make the playoffs this time around. That is a
reasonable goal with their added scoring punch. With Benn and
Seguin on the front line, the Stars will have another line with
31-year-old former Ottawa teammates Spezza and Hemsky likely
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| | Capitals-Stars Preview By SCOTT GARBARINI STATS Writer
Few teams have been able to keep pace with the Washington Capitals, particularly when Alex Ovechkin is as locked in as right now. That hasn't been an issue for the Dallas Stars. As the Capitals aim for a sixth consecutive win, the Stars look to maintain their recent dominance in the series when the NHL's highest-scoring teams face off Saturday night. This marquee matchup has the makings of a possible Stanley Cup Final preview with Washington (40-9-4) a runaway leader atop the Eastern Conference and Dallas (35-15-5) one point off Chicago's lead in the West. There's clearly the potential for plenty of scoring as well, as the Stars top the NHL with 178 goals and the Capitals average a league-high 3.3 per game. Washington has generated 33 goals over a 7-1-1 stretch and nine over the first two tests of a three-game trip. Ovechkin has scored in three straight and passed Chicago's Patrick Kane for the league lead with a hat trick in Thursday's 4-3 win over Minnesota. Ovechkin recorded all three goals in the second period and has 34 this season, 13 of which have come in his last 13 games. "It's incredible. The puck just comes to him, but he has that ability when it comes to put it in the net," said teammate Nicklas Backstrom, who assisted on all three scores. "It's hard to do." Ovechkin has a goal in three of Washington's past five meetings with Dallas, though that production hasn't translated into team success as the Stars have won eight consecutive matchups and seven straight in regulation. They won 3-2 on Nov. 19 in Washington, where Kari Lehtonen made 31 saves and Jason Spezza scored the game-winner shortly after Ovechkin tied it in the third period. Lehtonen was just as sharp as Dallas won both ends of its recent two-game trip. After compiling 37 saves in Tuesday's 4-3 overtime victory at Minnesota, he notched a season-high 44 as the Stars closed the gap on the Blackhawks with Thursday's 4-2 win. "He made some great saves for us," coach Lindy Ruff said. "Minnesota was the same way; we needed some big saves at important times. He made some game changers." Lehtonen was supported by Patrick Eaves' second career hat trick that helped Dallas, which lost 5-1 at home to Chicago last Saturday for its only defeat in six games, build a 4-0 lead through one period. ''We were ourselves (Thursday),'' said Tyler Seguin, who assisted on two of Eaves' goals. ''Obviously I think they handed it to us last game.'' Eaves has four goals and three assists over a four-game point streak, aiding an offense that's been without Spezza for three straight due to an upper-body injury. Seguin has seven points over his last five and has scored in four straight against Washington. Lehtonen owns a 1.71 goals-against average in winning seven straight starts against Washington, while the Capitals' Braden Holtby earned a fifth consecutive win with 33 saves against Minnesota. Holtby, who did not play in the November meeting, is 17-3-2 with a 2.21 GAA in 22 road starts. The Capitals are expected to have Evgeny Kuznetsov, the club's leader with 54 points, available after passing a concussion test on Friday. The All-Star forward exited Thursday's game after being high-sticked in the face on a third-period faceoff. |
| Last Updated: 4/19/2024 5:30:42 PM EST. |
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