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NHL : ATS Matchup
Thursday 10/20/2016Line$ LineOU LineScore
WASHINGTON
 
FLORIDA
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WASHINGTON (2-0-0-1, 5 pts.) at FLORIDA (2-0-0-1, 5 pts.)
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Thursday, 10/20/2016 7:35 PM
#1 GOALTENDERS: WASHINGTON - BRADEN HOLTBY, FLORIDA - ROBERTO LUONGO
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
9WASHINGTON-120Ov 5,-130-120Ov 5,-130
10FLORIDA+100Un 5,+110+100Un 5,+110
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
WASHINGTON - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games2-1-0+0.92-1+0.90-22.336.31.323.3
Team Stats (Road Games)0-1-0-1.10-1-1.10-02.041.03.030.0
Last 5 Games2-1-0+0.92-1+0.90-22.336.31.323.3
WASHINGTON Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)37322001096.4%13215.4%14
Team Stats (Road Games)1210100414.9%300.0%4
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)37322001096.4%13215.4%14
Stats Against (All Games) 412011705.7%7228.6%5
Stats Against (Road Games) 3020113010.0%2150.0%3
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 412011705.7%7228.6%5
WASHINGTON - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
PHILIPP GRUBAUER (All Games)111818100.0%11-0+11-0-0+10-1
PHILIPP GRUBAUER (Road Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
PHILIPP GRUBAUER (Last 4 Games)111818100.0%11-0+11-0-0+10-1
BRADEN HOLTBY (All Games)22524994.2%01-1-0.11-1-000-1
BRADEN HOLTBY (Road Games)11302893.3%00-1-1.10-1-0-10-0
BRADEN HOLTBY (Last 4 Games)22524994.2%01-1-0.11-1-000-1

FLORIDA - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games2-1-0+12-1+11-13.034.32.024.7
Team Stats (Home Games)2-0-0+22-0+20-13.036.01.023.0
Last 5 Games2-1-0+12-1+11-13.034.32.024.7
FLORIDA Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)39314111038.7%800.0%13
Team Stats (Home Games)2630211728.3%500.0%8
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)39314111038.7%800.0%13
Stats Against (All Games) 622111748.1%700.0%8
Stats Against (Home Games) 220000464.3%400.0%3
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 622111748.1%700.0%8
FLORIDA - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
ROBERTO LUONGO (All Games)22464495.7%02-0+22-0-0+20-1
ROBERTO LUONGO (Home Games)22464495.7%02-0+22-0-0+20-1
ROBERTO LUONGO (Last 4 Games)22464495.7%02-0+22-0-0+20-1
JAMES REIMER (All Games)11282589.3%00-1-10-1-0-11-0
JAMES REIMER (Home Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
JAMES REIMER (Last 4 Games)11282589.3%00-1-10-1-0-11-0
Average power rating of opponents played: WASHINGTON 3.24,  FLORIDA 3.27
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
WASHINGTON - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
10/13/2016at PITTSBURGH2-3L0, -110L5 evP
10/15/2016NY ISLANDERS2-1W0, -185W5 ovU
10/18/2016COLORADO3-0W0, -200W5.5 unU
10/20/2016at FLORIDA 
10/22/2016NY RANGERS 
10/26/2016at EDMONTON 
10/29/2016at VANCOUVER 
10/30/2016at CALGARY 

FLORIDA - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
10/13/2016NEW JERSEY2-1W0, -155W5 unU
10/15/2016DETROIT4-1W0, -135W5 ovP
10/18/2016at TAMPA BAY3-4L0, +120L5 ovO
10/20/2016WASHINGTON 
10/22/2016COLORADO 
10/25/2016at PITTSBURGH 
10/27/2016at TORONTO 
10/29/2016at BUFFALO 
10/30/2016at DETROIT 
KEY GAME INFORMATION
WASHINGTON: LAST SEASON: 56-18-8, 120 points. Won Metropolitan Division. Lost to Pittsburgh Penguins in second round.
COACH: Barry Trotz (third season, 18th NHL season).
ADDED: C Lars Eller, F Brett Connolly.
LOST: LW Jason Chimera, C Mike Richards, D Mike Weber.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Alex Ovechkin. The league's leading goal scorer over the past four seasons had 50 last year and at 31 is still counted on to be the Capitals' biggest producer. He has All-Star centers Nicklas Backstrom and Evgeny Kuznetsov to play with, and should continue his career-long streak of scoring 30-plus goals.
OUTLOOK: Running back almost an identical lineup from last season when they won the Presidents' Trophy with the most points in the regular season, the Capitals shouldn't be far off that pace again. Players know after not making it past the second round that they'll be judged on April and May performance ' and perhaps June when the Stanley Cup is decided.
FLORIDA: LAST SEASON: 47-26-9, 103 points. Won Atlantic Division. Lost to New York Islanders in Eastern Conference quarterfinals.
COACH: Gerard Gallant (third season, sixth NHL season).
ADDED: D Keith Yandle, G James Reimer, G Reto Berra, D Mark Pysyk, D Jason Demers, LW Jared McCann.
LOST: D Erik Gudbranson, D Willie Mitchell, D Dmitry Kulikov, D Brian Campbell, G Al Montoya, LW Lawson Crouse, C Dave Bolland, RW Jiri Hudler.
PLAYER TO WATCH: D Aaron Ekblad. The All-Star is still only 20, is entering his third season and was years from being born when Jaromir Jagr started his NHL career. But after big changes on the blue line this summer, Ekblad now has a leadership role and Florida is convinced he's ready for the responsibility.
OUTLOOK: Getting back to the playoffs won't be enough to satisfy this team. The ownership group led by Vincent Viola and Doug Cifu has committed big money with the expectation of winning now, and for older ' but still crucial ' players like Jagr and Roberto Luongo the window to hoist the Stanley Cup isn't as open as it once seemed.
PREVIEW
Panthers take on Capitals after tough loss to Lightning

SUNRISE, Fla. -- The Florida Panthers have to wipe away the disappointment, and they have to do so quickly.

The Washington Capitals, who had the best record in the NHL last season and are off to a 2-0-1 start, will visit the Panthers (2-1-0) on Thursday night at the BB&T Center. And this is no time for Florida to be thinking about the past.

True, Tuesday night's 4-3 shootout loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning was tough for Florida to swallow. The Panthers were so close to a third straight win before allowing Steven Stamkos' game-tying goal on a sharp-angled shot with just 5.5 seconds left.

Then in the shootout backup goalie James Reimer, who was making his Panthers debut, stopped four of the first five shots he faced before getting beaten by rookie Brayden Point. It was the first shootout attempt of Point's NHL career.

"You'd like to make those saves at the end," Reimer told the media after Tuesday's game, "but sometimes it's not possible."

Panthers starting goalie Roberto Luongo, who has allowed just two goals in his two games this year, is expected to return to the starting lineup on Thursday.

He will be opposed by Capitals goalie Braden Holtby, who won 48 games and the Vezina Trophy last season.

Luongo will have to contend with Capitals star left winger Alex Ovechkin, who scored 50 goals last season. It was the third straight year he reached that milestone, and he has done it seven times overall in his career.

The Capitals, who beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-0 on Tuesday, got off to a slow start on their power play this season, enduring a 0-for-8 drought. But they got two power-play goals on Tuesday, including one by Ovechkin, so that issue has seemingly been corrected heading into Thursday's game.

Ovechkin, who had 19 power-play goals last season, is certainly feeling confident about his team's play with the man advantage.

"We have so much skill with the five guys who play there, and we use it," Ovechkin told the media after Washington's 2-of-5 power-play performance. "You can't stop it."

Washington's Barry Trotz, who won the Jack Adams Award last season for the NHL's top coach, also had a quote that bordered on cockiness.

"I thought we could have scored every power play we got tonight," Trotz said. "We were sharp, and we got rewarded."

That Capitals brashness tends to disappear in the playoffs. Washington has never made it past the second round, including last season's loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

But in the regular season, it's hard to find much fault with the Capitals, who brought back almost their entire team from last year. This is a veteran team. Just about the only new addition is third-line center Lars Eller.

The Panthers, meanwhile, had a different offseason philosophy. Even though they won the Atlantic Division and set franchise records for victories (47) and points (103), the Panthers were aggressive in the offseason, changing their uniforms, promoting Tom Rowe to general manager and re-signing many of their core players.

Florida also brought in nine new players, and so far they have meshed well.

The Panthers don't have anybody of Ovechkin's caliber -- very few teams do -- but Finland native Aleksander Barkov, who also holds Russian citizenship, might be the player who emerges as Florida's singular star.

Barkov, who signed a six-year, $35 million contract extension in January, is still only 21 years old. But the 6-foot-2, 210-pounder has improved in each of his three NHL seasons, from eight goals as a rookie, 16 in his second year and then 28 last season.

This season, Barkov has two goals and one assist in three games, and he is a plus-four.

Ovechkin, a native of Russia who has one goal and one assist this season, is 31 -- a decade older than Barkov.

Besides the fact that the Panthers and Capitals are reigning division champs -- and besides the fact that Luongo vs. Holtby is an excellent goalie matchup -- there is also the subtext of Ovechkin, the proven superstar, against young gunslinger Barkov.


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