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NHL : ATS Matchup
Wednesday 11/26/2014Line$ LineOU LineScore
WASHINGTON
 
NY ISLANDERS
PK  

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5.5
 
2
Final
3

WASHINGTON (9-8-0-3, 21 pts.) at NY ISLANDERS (15-6-0-0, 30 pts.)
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Wednesday, 11/26/2014 7:05 PM
#1 GOALTENDERS: WASHINGTON - BRADEN HOLTBY, NY ISLANDERS - JAROSLAV HALAK
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
51WASHINGTON+130Ov 5.5,-120+130Ov 5.5,-105
52NY ISLANDERS-150Un 5.5,+100-150Un 5.5,-115
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
WASHINGTON - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games9-11-0-6.49-11-6.49-102.830.42.726.8
Team Stats (Road Games)5-4-0+1.65-4+1.62-62.626.82.328.8
Last 5 Games2-3-0-3.62-3-3.60-41.429.22.028.2
vs. Division3-1-0+1.43-1+1.43-13.533.52.027.2
WASHINGTON Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)2056192212316099.2%591525.4%97
Team Stats (Road Games)9236133102419.5%18527.8%39
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)57132101464.8%9111.1%12
Team Stats (vs. Division)4147241013410.4%17317.6%23
Stats Against (All Games) 541418193353710.1%621117.7%86
Stats Against (Road Games) 215115012598.1%25520.0%35
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 10145001417.1%1000.0%17
Stats Against (vs. Division) 8413001097.3%1218.3%13
WASHINGTON - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
BRADEN HOLTBY (All Games)151537534391.5%07-8-4.67-8-0-46-9
BRADEN HOLTBY (Road Games)7719117893.2%05-2+3.65-2-0+41-6
BRADEN HOLTBY (vs. Division)33827793.9%02-1+0.42-1-002-1
BRADEN HOLTBY (Last 4 Games)4410710194.4%02-2-2.62-2-0-30-4
JUSTIN PETERS (All Games)6516114288.2%02-3-1.92-3-0-23-1
JUSTIN PETERS (Road Games)22676089.6%00-2-20-2-0-21-0
JUSTIN PETERS (vs. Division)11272488.9%01-0+11-0-0+11-0
JUSTIN PETERS (Last 4 Games)4412410887.1%01-3-2.91-3-0-33-0

NY ISLANDERS - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games15-6-0+9.815-6+9.812-93.333.42.728.7
Team Stats (Home Games)7-2-0+3.97-2+3.97-24.036.12.625.9
Last 5 Games4-1-0+3.74-1+3.73-23.435.82.427.0
vs. Division6-1-0+5.86-1+5.84-33.733.62.429.7
NY ISLANDERS Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)2169222120667029.8%801518.7%108
Team Stats (Home Games)936913122332511.1%37924.3%56
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)517555221799.5%16212.5%25
Team Stats (vs. Division)7269692223511.1%25624.0%41
Stats Against (All Games) 57172218016029.5%631523.8%104
Stats Against (Home Games) 236125002339.9%27622.2%40
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 12723001358.9%9111.1%23
Stats Against (vs. Division) 17647012088.2%19631.6%30
NY ISLANDERS - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
JAROSLAV HALAK (All Games)141439936892.2%210-4+5.210-4-0+48-6
JAROSLAV HALAK (Home Games)7717315891.3%25-2+1.95-2-0+25-2
JAROSLAV HALAK (vs. Division)5515314494.1%14-1+3.24-1-0+32-3
JAROSLAV HALAK (Last 4 Games)4411510994.8%14-0+4.14-0-0+42-2
BRENT JOHNSON (All Games)8720217787.6%15-2+4.65-2-0+54-3
BRENT JOHNSON (Home Games)32605286.7%02-0+22-0-0+22-0
BRENT JOHNSON (vs. Division)22544787.0%02-0+2.62-0-0+32-0
CHAD JOHNSON (All Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
CHAD JOHNSON (Home Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
CHAD JOHNSON (vs. Division)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
Average power rating of opponents played: WASHINGTON 2.9,  NY ISLANDERS 3.15
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
WASHINGTON - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
11/1/2014at TAMPA BAY3-4L0, +120L5.5 unO
11/2/2014ARIZONA5-6L0, -190L5.5 unO
11/4/2014CALGARY3-4L0, -170L5.5 unO
11/7/2014at CHICAGO3-2W0, +160W5.5 unU
11/8/2014CAROLINA4-3W0, -170W5.5 evO
11/11/2014COLUMBUS4-2W0, -215W5.5 ovO
11/14/2014NEW JERSEY0-1L0, -160L5.5 unU
11/15/2014at ST LOUIS1-4L0, +170L5 ovP
11/18/2014at ARIZONA2-1W0, -120W5.5 unU
11/20/2014at COLORADO3-2W0, -110W5.5 evU
11/22/2014BUFFALO1-2L0, -300L5.5 unU
11/26/2014at NY ISLANDERS 
11/28/2014NY ISLANDERS 
11/29/2014at TORONTO 
12/2/2014VANCOUVER 
12/4/2014at CAROLINA 
12/6/2014at NEW JERSEY 

NY ISLANDERS - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
10/30/2014at COLORADO0-5L0, +120L5.5 evU
11/1/2014at SAN JOSE1-3L0, +145L5.5 ovU
11/5/2014at ANAHEIM3-2W0, +125W5.5 ovU
11/6/2014at LOS ANGELES2-1W0, +155W5 ovU
11/8/2014at ARIZONA1-0W0, -120W6 unU
11/11/2014COLORADO6-0W0, -135W5.5 ovO
11/14/2014at FLORIDA4-3W0, -115W5.5 unO
11/15/2014at TAMPA BAY2-5L0, +150L6 unO
11/18/2014TAMPA BAY5-2W0, -145W6 ovO
11/21/2014at PITTSBURGH5-4W0, +160W5.5 ovO
11/22/2014PITTSBURGH4-1W0, +110W5.5 ovU
11/24/2014PHILADELPHIA1-0W0, -150W6 evU
11/26/2014WASHINGTON 
11/28/2014at WASHINGTON 
11/29/2014NEW JERSEY 
12/2/2014OTTAWA 
12/4/2014at OTTAWA 
12/6/2014ST LOUIS 
KEY GAME INFORMATION
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.
NY ISLANDERS: LAST SEASON: 34-37-11, 79 points. Missed the playoffs by finishing eighth in Metropolitan Division and 14th in Eastern Conference.
COACH: Jack Capuano, fifth season with Islanders (118-120-39).
ADDED: G Jaroslav Halak, G Chad Johnson, C Cory Conacher, RW Jack Skille, LW Harry Zolnierczyk, C Mikhail Grabovski, LW Nikolai Kulemin.
LOST: G Evgeni Nabokov, D Radek Martinek.
PLAYER TO WATCH: John Tavares. The 24-year-old star center with the C on his sweater is back after missing New York's final 22 games last season due to a knee injury sustained while playing for Canada in the Olympics. He was second on the team with 66 points - including 24 goals - despite playing in only 59 games. The Islanders have made the playoffs only once (2013) since he was selected with the No. 1 pick in the 2009 draft.
OUTLOOK: This will be a year of nostalgia for the Islanders as they play their final season at the Nassau Coliseum - their home since joining the NHL in 1972 where four straight Stanley Cup champions were built from 1980-83. They will move to Brooklyn's Barclays Center next season. Since 2004, the Islanders have reached the playoffs just twice (2007 and 2013) and were eliminated in the first round both times. The task doesn't get any easier in the eight-team Metropolitan Division with perennial powerhouse Pittsburgh and the rival New York Rangers, who reached the Stanley Cup finals last season. Halak will shoulder a lot of the burden, along with Tavares, as he replaces veteran Evgeni Nabokov in goal.
PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER HOCKEY PREVIEW (WASHINGTON-NY ISLANDERS) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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*Capitals-Islanders Preview* ============================

By JACK CASSIDY STATS Writer

Washington (9-8-3) at New York (15-6-0), 7:00 p.m. EDT

With their recent string of victories, the New York Islanders continue proving they merit among the Eastern Conference's top teams.

The Islanders seek their fifth straight win Wednesday night when they host the opener of a home-and-home set against the Washington Capitals.

New York (15-6-0) won for the ninth time in its last 10 games with a 1-0 shootout victory over Philadelphia on Monday. Jaroslav Halak had 21 saves for the Islanders, who couldn't get any of their 46 shots past Steve Mason through overtime.

"We deserved to win that game," coach Jack Capuano said. "I thought we played extremely well and our goalie made some big saves when he had to."

Halak, who will likely start Wednesday, has three shutouts in his last six starts and has not allowed more than three goals since Oct. 28. His 2.23 goals-against average ranks near the top of the NHL.

New York's four-game win streak includes a 5-2 victory over Tampa Bay and back-to-back wins against Pittsburgh over the weekend - two teams that also have amassed 30 points. The Islanders are tied with the Penguins for first in the Metropolitan Division.

"It validates the couple of games we played on the weekend," Kyle Okposo said of Monday's win. "You don't want to play those games, have a couple of great wins and then come back and lay an egg. We did a good job of taking it to them, dominating the game and that's how we need to play."

The success has primarily stemmed from an offensive unit that ranks among the NHL's leaders with 33.6 shots and 3.05 goals per game.

New York has also benefited greatly from its performances in shootouts, winning all five this season behind a league-leading 10 shootout goals.

Washington (9-8-3) will look to slow the Islanders behind the recent strong play of goalie Braden Holtby, who has allowed two or fewer goals in each of his last six starts. He owns a 1.67 goals-against average since Nov. 7. Halak has a 0.97 GAA in the same span.

The Capitals got another strong performance from Holtby at home against Buffalo on Saturday, but lost 2-1 despite setting a season high with 44 shots on goal. Holtby made 26 saves, including 22 after the first period.

"When a goaltender's good and seeing the puck, then you've got to try and make him not see the puck," coach Barry Trotz said. "Need a little more traffic, need second efforts."

Trotz expects a similar challenge against New York, which has not allowed more than 30 shots in its past five games.

"They can be pretty stifling," Trotz said of the Islanders. "They're playing good hockey. They're a deep team, really deep up the middle. They have three scoring lines and a real hard fourth line."

Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin is set to play in his 700th NHL game. The three-time Hart Trophy winner has 832 career points after recording 18 in 20 games this season.

Ovechkin has 36 points in 33 games against the Islanders, tallying five in his last four meetings. He scored twice the last time he faced Halak, who allowed three goals on six shots before being pulled in Washington's 4-1 win over St. Louis on Nov. 17, 2013.

The Capitals have won four of their last five against New York, which dropped the most recent matchup 4-3 in a shootout April 5.

The home-and-home set concludes Friday in Washington.


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