Where: Verizon Center, Washington, DC
When: February 8, 2011, 7:00 PM
History:
Caps
Record on this Date: 6-5-3-0
Caps
Game 55 Record: 15-13-4-2
All-Time
vs. SAN: 9-16-1-1
All-Time
at home vs. SAN: 6-7-0-1
Last
Season vs. SAN: 1-1-0
Last
Meeting: 12/30/09, WAS 2 SAN 5
Season
Series: 0-0-0
This Year:
WAS
Record: 29-15-10
Standings
Points: 68
Division
Rank: 2nd
Conference
Rank: 5th
Last
Game: 2/6/11, WAS 3 PIT 0
Streak:
Win 2
SAN
Record: 28-19-6
Standings
Points: 62
Division
Rank: 2nd
Conference
Rank: 5th
Last
Game: 2/5/11, SAN 2 BOS 0
Streak: Won 3
Probable Line-Ups:
Washington
Forward
Line 1: 8 OVECHKIN, 19 BACKSTROM, 25 CHIMERA
Forward
Line 2: 21 LAICH, 85 PERRAULT, 83 BEAGLE
Forward
Line 3: 26 HENDRICKS, 90 JOHANSSON, 22 KNUBLE
Forward
Line 4: 39 STECKEL, 15 GORDON, 10 BRADLEY
Defense
Pair 1: 52 GREEN, 55 SCHULTZ
Defense
Pair 2: 27 ALZNER, 74 CARLSON
Defense
Pair 3: 23 HANNAN, 4 ERSKINE
Goalie:
1 VARLAMOV
Back-up
Goalie: 30 NEUVIRTH
San Jose
Forward
Line 1: 12 MARLEAU, 19 THORNTON, 15 HEATLEY
Forward
Line 2: 29 CLOWE, 8 PAVELSKI, 16 SETOGUCHI
Forward
Line 3: 55 EAGER, 39 COUTURE, 20 WELLWOOD
Forward
Line 4: 10 MAYERS, 21 NICHOL, 78 FERRIERO
Defense
Pair 1: 3 MURRAY, 22 BOYLE
Defense
Pair 2: 44 VLASIC, 40 HUSKINS
Defense
Pair 3: 7 WALLIN, 60 DEMERS
Goalie:
31 NIEMI
Back-up
Goalie: 34 HUTTON
Injuries:
Washington
– 3 POTI (upper body) IR, 28 SEMIN (hip) DTD, 16 FEHR (upper body) DTD, 89
SLOAN (lower body) DTD
SAN
– 17 MITCHELL (lower body) IR
Caps Milestones:
Matt
Bradley’s next game will be his 400th as a Capital.
Jason
Chimera needs 4 goals to reach 100 in his career.
Brooks
Laich needs 5 goals to reach 100 in his career.
Alex
Ovechkin needs 5 assists to reach 300 in his career.
Preview:
After
two big victories the Capitals cannot rest on their laurels as the San Jose
Sharks come to the Phone Booth for an inter-conference battle. Both teams are
sitting in fifth place in their respective conferences and are looking to make
a move up the standings. Washington has been relying on good defense,
goal tending and penalty killing to win. They have allowed just 26 goals against
in the last 16 games and are looking to continue that trend. The Sharks bring a
combination of size, skill and talent to this match up but find themselves
battling for a playoff spot with their stars not performing as expected. It
sounds familiar to Washington’s situation and should make this a great game to
watch. Look for an intense game with lots of pace. The key will be the play of
both teams #1 line. I expect the Ovechkin line to breakout early in this one
and the Caps defense to hold them in for a close victory.
Joe’s
prediction: Caps 3 SAN 2
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