Where: American Airlines Arena, Irving, TX
When: October 25, 2008, 8:00 PM
History:
Caps Record on this Date: 4-7-3-0
Caps Game 8 Record: 11-17-5-0
All-Time vs. DAL: 5-14-1-0
All-Time At DAL: 2-9-0-0
Last Season vs. DAL: Did not play
Last Meeting: 11/30/06, WAS 4 DAL 3
This Year:
WAS Record: 3-3-1
Standings Points: 7
Division Rank: 3rd
Conference Rank: 8th
Last Game: 10/23/08, WAS 1 PHO 2
Streak: Loss 3
DAL Record: 3-4-1
Standings Points: 7
Division Rank: 2nd
Conference Rank: 9th
Last Game: 10/23/08, DAL 5 NYI 3
Streak: Win 1
Probable Line-Ups:
Washington
Forward Line 1: 8 OVECHKIN, 19 BACKSTROM, 17 CLARK
Forward Line 2: 21 LAICH, 92 NYLANDER, 28 SEMIN
Forward Line 3: 14 FLEISCHMANN, 15 GORDON, 10 BRADLEY
Forward Line 4: 87 BRASHEAR, 39 STECKEL, 16 FEHR
Defense Pair 1: 26 MORRISONN, 52 GREEN
Defense Pair 2: 55 SCHULTZ, 89 SLOAN
Defense Pair 3: 23 JURCINA, 91 FEDOROV
Goalie: 60 THEODORE
Back-up Goalie: 1 JOHNSON
Dallas
Forward Line 1: 10 MORROW, 63 RIBEIRO, 21 ERIKSSON
Forward Line 2: 16 AVERY, 91 RICHARDS, 96 BRUNNSTROM
Forward Line 3: 18 NEAL, 9 MODANO, 44 CROMBEEN
Forward Line 4: 39 LUNDQVIST, 17 PETERSEN, 13 BARCH
Defense Pair 1: 2 GROSSMAN, 3 ROBIDAS
Defense Pair 2: 6 DALEY, 43 BOUCHER
Defense Pair 3: 5 NISKANEN, 28 FISTRIC
Goalie: 35 TURCO
Back-up Goalie: 31 STEPHAN
Injuries:
Washington – 2 POTHIER (concussion) IR, 25 KOZLOV (leg) DTD, 3 POTI (groin) DTD, 4 ERSKINE (bruised calf) DTD
Dallas – 33 JANIK (face) DTD, 56 ZUBOV (hip) IR, 26 LEHITNEN (groin) DTD, 29 OTT (groin) DTD
Caps Milestones:
Alexander Semin will play in his 200th career NHL game.
Victor Kozlov needs 3 points to reach 500 in his career.
Matt Bradley needs 4 points to reach 100 in his career.
Michael Nylander needs 5 shots on goal to reach 1,600 in his career.
Preview:
The final stop on the Capitals road trip is in Dallas. The Caps have only won here twice in eleven tries. The team hopes to change their most current trend of scoring only 1 goal per game. I don’t know if it’s the injuries or just a rough patch but the Caps are due for a breakout. The Stars have given up lots of goals this season and the Caps need to take advantage. Look for John Erskine to get back into the lineup to face his former team. Watch for some more improvement on the power play as the Stars penalty kill has not been good this season. I have a feeling that this will be a good night for the Caps.
Joe’s prediction: Caps 5 DAL 2
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