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Ducks-Capitals: How they match up

November 18th, 2008, 7:12 pm · Post a Comment · posted by Curtis Zupke, Staff writer

DUCKS (10-7-2) vs. WASHINGTON (10-4-3)

7 p.m. Wednesday

Site: Honda Center

TV-radio: Prime Ticket; KLAA/830

How they match up

Ducks How they match up Capitals
2.95 Goals per game 3.24
2.96 Goals against avg. 2.71
20% Power play 17.4%
80.4% Penalty killing 80.7%

Outlook

Washington and star LW Alex Ovechkin come to Honda Center for the first time since Jan.13, 2006, and the teams meet for the first time since Dec.8, 2006 … Ovechkin has goals in four straight games after a slow start … LW Alexander Semin, second in the NHL in scoring, is day-to-day with an upper body injury … Former Ducks C Sergei Fedorov (ankle) is also day-to-day … The Capitals won five in a row before a shootout loss to New Jersey last Saturday … They are fifth in the NHL in goals per game.

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