Capitals vs Flames – 7:00 – SNet360

October 20th, 2015 | Posted in Game Day | By: Mike Fawcett

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3 – 1 – 0

6 Points, Ranked # 6 in the East

VS

1 – 4 – 0

2 Points, ranked # 14 in the West


Team Stat Comparison
Washington Capitals Category Calgary Flames
0-0-0 Home/Road Record 0-3-0
3-1-0 Last 10 1-4-0
WON 2 Streak LOST 3
13 Goals 10
10 Goals Against 19
38.5 % Ranked # 2 PP% 21.4 % Ranked # 13
5 PP Goals 3
0 SH Goals Against 0
84.6 % Ranked # 9 PK% 81.3 % Ranked # 20
2 PP Goals Allowed 3
1 SH Goals 0
15 PIM 23
50.4 % Ranked # 14 Face Off % 46.2 % Ranked # 28

 

Goaltenders
Washington Capitals
Name Games Played Record Goals Against GAA Shutouts Saves Save %
Braden Holtby 4 3-1-0-0 8 2.05 0 100 0.920
Philipp Grubauer 0 0-0-0-0 0 0.00 0 0 0.000
Calgary Flames
Name Games Played Record Goals Against GAA Shutouts Saves Save %
Jonas Hiller 3 1-2-0-0 11 3.64 0 86 0.872
Karri Ramo 2 0-2-0-0 7 3.52 0 73 0.904

 

Team Leaders
Washington Capitals Category Calgary Flames
John Carlson – 5 Points Johnny Gaudreau – Dennis Wideman – 5
Alex Ovechkin – 3 Goals David Jones – 3
John Carlson – 3 Assists Dennis Wideman – 5
Alex Ovechkin – Brooks Orpik – 2 +/- Sam Bennett – 1
Evgeny Kuznetsov – 6 PIM Brandon Bollig – 17
3 Tied with – 1 Game Winning Goals Johnny Gaudreau – 1
T.J. Oshie – 16 Shots Johnny Gaudreau – 13
Brooks Orpik – 13 Hits Micheal Ferland – 21
Brooks Orpik – 10 Blocked Shots Kris Russell – 17
5 Tied with – 5 Missed Shots Kris Russell – 7
Dmitry Orlov 4 Missed Shots Johnny Gaudreau 6

 

Injuries
Washington Capitals
Calgary Flames
Joe Colborne W I.L. Oct 19 thumb Day-to-Day
Sam Bennett C Sidelined Oct 17 upper body Day-to-Day
Ladislav Smid D I.L. Oct 15 neck Indefinitely
Lance Bouma W I.L. Oct 14 leg Indefinitely
T.J. Brodie D I.L. Sep 23 hand Week-to-Week

 

Matchup
Calgary Flames
Flames have lost the last 4 home games
Washington Capitals
Capitals are 10-4-2 in the last 16 meetings

 

Past 10 Meetings
Visitor Category Home
11/04/14 Calgary 4 Washington 3 (OT)
10/25/14 Calgary 3 Washington 1
10/26/13 Calgary 2 Washington 5
10/03/13 Calgary 4 Washington 5 (SO)
01/03/12 Calgary 1 Washington 3
10/30/10 Calgary 7 Washington 2
03/28/10 Calgary 5 Washington 3
10/21/08 Calgary 1 Washington 2
03/12/08 Calgary 2 Washington 3
10/30/06 Calgary 4 Washington 2

 

HD’s Gut Feeling
Look out, Ovechkin need 1 more point to reach 900 on this career (and tie Tony Amonte for 103 all time). You know the Flames usually give up thos milestones. However the boys in Red will still score enough to take the victory. 4-3 Victory (Monahan, Backlund, Frolik & Russell)

 

Projected Lines
Johnny Gaudreau Sean Monahan Michael Frolik
Sam Bennett Mikael Backlund Jiri Hudler
Markus Granlund Joe Colborne Josh Jooris
Brandon Bollig Matt Stajan David Jones
Projected Pairings
Mark Giordano Dougie Hamilton
Kris Russell Dennis Wideman
Deryk Englelland Brett Kulak
Projected Starting Goaltender
Karri Ramo


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