10-13-08 Washington Capitals vs. Vancouver Canucks, 7:00 P.M.

Washington Capitals

Record-1-1

The Caps won their first game of the year Saturday night against Chicago. The Caps offence has looked pretty good, but facing a great goalie in Luongo is going to be tough. The Caps defensively have given up 9 goals in the first 2 games, they can't play bad defence against Vancouver. Alexander Semin has been the best player so far this season. Ovechkin showed why he is the best player in the game with 2 goals against Chicago. I think the Caps 3rd line of Fleischman-Nylander-Clark is going to have to have score a goal for the Caps to win.

Vancouver Canucks

Record-2-0

Vancouver faced the Calgary flames in their first 2 games of the year, and they won the first game 6-0, and the 2nd game 5-4 in OT. Usually the Canucks are solid defensively and don't score a lot of goals, but the first two games shows that they can put the puck in the back of the net. Vancouver's offence is lead by the Sedin's twins, Vancouver doesn't have Markus Naslund on the team anymore, so the Sedin's are going to have to step up even more.

Washington's top 3 goals

1. Mike Green-2 goals
2. Alexander Ovechkin-2 goal
3. Alexander Semin-1 goal

Washington's top 3 assists
1. Alexander Semin-3 assist
2. Tom Poti-2 assist
3. Mike Green-1 assist


Washington's top 3 points

1. Alexander Semin-4 points
2. Mike Green-3 points
3. Alex Ovechkin- 2 point

Washington Capitals line-up

Alex Ovechkin - Nicklas Backstrom - Viktor Kozlov
Brooks Laich - Michael Nylander - Alexander Semin
Tomas Fleischman - Boyd Gordon - Chris Clark
Donald Brashear - David Steckel - Matt Bradley


Shaone Morrisonn - Mike Green
Tom Poti - Jeff Schultz
Milan Jurcina - Sergei Fedorov


Jose Theodore
Brent Johnson

Players to watch-Tomas Fleischman, Viktor Kozlov

Vancouver Canucks line-up

Sedin-Sedin-Bernier
Raymond-Demitra-Pyatt
Burrows-Kesler-Hansen
Hordichuk-Johnson-Rypien

Ohlund-Edler
Mitchell-Bieksa
Salo-O'Brien

Luongo
Sanford

Players to Watch-Steve Bernier, Taylor Pyatt

Key to Caps victory

Stay out of the penalty box. We can't afford to take penalty's the way we have the past 2 games. Keep your sticks on the ice, and keep the checks clean. No need to put ourselves a man down. The Caps defence also has to step up again. Vancouver is surprisingly putting up a lot of goals, so the defence needs to be tight, and clear out Theodore's rebounds. If the Caps give up 2 or less goals, they will win.

Prediction-3-2 Caps OT.

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