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AAA's 10* NON-CONF. GAME OF THE YEAR (+$29,000 NHL RUN CONT!)
(NHL) Los Angeles vs. Washington,
Money Line: -132.00 Washington (Home)
Result: Win
Money Line: -132.00 Washington (Home)
Result: Win
This is a 10* NON-CONFERENCE GAME OF THE YEAR on the Washington Capitals.
For a number of different reasons I think the home side will find a way to get the job done at the end of the night. Both teams come in struggling and I simply can't understate how important I believe home ice advantage will be in this one. Washington is coming off a 4-3 home loss to St. Louis: "We just make mistakes that cost us the game," star forward Alexander Ovechkin assessed last night. "We didn't execute the power play, we had a bad change when (Blues winger Alexander) Steen scored their second one. You can't do like that. I'm not going to put a finger on someone. We're going to learn from that, and we're going to move forward." LA is making its second stop on a five-game road trip vs. the Eastern Conference and is coming off a listless 3-1 loss to Boston on Saturday; note that Kings are just 1-5-2 their last eight on the road while averaging just 2.00 goals per game (and note that LA is just 4-6 (-2 units) this year when playing with two days of rest). To say this is a revenge game would be a bit of an understatement as well I think as LA is 7-0-1 in their last nine in Washington, including two shootout victories last year. LA goaltender Jonathan Quick is just 3-8-5 with a 2.84 GAA on the road this year and his counterpart Braden Holtby rested vs. St. Louis and is 8-0-2 with a 1.68 GAA in his last ten home starts. In my opinion, this is the very definition of "great line value," play on the CAPITALS.
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For a number of different reasons I think the home side will find a way to get the job done at the end of the night. Both teams come in struggling and I simply can't understate how important I believe home ice advantage will be in this one. Washington is coming off a 4-3 home loss to St. Louis: "We just make mistakes that cost us the game," star forward Alexander Ovechkin assessed last night. "We didn't execute the power play, we had a bad change when (Blues winger Alexander) Steen scored their second one. You can't do like that. I'm not going to put a finger on someone. We're going to learn from that, and we're going to move forward." LA is making its second stop on a five-game road trip vs. the Eastern Conference and is coming off a listless 3-1 loss to Boston on Saturday; note that Kings are just 1-5-2 their last eight on the road while averaging just 2.00 goals per game (and note that LA is just 4-6 (-2 units) this year when playing with two days of rest). To say this is a revenge game would be a bit of an understatement as well I think as LA is 7-0-1 in their last nine in Washington, including two shootout victories last year. LA goaltender Jonathan Quick is just 3-8-5 with a 2.84 GAA on the road this year and his counterpart Braden Holtby rested vs. St. Louis and is 8-0-2 with a 1.68 GAA in his last ten home starts. In my opinion, this is the very definition of "great line value," play on the CAPITALS.
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