Central Division Standings

GP W L OTL PTS Goal Differential Last Ten
DET 69 41 20 8 90 +28 4-4-2
CHI 70 38 24 8 84 +36 7-1-2
NSH 70 35 25 10 80 +14 4-4-2
CBJ 69 32 27 10 74 -19 2-4-4
STL 69 31 29 9 71 -14 4-6-0

Team Records:

DET: 69 GP, 41-20-8, 90 pts, (2 in Conf, 1 in Central), 227 GF, 199 GA, Last 10 4-4-2, WON 2

WSH: 71 GP, 41-20-10, 92 pts, (2 in Conf, 1 in Southeast), 193 GF, 173 GA, Last 10 9-1-0, WON 9

Home/Away Record:

DET at home: 18-11-4 (15th)
WSH on road: 19-12-3 (11th)

Stats (rank):

DET: .652 point% (3), 3.23 G/G (2), 2.84 GA/G (18), 1.10 F/A (10), 21.1 PP% (5), 82.7 PK% (14), 33.2 S/G (2), 30.1 SA/G (9), 51.6 FO% (5).

WSH: .648 point% (4), 2.68 G/G (22), 2.37 GA/G (4), 1.07 5-5 F/A (14), 17.0 PP% (20), 85.8 PK% (3), 31.5 S/G (12), 29.1 SA/G (13), 52.3 FO% (3).

Goal Differential/Game:

DET = + 0.39
WSH = +0.31

Player Stats:
DET Skaters:
GP, G, A, PTS, +/-, ATOI
L Henrik Zetterberg 69 18 51 69 1 19:47 #4 in Assists
C Pavel Datsyuk 50 22 34 56 13 19:27
D Nicklas Lidstrom 69 14 41 55 -1 23:42
C Johan Franzen 67 27 23 50 9 17:34
R Danny Cleary 55 22 17 39 4 16:14
R Todd Bertuzzi 69 14 23 37 -5 16:15
D Brian Rafalski 50 4 33 37 14 20:27
D Niklas Kronwall 69 11 23 34 6 22:52
C Valtteri Filppula 58 13 19 32 2 16:40
C Jiri Hudler 64 8 24 32 -1 13:45
L Tomas Holmstrom 60 14 16 30 0 15:01
C Darren Helm 69 11 19 30 10 13:04
R Patrick Eaves 52 13 6 19 -2 12:36
D Brad Stuart 54 3 13 16 4 21:20
L Justin Abdelkader 61 5 11 16 11 11:49
L Drew Miller 58 7 8 15 -3 11:39
D Jonathan Ericsson 61 3 11 14 9 18:32
C Kris Draper 38 6 5 11 3 10:06
C Mike Modano 28 2 9 11 -4 12:37
D Ruslan Salei 67 2 8 10 2 18:19
D Jakub Kindl 37 1 2 3 2 13:22
C Cory Emmerton 2 1 0 1 1 8:20
L Jan Mursak 18 1 0 1 -3 8:11
C Tomas Tatar 9 1 0 1 0 9:36
D Doug Janik 7 0 0 0 -2 13:13

DET Goalies:
Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT
Joey MacDonald 10, 3-4-1, 2.48, 0.912
Jimmy Howard 53, 33-13-5, 2.77, 0.908 Tied for #1 in wins
Chris Osgood 11, 5-3-2, 2.77, 0.903

WSH Skaters:
GP, G, A, PTS, +/-, ATOI
L Alex Ovechkin 71 28 46 74 18 21:26
C Nicklas Backstrom 67 17 38 55 19 20:34
R Alexander Semin 56 25 22 47 17 18:03
L Brooks Laich 71 16 24 40 13 18:23
D Dennis Wideman 69 9 29 38 -21 24:03
R Mike Knuble 68 17 13 30 6 17:46
C Jason Arnott 69 15 14 29 -4 15:33
D John Carlson 71 5 24 29 16 22:25
D Mike Green 49 8 16 24 6 25:11
C Marcus Johansson 58 11 13 24 -1 14:20
C Matt Hendricks 67 8 15 23 1 11:32
L Jason Chimera 71 8 13 21 -12 13:19
R Eric Fehr 45 10 10 20 1 12:39
C Mathieu Perreault 35 7 7 14 -3 11:52
D Karl Alzner 71 2 10 12 14 19:35
L Marco Sturm 25 4 7 11 5 14:08
R Matt Bradley 50 4 6 10 -1 10:18
D John Erskine 65 3 7 10 0 15:03
D Scott Hannan 68 1 8 9 5 19:25
C Boyd Gordon 49 3 5 8 -2 12:47
D Jeff Schultz 61 0 8 8 3 19:54
D Tom Poti 21 2 5 7 -4 18:21
D Tyler Sloan 28 1 5 6 -4 12:39
C Jay Beagle 24 2 1 3 1 10:34
R Andrew Gordon 9 1 1 2 -2 8:40
R Brian Willsie 1 0 1 1 0 6:15
D Brian Fahey 7 0 1 1 -1 11:49
L DJ King 14 0 1 1 -3 5:34
C Keith Aucoin 1 0 0 0 0 11:47

WSH Goalies:
Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT
Braden Holtby 13, 9-2-2, 1.95, 0.930
Semyon Varlamov 24, 10-8-4, 2.27, 0.923 #5 in GAA
Michal Neuvirth 41, 22-10-4, 2.47, 0.914

HOT and NOT:

DET: Hot:
Niklas Kronwall (D) 4 pts in last 2 GP
Brad Stuart (D) 3 pts in last 4 GP
Pavel Datsyuk (C/LW) 4 pts in last 2 GP
Johan Franzen (LW/RW) 3 pts in last 2 GP
Darren Helm (C) 4 pts in last 4 GP
Justin Abdelkader (C/LW) 3 pts in last 3 GP
Kris Draper (LW/C) 2 pts in last 2 GP
Jimmy Howard (G) 2-0-0, 1.94, .929 in last 2 GPI

DET: Not Hot:
Todd Bertuzzi (RW/LW) 0 pts in last 6 GP
Henrik Zetterberg (C/LW) 0 pts in last 6 GP
Jiri Hudler (LW/RW) 0 pts in last 6 GP
Valtteri Filppula (C/LW) 0 pts in last 3 GP
Mike Modano (C) 0 pts in last 3 GP
Dan Cleary (LW/RW) 1 pts in last 6 GP
Tomas Holmstrom (RW/LW) 1 pts in last 4 GP

WSH: Hot:
Dennis Wideman (D) 3 pts in last 2 GP
Marcus Johansson (C) 3 pts in last 2 GP
Brooks Laich (LW/C) 3 pts in last 2 GP
Alexander Ovechkin (LW) 11 pts in last 8 GP
Mike Knuble (RW) 3 pts in last 3 GP
Braden Holtby (G) 5-0-0, 1.25, .957 in last 5 GPI
Michal Neuvirth (G) 3-0-0, 1.78, .938 in last 4 GPI 9 Game Winning Streak

WSH: Not Hot:
Jeff Schultz (D) 0 pts in last 13 GP
Jason Chimera (LW/RW) 0 pts in last 3 GP

Injury Report:

DET:
Patrick Eaves (R) Lower body (Day to day)
Brian Rafalski (D) Back Spasms (Day to day)

WSH:
Tom Poti (D) Lower body injury (Injured reserve)
Jason Arnott (C) Undisclosed (Day to day)
John Erskine (D) Illness (Day to day)
Mike Green (D) Head injury (Injured reserve)
Nicklas Backstrom (C) Thumb injury (Day to day)
Semyon Varlamov (G) Knee injury (Day to day)

Jeff Sagarin NHL Ratings, USAToday:

NHL 2010-2011 through games of 2011 MARCH 15 TUESDAY

HOME ADVANTAGE= 0.14 RATING W L SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16

4 Detroit Red Wings = 4.44 41 28 4.04( 12) 9 13 | 17 20
9 Washington Capitals = 4.22 41 30 3.91( 29) 6 11 | 15 19
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St James has the Wings Tuesday practice lines:

Franzen-Datsyuk-Holmstrom
Bertuzzi-Zetterberg-Cleary
Filppula-Modano-Abdelkader
Draper-Helm-Hudler

And, she noted that Lidstrom would get the bulk of the assignment against Ovi, with Kronwall and Stuie helping out. The logical assumption for “D” is:
Lidstrom-Rafalski
Kronwall-Stuart
Kindl- Big E

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George has all you want to know about tonights tilt, including:

The Washington Post’s game thread lists the Caps’ lineup as of yesterday night…

Ovechkin-Laich-Semin
Sturm-Johansson-Knuble
Chimera-Beagle-Fehr
Hendricks-Gordon-Bradley

Alzner-Carlson
Schultz-Wideman
Sloan-Hannan