Phoenix vs. Washington

                                                                                         

Coyotes -110 vs. Capitals

The Washington Capitals continue their western road trip as they drop into Phoenix to visit the Coyotes. The western trip started rather rudely for the Capitals as they lost to the Calgary Flames 2-1 Tuesday night as Mika Kiprusoff stymied Washington's scoring attack by stopping 30 of the 31 shots that the Calgary net minder faced. The lone goal came off the stick of Sergei Federov. The loss dropped the Caps to 3-2-1 and dropped them into a tie for the Southeast Division lead with Carolina.

Phoenix (2-3-0) has gotten off to its usual disappointing start. After winning their first game at home, the Coyotes ventured on a four city road trip which spanned a seven day period. The Phoenix Coyotes won their first road game in Anaheim and then promptly dropped the next three as they visited Chicago, Ottawa and Montreal. Tonight Phoenix returns home hoping for the home cooking that got them their first victory of the season on October 11, taking advantage of a Washington team who have dropped two of their first three home games.

Though pointless in Calgary, the Capitals leading scorer continues to be Alex Semin with 10 points consisting of 6 goals and 4 assists. Jose Theodore has been solid in goal for Washington with a 3.17 goals against average. Meanwhile Ollie Jokinen leads the Phoenix scoring barrage with 6 points, five of which are assists. Shane Doan leads the team in goals with six.

The Coyotes own a slight edge in the series since 1999 with a 4-3-3 record. The teams did not play in the 2007-2008 Season; the last contest went in favor of Phoenix 3-2 on New Years Day 2007.

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