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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 | ||
