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Huet, Capitals face red-hot Devils
Feb 29, 2008 - 11:15 AM Washington (29-27-8) at New Jersey (37-21-6) 7:00 pm ESTNEWARK, New Jersey (Ticker) - Newly acquired goaltender Cristobal Huet is expected to start for the Washington Capitals on Friday against the New Jersey Devils.
Currently five points behind the first-place Carolina Hurricanes in the Southeast Division, the Capitals pulled off the most unexpected swap at the trade deadline when they acquired Huet from the Canadiens.
"We traded for a No. 1 goalie from Montreal. Now we've got two No. 1 goalies," Washington coach Bruce Boudreau said.
Huet joins Olaf Kolzig, the Capitals' top goaltender for 10 seasons, and backup Brent Johnson on the Washington roster.
Huet stopped 10 shots in Montreal's 4-3 victory over the Devils on January 24. Kolzig made 34 stops in a 4-1 win over Minnesota on Tuesday that ended the Capitals' three-game losing streak.
The Devils have won two of three games against Washington this season and nine of the last 11 in the series. New Jersey is 7-1-1 in its last nine home games, led by three-time Vezina Trophy winner Martin Brodeur.
Brodeur was in goal when the Devils' five-game winning streak ended with a 2-1 overtime loss to Carolina on Tuesday, but is 7-0-2 with a 1.74 goals-against average since February 9. In his last 14 games against the Capitals, Brodeur is 12-1-0 with one tie, one shutout and a 1.84 GAA.
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FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 0 1 3 4
NEW JERSEY 0 0 0 0 FINAL
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: NONE
2ND PRD: WAS - (PP) MIKE GREEN 17 (ALEXANDER SEMIN, SERGEI FEDOROV)
11:27
3RD PRD: WAS - VIKTOR KOZLOV 13 (ALEX OVECHKIN, NICKLAS BACKSTROM)
0:43
WAS - (PP) ALEXANDER SEMIN 20 (BRIAN POTHIER, NICKLAS
BACKSTROM
Feb 29 9:19 PM - NHL
WASHINGTON 4
NEW JERSEY 0
3RD PRD: WAS - DONALD BRASHEAR 4 (MATT BRADLEY) 17:05
Capitals 4, Devils 0 3rd - 2:55Feb 29 9:16 PM - NHL
WASHINGTON 3
NEW JERSEY 0
3RD PRD: WAS - (PP) ALEXANDER SEMIN 20 (BRIAN POTHIER, NICKLAS
BACKSTROM) 8:59
Capitals 3, Devils 0 3rd - 11:01Feb 29 9:04 PM - NHL
WASHINGTON 2
NEW JERSEY 0
3RD PRD: WAS - VIKTOR KOZLOV 13 (ALEX OVECHKIN, NICKLAS BACKSTROM)
17:10
Capitals 2, Devils 0 3rd - 2:50Feb 29 8:49 PM - NHL
END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 0 1 1
NEW JERSEY 0 0 0 END OF THE 2ND
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: NONE
2ND PRD: WAS - (PP) MIKE GREEN 17 (ALEXANDER SEMIN, SERGEI FEDOROV)
11:27
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
WAS 4 12 16
NJD 6 10 16
GOALIES:
Feb 29 8:28 PM - NHL
WASHINGTON 1
NEW JERSEY 0
2ND PRD: WAS - (PP) MIKE GREEN 17 (ALEXANDER SEMIN, SERGEI FEDOROV)
11:27
Capitals 1, Devils 0 2nd - 8:33Feb 29 8:17 PM - NHL
END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 0 0
NEW JERSEY 0 0 END OF THE 1ST
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: NONE
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
WAS 4 4
NJD 6 6
GOALIES: WAS - CRISTOBAL HUET
NJD - MARTIN BRODEUR
Feb 29 7:39 PM - goCapsRavens Missed my pick :( But Caps are going to win!
Capitals 0, Devils 0 1st - 19:55Feb 29 7:10 PM
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