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Capitals eye another win over Flames
Oct 21, 2008 - 6:52 PM Washington (3-1-1) at Calgary (1-3-1), 9:30 pm EDTCALGARY, Alberta (Ticker) -- The Washington Capitals travel to Calgary on Tuesday to take on the Flames - a team they haven't lost to in nine years.
Washington, which is unbeaten with two ties in the last eight meetings with Calgary since a 5-4 overtime loss on March 13, 1999, dropped a 4-3 decision in a shootout to the New Jersey Devils on Saturday.
Before that, though, it rattled off three straight wins while outscoring opponents, 13-4, in that span.
Alexander Semin has impressed throughout the first five games of the season, recording six goals and four assists - putting him seven points ahead of superstar teammate Alex Ovechkin, who has been held to two goals and one assist. In 2007-08, the 24-year-old Semin registered 26 goals and 16 assists in 63 games.
Calgary also has fizzled in close games recently, losing back-to-back one-goal games to the Edmonton Oilers on Friday and Saturday.
The last time the Flames started with a 1-3-1 record was 2005-06, when they went on to win the Northwest Division and finished as the top defensive team in the league. Meanwhile, goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff collected the Vezina Trophy.
This season, Kiprusoff has been the main culprit in the Flames' struggles, posting a 4.37 goals-against average after turning in a stellar 2.69 mark last season.
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FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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WASHINGTON 1 0 0 1
CALGARY 0 2 0 2 FINAL
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: WAS - SERGEI FEDOROV 1 (JEFF SCHULTZ, ALEX OVECHKIN) 4:21
2ND PRD: CGY - (PP) JAROME IGINLA 2 (UNASSISTED) 1:00
CGY - MATTHEW LOMBARDI 1 (DUSTIN BOYD, DAVID MOSS) 2:42
3RD PRD: NONE
POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: WAS - 0 OF
Oct 21 11:59 PM - NHL
END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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WASHINGTON 1 0 1
CALGARY 0 2 2 END OF THE 2ND
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: WAS - SERGEI FEDOROV 1 (JEFF SCHULTZ, ALEX OVECHKIN) 4:21
2ND PRD: CGY - (PP) JAROME IGINLA 2 (UNASSISTED) 1:00
CGY - MATTHEW LOMBARDI 1 (DUSTIN BOYD, DAVID MOSS) 2:42
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD
Oct 21 11:08 PM - NHL
WASHINGTON 1
CALGARY 2
2ND PRD: CGY - MATTHEW LOMBARDI 1 (DUSTIN BOYD, DAVID MOSS) 2:42
Capitals 1, Flames 2 2nd - 17:18Oct 21 10:43 PM - NHL
WASHINGTON 1
CALGARY 1
2ND PRD: CGY - (PP) JAROME IGINLA 2 (UNASSISTED) 1:00 (TWO-MAN
ADVANTAGE)
Capitals 1, Flames 1 2nd - 19:00Oct 21 10:36 PM - NHL
END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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WASHINGTON 1 1
CALGARY 0 0 END OF THE 1ST
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: WAS - SERGEI FEDOROV 1 (JEFF SCHULTZ, ALEX OVECHKIN) 4:21
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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WAS 9 9
CGY 11 11
GOALIES: WAS - JOSE THEODORE
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Oct 21 10:17 PM - NHL
WASHINGTON 1
CALGARY 0
1ST PRD: WAS - SERGEI FEDOROV 1 (JEFF SCHULTZ, ALEX OVECHKIN) 4:21
Capitals 1, Flames 0 1st - 15:39Oct 21 9:47 PM
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