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Washington Capitals vs. Montreal Canadiens (7:00 pm ET, TSN)
By admin | April 21, 2010
The Montreal Canadiens face the Washington Capitals for Game 4 of their first-round NHL Playoff series at the Bell Centre in Montréal on Wednesday night (7:00 pm ET, TSN). The eight-seeded Montreal Canadiens face the mighty top-seeded Washington Capitals.
The Washington Capitals can win this series at home. The Capitals lead the series 2-1 but have yet to score in their 14 power-play opportunities against Montreal.
Alexander Ovechkin, Eric Fehr and Nicklas Backstrom are the key players for the Caps’ success. With no power play goals in five games including their last two regular-season games, the Capitals have to step on the gas.
“If the power play gets going it’s going to be better for us,” Ovechkin said. “But I hope when we need it it’s going to be working.” Mike Green had an impressive play this year against Montreal with 1 goal and 4 assists in the 4 games so far. He logged an average of around 29 minutes per game and was plus 5 too.
The Habs are having a difficult time and it seems they are not able to slow down Capitals. Capitals busted them out to a 4-0 lead and this was where Montreal lost it’s much needed composure. Plekanec and Cammalleri are the key players for the Habs. Jaroslav Halak has given up seven goals on the last 27 shots and on Monday he was pulled8:33 into the second period after he scored three goals in four shots. “When it comes to goaltending, I have said it all along, I feel and I’m confident that we have two goalies that can do the job and that give us an opportunity to win every night,” Martin said. “We’ll analyze who I feel will be the best man to go (Wednesday) night and we’ll let you know that (Wednesday).”
The current NHL Public Betting Information shows that 78% of more than 1,117 bets for this game have been placed on the Capitals -196.
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