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WINNIPEG JETS
Record: 24 – 21 – 3
Winnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION
Tonight: Jets at Capitals
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About the Jets
Critical contest in their playoff pursuit and the first of two games in two nights, followed by Saturday in Nashville. The Jets have two two-games-in-two-nights scenarios remaining, the final being March 30-31 in Raleigh and Tampa... The Jets' 26 points earned on the road is the third-worst total in the NHL, ahead of only Edmonton (25) and Columbus (24)... Bryan Little's two goals against the Pens gives him 21 this year, his highest total since scoring 31 in '08-09... Dustin Byfuglien is tied for third in scoring among NHL defencemen (heading into Thursday) with 11 goals and 35 assists.
About the Capitals
Return home from a road trip that finished up in Philly on Thursday... Own one of the NHL's best home records at 23-10-3... Intriguing stat: Dennis Wideman leads all Caps in average ice time at 23:51... Troy Brouwer leads Washington with five game-winning goals... Alex Ovechkin has 32 goals this year, matching last year's total, but his point total will be a career low. He has 56 points this year, last season he had a career-low 85... Caps' star Nik Backstrom remains sidelined with a concussion, but has resumed skating.
WINNIPEG JETS
31 Ondrej Pavelec
50 Chris Mason
4 Zach Bogosian
5 Mark Stuart
6 Ron Hainsey
8 Alex Burmistrov
9 Evander Kane
12 Randy Jones
13 Kyle Wellwood
14 Tim Stapleton
15 Tanner Glass
16 Andrew Ladd
18 Bryan Little
19 Jim Slater
20 Antti Miettinen
24 Grant Clitsome
26 Blake Wheeler
33 Dustin Byfuglien
36 Mark Flood
39 Tobias Enstrom
46 Spencer Machacek
49 Ben Maxwell
80 Nik Antropov
WASHINGTON CAPITALS
29 Tomas Vokoun
30 Michal Neuvirth
4 John Erskine
6 Dennis Wideman
8 Alex Ovechkin
15 Jeff Halpern
20 Troy Brouwer
21 Brooks Laich
22 Mike Knuble
23 Keith Aucoin
25 Jason Chimera
26 Matt Hendricks
27 Karl Alzner
28 Alexander Semin
42 Joel Ward
44 Roman Hamrlik
52 Mike Green
55 Jeff Schultz
74 John Carlson
81 Dmitry Orlov
83 Jay Beagle
85 Mathieu Perreault
90 Marcus Johansson
(Lineups subject to change)
--Ed Tait
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition March 23, 2012 C2
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