ABOUT THE CAPS

-- The Caps' 4-9-1 road record is among the worst in the NHL, but does include a 3-0 win over Winnipeg back on March 2nd.

-- Former Jet Eric Fehr has six goals and six assists and leads the Caps in plus-minus at plus-7.

-- Since starting the season 1-5-1, the Caps have been exactly .500 (11-11-0).

-- Washington's power-play is third-ranked in the NHL, but it's penalty-kill unit is 29th.

-- Alex Ovechkin fired 14 shots in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to Pittsburgh, hitting the net four times. He has 30 shot attempts in the last two games.

-- Cap D-man Mike Green declared himself ready to return to action against the Jets after missing 10 straight with a groin injury, but coach Adam Oates wasn't ready to make that commitment just yet. "Obviously we need Mike. We've got to make sure he is ready. I know he wants to play," Oates told The Washington Post. "I know he wants to play, but we've gone down this path before. He was ready to play last time and it lasted two days."

Green has missed 93 of the Capitals' last 193 regular-season games due to an assortment of hurts.

 

WINNIPEG JETS

31 Ondrej Pavelec

32 Eddie Pasquale

 

4 Paul Postma

5 Mark Stuart

6 Ron Hainsey

7 Derek Meech

8 Alex Burmistrov

9 Evander Kane

12 Olli Jokinen

13 Kyle Wellwood

16 Andrew Ladd

17 James Wright

18 Bryan Little

20 Antti Miettinen

22 Chris Thorburn

23 Arturs Kulda

24 Grant Clitsome

26 Blake Wheeler

27 Eric Tangradi

28 Patrice Cormier

33 Dustin Byfuglien

44 Zach Bogosian

80 Nik Antropov

 

WASHINGTON CAPITALS

30 Michal Neuvirth

70 Braden Holtby

 

8 Alex Ovechkin

9 Mike Ribeiro

15 Joey Crabb

16 Eric Fehr

17 Wojtek Wolksi

19 Nicklas Backstrom

20 Troy Brouwer

21 Brooks Laich

24 Aaron Volpatti

25 Jason Chimera

26 Matt Hendricks

27 Karl Alzner

38 Jack Hillen

42 Joel Ward

52 Mike Green

55 Jeff Schultz

61 Steve Olesky

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 21, 2013 D7