Tonight: Jets at Capitals

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This article was published 23/11/2011 (5069 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

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About the Jets

The Jets start a three-game road trip this week riding a three-game winning streak, the franchise’s first since last season’s first half… It won’t be easy. All three opponents on this trip were winners Monday — Washington, tonight’s test, snapped a four-game skid by beating Phoenix; Carolina, Friday’s opponent, beat Philly; and Boston, Saturday’s destination, defeated Montreal for their ninth straight win… Progress last week at home for D Dustin Byfuglien, who had five points in three games and was not a minus in any game, plus-1 for the week… G Ondrej Pavelec (7-7-3) has started 12 in a row but that streak is likely to end this week as the Jets play three times in four days. G Chris Mason is ready after missing time with a groin injury several weeks ago… The Jets continue to lead the NHL in being shorthanded, now at 100 times. Dallas (99) and Philly (98) are hot on their trail to the sin bin.

WINNIPEG JETS

31 Ondrej Pavelec

50 Chris Mason

4 Zach Bogosian

5 Mark Stuart

8 Alexander Burmistrov

9 Evander Kane

12 Randy Jones

13 Kyle Wellwood

14 Tim Stapleton

15 Tanner Glass

16 Andrew Ladd

17 Eric Fehr

18 Bryan Little

19 Jim Slater

22 Chris Thorburn

26 Blake Wheeler

29 Johnny Oduya

33 Dustin Byfuglien

36 Mark Flood

41 Jason Jaffray

44 Arturs Kulda

80 Nik Antropov

About the Capitals

Ended a miserable run of four straight losses with a Monday home win over Phoenix. Among those losses was a 4-1 defeat at Winnipeg last Thursday… LW Alex Ovechkin had an assist Monday, snapping his own four-game pointless drought… Caps coach Bruce Boudreau scored his 200th NHL win on Monday. He’s the 66th NHL head coach to reach that mark. Boudreau did it in 341 games since taking over in 2007…He is the second coach to score 200 wins since the 2004-05 lockout season. Former Moose boss Randy Carlyle is the other… Washington had a power-play goal Monday, snapping a five-game stretch without one…LW Alexander Semin was a healthy scratch Monday, a coach’s decision prompted by too many penalties and too few scoring contributions. Semin has four goals and nine points this season and is minus-3, at $6.7 million per season. There is trade gossip, but it’s a hefty contract.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS

29 Tomas Vokoun

30 Michal Neuvirth

4 John Erskine

6 Dennis Wideman

8 Alex Ovechkin

15 Jeff Halpern

19 Nicklas Backstrom

20 Troy Brouwer

21 Brooks Laich

22 Mike Knuble

25 Jason Chimera

26 Matt Hendricks

27 Karl Alzner

28 Alexander Semin

42 Joel Ward

44 Roman Hamrlik

50 Cody Eakin

52 Mike Green

55 Jeff Schultz

74 John Carlson

81 Dmitry Orlov

83 Jay Beagle

85 Mathieu Perreault

90 Marcus Johansson