The Washington Capitals conclude their five game road trip tonight against the Arizona Coyotes. Although they are coming off a loss in overtime to the Vegas Golden Knights, they gained a point and Alex Ovechkin scored twice to reach 50. The Caps are 2-1-1 on the trip.
The Caps won the first matchup with the Coyotes 2-0 on Oct. 29, 2021 behind a 16 save shutout from Ilya Samsonov. It was the first of his three shutouts on the season. The Caps have earned points in five of their last seven games against the Coyotes, posting a 3-2-2 record.
Ovechkin has 21 points in 21 career games against Arizona with nine goals and 12 assists. Ovechkin has 18 goals in his last 22 games and a three game goal and point streak with four goals and one assist. His 50 goal season this year was his ninth which tied Mike Bossy and Wayne Gretzky for the most in NHL history.
The Caps are 6-1-1 since April 6. Over their last eight games, the Caps have earned wins against four of the five teams ahead of them in the league standings. Since March 1, the Capitals have converted on 29 percent of their power play opportunities and have killed 85.7 percent of their penalties, ranking fourth and third, respectively.
Here were the lines and pairs from morning skate via Tarik El-Bashir of The Athletic:
Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Wilson
Johansson-Backstrom-Sheary
Mantha-Eller-Oshie
Larsson-Dowd-Hathaway
Fehervary-Carlson
Orlov-Jensen
TvR-Schultz
Vitek Vanecek will be in net tonight, per Capitals Head Coach Peter Laviolette.
Date: April 22, 2022
Time: 10:30 p.m.
Where: Gila River Arena
What Channel Is The Capitals Game On: NBC Sports Washington
Radio: 106.7 The Fan and Caps Radio 24/7
Betting Odds: The Capitals vs. Coyotes betting odds on WynnBET have the Capitals as -1.5 point favorites. The moneyline has the Capitals at -400 and the Coyotes at +220. The over/under for tonight’s game is 6.5.
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