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Save for one bad night in Tampa Bay, the Jets four game road trip hasn’t gone all that badly for them with impressive wins in both Columbus and Carolina. Tonight however in their fourth and last game of the trip, the Jets get just as stiff a test as they received against the Lightning when they go into Washington to play the defending Cup champs who have been on an impressive roll as of late.

Winnipeg Jets (40-23-4 / 1st Central)
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Washington Capitals (40-21-7 / 1st Metro)

March 10, 2019 – Puck drop: 6:30 PM CST
Capital One Arena – Washington, DC
TV: Sportsnet – Radio: TSN 1290


8-1 WIN @ CAR	Last Game	3-0 WIN vs NJD
3-2-0 (1 W)	Last 5 Games	5-0-0 (5 W)
MARK SCHEIFELE – 32	Goal Leader	Alex Ovechkin – 46
BLAKE WHEELER – 64	Assist Leader	John Carlson – 49
BLAKE WHEELER – 83	Points Leader	Alex Ovechkin – 77
25.71% (4TH)	The Power Play	22.00% (9th)
78.57% (24TH)	The Penalty Kill	79.20% (22nd)
Connor Hellebuyck (28-18-2 / .910 SV%)	Starting Goalie	Pheonix Copley (14-5-3 / .901 SV%)
L @ TBL (32-36 / .889 SV%)	Last Goalie Start	W VS NYR (26-31/ .839 SV%)
18-15-0 ON ROAD	Road v Home Record	20-9-5 AT HOME

The total has gone OVER in 4 of Winnipeg’s last 5 games- Courtesy of OddsShark

Capitals Player To Watch

#19 Nicklas Backstrom – Center

The hockey world may have lost it’s collective minds over Mark Stone the last few months, but this is a little reminder that Nicklas Backstrom has been for pretty much doing what Stone has done recently and arguably better than him, his entire 12 year NHL career. Now granted he does get to see plenty of ice time with Alex Ovehckin which always helps the assist numbers, but he’s topped the 20 goal mark in each of the last four seasons – this season looking like a sure bet to be the fifth in a row – and he’s routinely in the discussion of top defensive forwards in the NHL.

**Nicklas Backstrom Career NHL Stats (Bold indicates led league)**
Season	Tm	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	S	S%	TSA	ATOI	FOW	FOL	FO%	BLK	HIT	TK	GV
2007-08	WSH	82	14	55	69	24	153	9.2	278	19:00	405	469	46.3	34	34	72	50
2008-09	WSH	82	22	66	88	46	174	12.6	312	19:57	570	601	48.7	46	52	77	62
2009-10	WSH	82	33	68	101	50	222	14.9	362	20:27	657	660	49.9	61	90	53	51
2010-11	WSH	77	18	47	65	40	202	8.9	349	20:36	679	619	52.3	62	68	73	42
2011-12	WSH	42	14	30	44	24	95	14.7	161	19:10	353	338	51.1	25	31	28	18
2012-13	WSH	48	8	40	48	20	82	9.8	156	19:54	432	408	51.4	35	31	33	26
2013-14	WSH	82	18	61	79	54	196	9.2	336	19:48	714	701	50.5	54	89	54	24
2014-15	WSH	82	18	60	78	40	153	11.8	283	20:32	862	747	53.6	52	91	55	35
2015-16	WSH	75	20	50	70	36	129	15.5	222	19:11	659	698	48.6	50	51	42	27
2016-17	WSH	82	23	63	86	38	162	14.2	269	18:16	685	648	51.4	33	45	61	54
2017-18	WSH	81	21	50	71	46	165	12.7	279	19:40	702	669	51.2	51	37	44	58
2018-19	WSH	67	17	47	64	22	149	11.4	250	20:01	592	612	49.2	23	46	44	54
Career	12 yrs	882	226	637	863	440	1882	12.0	3257	19:43	7310	7170	50.5	526	665	636	501

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Last Capitals Game

Braden Holtby was sharp early on and posted 25 saves as the Capitals were able to grind out a 3-0 shutout win at home against New Jersey for their sixth win in a row. The win helped the Caps regain top spot in the Metropolitan division.

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Capitals Notebook

TSN.ca: Capitals beat Devils to extend win streak to six
In each of their last six wins, the Caps have outshot their opponents and are 18-6-3 when they do so.
Alex Ovechkin has 91 freakin points against the Thrashers / Jets franchise which is obviously makes him the highest scorer against the ThrashJets but also is his highest point total against any team he’s faced.
Ovechkin is one point away from an amazing 1,200 for his career.
The Caps have an all-time record of 49-27-5-9 against Atlanta/Winnipeg

Jets Player To Watch

#88 Nathan Beaulieu – Defense

The trade for Kevin Hayes may have gotten all the headlines at the deadline and he is certainly fitting in for the Jets early on, but it’s the trade of a sixth round pick to Buffalo for Nathan Beaulieu that has the lead for “steal of the deadline” considering the dire straits the Jets defense seemed to be in a day earlier having lost Josh Morrissey for up to a month with injury. Beaulieu requested a trade away from Buffalo leading up to the deadline as the Sabres just didn’t seem to have any interest in giving him serious minutes as he was averaging just under 15 per game with Buffalo.

Since joining the Jets, he’s taken Morrissey’s spot beside Jacob Trouba and is up to 18 minutes per game – he played 21:37 in the victory over Carolina – and in his five games with the Jets has collected three assists.

**Nathan Beaulieu’s last five games**
						Scor	Scor	Scor
Rk	Date	Tm		Opp		G	A	PTS	+/-	S	S%	SHFT	TOI	HIT	BLK
1	2019-03-08	WPG	@	CAR	W	0	1	1	2	3	0.0	24	21:37	4	0
2	2019-03-05	WPG	@	TBL	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0.0	19	16:37	0	1
3	2019-03-03	WPG	@	CBJ	W	0	2	2	3	0		19	19:26	0	0
4	2019-03-01	WPG		NSH	W	0	0	0	-1	1	0.0	19	17:23	2	2
5	2019-02-26	WPG		MIN	L	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	18	15:28	2	0

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Last Jets Game

Likely still stinging from the previous defeat in Tampa, a bunch of Jets skated into Carolina and surged past the Hurricanes with a dominant 8-1 victory as Laurent Brossoit made 28 saves and Andrew Copp picked up a couple of goals.

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Jets Notebook

The Jets haven’t won two road games in a row yet this calendar year. Conversely though, they also haven’t lost three regulation games in a row since December 2016.
The Jets are 17-9-2 against Eastern Conference teams this season, including 11-3-0 against the Metropolitan division.
Six different Jets had multi-point games in the win over Carolina. Nik Ehlers led all Jets with a goal and two assists.
Blake Wheeler has a four game goal scoring streak (he’s scored seven over the last four games) and an eight game point streak which is the second longest he’s had this season (he had one of 11 games back in October/November)
The Jets have never had much success in the US capital, going 12-22-10 all-time in Washington, but again keep in mind a lot of that record goes back to the Atlanta days.
Connor Hellebuyck is 3-1-1 in five career starts against Washington with a 2.13 goals-against average and .933 save percentage.

Player ratings courtesy Corsica.Hockey

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Winnipeg Jets Lines

LW	C	RW	Forwards
PATRIK LAINE Rating: 79.2#16 LW	MARK SCHEIFELE Rating: 83.8#5 C	BLAKE WHEELER Rating: 81.8#5 RW	FL1 Rating Rating: 81.58#2 FL1
KYLE CONNOR Rating: 76.2#25 LW	KEVIN HAYES Rating: 76.0#42 C	NIKOLAJ EHLERS Rating: 76.9#28 RW	FL2 Rating Rating: 76.36#8 FL2
BRANDON TANEV Rating: 71.0#110 LW	ADAM LOWRY Rating: 72.9#82 C	BRYAN LITTLE Rating: 73.4#58 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 72.44#18 FL3
MATHIEU PERREAULT Rating: 72.4#83 LW	ANDREW COPP Rating: 71.8#109 C	JACK ROSLOVIC Rating: 70.0#110 RW	FL4 Rating Rating: 71.42#10 FL4

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS		Defense
NATHAN BEAULIEU Rating: 71.5#85 LD	JACOB TROUBA Rating: 76.7#23 RD	DL1 Rating Rating: 74.14#20 DL1
DMITRY KULIKOV Rating: 69.7#119 LD	TYLER MYERS Rating: 73.8#39 RD	DL2 Rating Rating: 71.72#25 DL2
BEN CHIAROT Rating: 71.3#89 LD	SAMI NIKU Rating: 72.1#64 RD	DL3 Rating Rating: 71.71#17 DL3

GOALIES
CONNOR HELLEBUYCK Rating: 73.7#23 G1	LAURENT BROSSOIT Rating: 68.2#56 G2

Washington Capitals Lines

LW	C	RW	Forwards
ALEX OVECHKIN Rating: 86.3#2 LW	EVGENY KUZNETSOV Rating: 79.6#18 C	TOM WILSON Rating: 76.2#34 RW	FL1 Rating Rating: 80.72#3 FL1
JAKUB VRANA Rating: 75.3#51 LW	NICKLAS BACKSTROM Rating: 78.4#29 C	T.J. OSHIE Rating: 79.7#14 RW	FL2 Rating Rating: 77.78#3 FL2
CARL HAGELIN Rating: 73.2#67 LW	LARS ELLER Rating: 74.0#64 C	BRETT CONNOLLY Rating: 75.1#40 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 74.07#5 FL3
ANDRE BURAKOVSKY Rating: 73.2#66 LW	NIC DOWD Rating: 71.5#121 C	TRAVIS BOYD Rating: 72.8#65 RW	FL4 Rating Rating: 72.51#1 FL4

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS		Defense
MICHAL KEMPNY Rating: 74.1#42 LD	JOHN CARLSON Rating: 80.3#6 RD	DL1 Rating Rating: 77.20#10 DL1
DMITRI ORLOV Rating: 74.7#29 LD	MATT NISKANEN Rating: 74.4#32 RD	DL2 Rating Rating: 74.57#12 DL2
BROOKS ORPIK Rating: 70.7#102 LD	NICK JENSEN Rating: 72.9#53 RD	DL3 Rating Rating: 71.79#15 DL3