Eller was injured on a hit from behind by New York's Leo Komarov in the third, Backstrom was on and off the bench with an undisclosed ailment and coach Peter Laviolette didn't have an update on how either was doing. What he did have was a sense of relief from ending this before overtime. The regulation wins keep teams in your division from getting points,” Laviolette said.
With an outbreak delaying the Dallas Stars opener, Rick Bowness got to watch a lot of hockey in the first couple of nights of the NHL season. ''It was entertaining hockey, but it was a little sloppy,'' Bowness said. After no exhibition games - and no action at all for seven teams in the past 10 months - there have been plenty of odd-man rushes and mistakes, with six goals a game being scored on average.
New York Islanders (3-3-0, seventh in the East Division) vs. Washington Capitals (4-0-3, first in the East Division) Washington; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: New York visits Washington looking to stop its three-game road slide. Washington went 41-20-8 overall and 11-12-2 in division action a season ago.
No | Player | Pos |
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31 | G | |
19 | C | |
74 | D | |
28 | LW | |
33 | D | |
4 | D | |
26 | C | |
20 | C | |
62 | LW | |
21 | RW | |
3 | D | |
6 | D | |
92 | C | |
35 | G | |
47 | LW | |
9 | D | |
77 | RW | |
8 | LW | |
14 | LW | |
30 | G | |
2 | D | |
23 | C | |
73 | RW | |
34 | D | |
10 | RW | |
41 | G | |
13 | LW | |
43 | RW | |
57 | D |