WASHINGTON ¡ª The Columbus Blue Jackets will visit the
Capitals Friday for the teams¡¯ first meeting since their first-round Stanley Cup
playoff series last Spring.The Capitals dropped the first two games at home
before winning four straight. Games 3
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closed out the series with a 6-3 win at Columbus.Blue Jackets coach John
Tortorella hasn¡¯t gotten over his team¡¯s failures on their own ice.Article
continues below ...¡°I¡¯m (ticked) off for our fans,¡± he said told the team¡¯s
website. ¡°We had a few opportunities to win a home game in the playoffs and I¡¯m
(ticked) off they can¡¯t enjoy that, even later in the series.¡°We go up 2-0, Game
3 we played really well, we couldn¡¯t find a way to win it. Game 4 (a 4-1 loss)
is the one that disturbs me. ¡ To not to win a home game, that bugs me, because
I want our players to feel that.¡±Washington (7-4-3) went on to win the Stanley
Cup and has won two straight games for the first time this season while Columbus
(8-6-1) is 4-2-1 on the road.The Capitals are coming off a stirring 2-1 win over
the rival Pittsburgh Penguins Wednesday night. T.J. Oshie
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returned to score the game winner with 1:14 remaining in the third
period.Oshie¡¯s eighth goal of the season came after an accidental high stick in
the first period left him with two stitches and an illegal hit by Evgeni Malkin
in the third period almost put him out for good.¡°He came back right on time,¡±
Nicklas Backstrom said. ¡°That¡¯s what elite players do; they come back. They
score the game-winner.¡±Alex Ovechkin scored his 12th goal of the season and
goaltender Braden Holtby made 41 saves to end a personal three-game losing
streak (0-2-1).Thanks to Holtby, the Capitals won on a night they were outplayed
by the Penguins and outshot 42-22.¡°That¡¯s one thing that we¡¯ve been battling
this year and we kind of knew it was one of the things that was going to be a
challenge for us, making sure that drive and motivation is up in the start of
the season when the playoffs are so far away because these points mean a ton
right now,¡± Holtby said. ¡°We¡¯re getting closer. We¡¯re recognizing it more and
more.¡±The Blue Jackets are coming off a 4-1 win over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday
night. Anthony Duclair, Markus Nutivaara
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Sergei Bobrovsky made 27 saves.Artemi Panarin leads the Blue Jackets in assists
(11) and points (16) while Josh Anderson leads the way with seven
goals.¡°(Anderson) could be a very important part of this team if he just keeps
on concentrating each and every game,¡± Tortorella told the Columbus Dispatch.
¡°It¡¯s something we look for. He sometimes forgets and gets a little
inconsistent. We¡¯re going to keep on reminding him, because he¡¯s playing on the
power play now, he¡¯s killing penalties and it¡¯s rightfully deserved.¡±Bobrovsky
is 7-10-4 with a 3.02 goals-against average and .900 save percentage against the
Capitals. Holtby is 14-4-2 with a 2.62 GAA and .914 save percentage versus the
Blue Jackets.Ovechkin has 16 goals and six assists in 30 games against the Blue
Jackets while Backstrom has 24 points in 29 games. GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) The
Arizona Coyotes haven¡¯t had many nights like this one. Same for the Chicago
Blackhawks, at least before this season.Max Domi
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Clayton Keller, Alex Goligoski and Tobias Rieder each had a goal and an assist,
and the Coyotes pounded the slumping Blackhawks 6-1 on Monday.The Coyotes ended
a nine-game losing streak to the Blackhawks and sent last-place Chicago to its
season-high sixth straight loss.Antti Raanta had 37 saves for Arizona. The
Coyotes¡¯ six goals were their highest total of the season.¡±Sometimes you¡¯re a
little bit lucky and you can make the saves,¡± said Raanta, who had 40 saves in a
shootout loss to Philadelphia on Saturday night. ¡±Play a couple of years, you
kind of have a taste for what they can do.¡±Domi put Arizona ahead to stay just
92 seconds into the game. Zac Rinaldo provided a screen in front of Blackhawks
goalie Anton Forsberg, and Domi¡¯s shot went in for his fourth goal of the
season.The 22-year-old Domi stopped a 21-game drought with his first goal since
Dec. 16.¡±Winning¡¯s fun
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¡±Everyone was contributing and everyone wanted to be a part of it. No one let
up.¡±Keller¡¯s 16th goal made it 2-0 at 9:22 of the first. Keller passed from
behind the net to Derek Stepan, and Stepan¡¯s shot bounced off Forsberg¡¯s pads to
Keller for a backhand follow.No punches were thrown in a scuffle between Jakob
Chychrun and Chicago¡¯s Tommy Wingels after Wingels leveled former Blackhawks
defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson with a check early in the second. But Chychrun and
Domi were given two minutes for roughing and the Blackhawks got a power
play.Alex DeBrincat then scored the 20th goal of his rookie season, trimming
Arizona¡¯s lead to 2-1 at 4:33.But the Coyotes responded with two more goals in
the second. Goligoski¡¯s shot went underneath Forsberg at 7:06, and Rieder tipped
in a power-play goal at 9:33 after Jeff Glass took over in net for
Chicago.¡±We¡¯re just trying to find something positive to build off of and just
can¡¯t do it right now,¡± Chicago forward Patrick Kane said. ¡±If we get down in a
game right now or get behind, sometimes it¡¯s deflating.¡±The Coyotes finished off
the rout with Nick Cousins¡¯ redirection of Goligoski¡¯s shot at 7:11 of the
third
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play.¡±You lose the game without even giving yourself a chance to get two
points,¡± Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. ¡±That¡¯s what we play for. We¡¯re
in the winning business and that¡¯s what¡¯s frustrating right now.¡±¡±A game like
this with guys scoring goals¡ I think it builds confidence,¡± Coyotes coach Rick
Tocchet said.NOTES: It was the 3,000th game in the history of the former
Winnipeg/current Arizona NHL franchise. ¡ Blackhawks G Corey Crawford took the
ice and faced some shots during the morning skate. Crawford has been out since
late December with an upper body injury. ¡ The Blackhawks are 4-4-3 in the first
game of back-to-back sets this season. They complete their 11th back-to-back set
of games when they play Vegas on Tuesday. ¡ Most fans in the crowd were in
Blackhawks gear, and they booed at the playing of a song in the arena that
contained the lyrics ¡±I hate Chicago.¡± ¡ NBA Hall of Famer and former Phoenix
Suns great Charles Barkley performed the ceremonial puck drop. He was given a
standing ovation.UP NEXTBlackhawks: At Vegas Tuesday night.Coyotes: At San Jose
Tuesday night.