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Holtby will start Thursday vs. the Red Wings.
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Holtby will start in Buffalo on Monday.
Holtby allowed two goals on 28 shots in the Capitals win in Pittsburgh on Saturday. Holtby has won four of his last five starts (4-1-0) despite posting a very pedestrian 3.15 GAA and .903 SV%. Holtby stopped 29 of 30 shots in a 6-1 win in his first start vs. the Sabres and is 13-8-1 with a 3.13 GAA and .900 SV% on the road this year.
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Holtby will start Saturday in Pittsburgh.
Holtby allowed five goals on 29 shots in the Capitals loss to the Flyers on Wednesday. Ilya Samsonov started Thursday but they'll come back to Holtby in a huge matchup with the Penguins. Holtby is 12-8-1 with a 3.18 GAA and .898 SV% on the road this year and allowed three goals on 35 shots in a 5-3 win over the Penguins on February 23rd.
The Capitals have signed Damien Riat to a two-year entry-level contract.
Riat was a fourth-round pick of the Capitals (No.117 overall) in 2016 and has remained in the Swiss-A league since. This season the 6-foot, 172 lbs. winger has scored 11 goals with 11 assists (22 points) in 36 games with Biel HC.
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Kempny will be a healthy scratch on Wednesday.
This will be the first time that Kempny is a healthy scratch in 2020 and he will be replaced by Radko Gudas, who was a healthy scratch on Sunday. Kempny has just one assist while playing 18:50 ATOI in his last 20 games.
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Gudas will draw into the Capitals lineup on Wednesday.
Gudas was a healthy scratch in Minnesota on Sunday but will replace Michal Kempny in the lineup on Wednesday. Gudas will be paired with Jonas Siegenthaler and comes in with just one assist in his last 18 games.
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Samsonov will start Thursday in New York.
Samsonov allowed two goals on 31 shots in the Capitals loss in Winnipeg last Thursday. After not losing a game in January, Samsonov did not win a game in February, going 0-4-0 with a 3.86 GAA and .877 SV%. Tonight he faces a Rangers team that has gone 4-7-0 with 2.64 goals per game in their last 11 games at MSG.
Source: JJ Regan 03/5/20, 2:23 pm EST
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Holtby will start Wednesday vs. the Flyers.
Holtby allowed three goals on 40 shots in the Capitals win in Minnesota on Sunday. Holtby is on a three-game winning streak despite allowing three goals in each game, posting a .917 SV% process. Tonight he faces a Flyers team that is on a six-game winning streak and 5-2-0 with 4.43 goals per game in their last seven road games.
Source: JJ Regan 03/4/20, 3:43 pm EST
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Holtby will start Sunday in Minnesota.
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Samsonov will start Thursday in Winnipeg.
Samsonov allowed three goals on 29 shots in the Capitals win in New Jersey on Saturday. Braden Holtby started the last two games but Samsonov will start the second game of their home-and-home with the Jets. Samsonov has gone 0-3-0 with an ugly 4.55 GAA and .855 SV% in his last four outings (three starts). It is the ugliest stretch of his season but he'll face a Winnipeg team that is also on a three-game losing skid.
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Holtby led the Capitals onto the ice for warmups.
Holtby allowed three goals on 35 shots in the Capitals win over the Penguins on Sunday. The win snapped a three-game losing streak for Holtby, who is 3-3-1 with a 3.21 GAA and .899 SV% in February. Tonight he faces a Winnipeg team that has lost four of their last seven (3-4-0) while scoring 2.86 goals per game.
Source: Ken Wiebe 02/25/20, 6:32 pm EST
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Holtby will likely start Tuesday vs. the Jets.
Holtby allowed three goals on 35 shots in the Capitals win over the Penguins on Sunday. The win snapped a three-game losing streak for Holtby, who is 3-3-1 with a 3.21 GAA and .899 SV% in February. Tonight he faces a Winnipeg team that has lost four of their last seven (3-4-0) while scoring 2.86 goals per game.
The Capitals have acquired Daniel Sprong from the Ducks for Christian Djoos.
Sprong is a former highly regarded prospect who is now with his third team in two years. Spring has not had a problem scoring in the AHL, posting 11 goals with 16 assists (27 points) in 39 games with San Diego this season. However, he has just 19 goals and 11 assists (30 points) in 97 career NHL games with the Penguins and Ducks. He'll report to Hershey (AHL) and have to work his way up to the high-powered Capitals.
The Capitals have acquired Ilya Kovalchuk from the Canadiens for a 2020 third-round draft pick.
Source: @Capitals 02/23/20, 8:20 pm EST
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Siegenthaler will be a healthy scratch on Sunday.
Siegenthaler played 13:51 TOI in New Jersey on Saturday afternoon but will be replaced by Radko Gudas in the lineup vs. the Penguins.
Source: JJ Regan 02/23/20, 10:13 am EST
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Gudas will draw back into the Capitals lineup on Sunday.
Gudas was a healthy scratch during Saturday's game in New Jersey but will replace Jonas Siegenthaler in the lineup on Sunday afternoon. Gudas has picked up just one assist in his last 15 games.
Source: JJ Regan 02/23/20, 10:12 am EST
Goalie Start
Holtby will start against the Penguins on Sunday.
Holtby surrendered four goals on 32 shots in the Capitals 4-3 overtime loss to the Canadiens on Thursday. With Ilya Samsonov starting on Saturday afternoon, Holtby will start Sunday vs. the Penguins. He's lost three in a row (0-2-1) while giving up nine goals on 90 shots (.900 SV%) while Pittsburgh comes in having gone 4-2-1 with 2.86 goals per game in their last seven.
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Samsonov will start against the Devils on Saturday.
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Holtby will start on Thursday against the Canadiens.
Kuznetsov (upper-body) will play against the Canadiens on Thursday.
