Time: Fri, November 13, 2009 at 7:00 PM ET
League: NHL – United States of America

Last 10 matches: Minnesota 5-4-1; Washington 7-1-2
Only five shootouts have gone more rounds than the one in Wednesday’s Capitals-Islanders game. The longest one also involved Washington, which lost to the New York Rangers on Nov. 26, 2005. Marek Malik’s goal in the 15th round of the penalty-shot tiebreaker gave the Rangers a 3-2 victory.Forwards Petr Sykora and Pierre-Marc Bouchard are out for the Wild with concussions.

Ovechkin is hoping to return by early next week, while the Capitals also hope to see Jeff Schultz (lower-body injury) and Boyd Gordon (back) return to the lineup in the near future.
Its the only meeting between the teams this season. In last year’s matchup at the Xcel Energy Center, the Wild raced out to a 4-0 lead in the third period before the Capitals scored the next three goals, only to fall short, 4-3. Cal Clutterbuck scored twice for Minnesota. The final goal for Washington was a power-play goal scored by Nicklas Backstrom against … Niklas Backstrom.
Minnesota captain Mikko Koivu has two goals and five points in his last three games, while veteran forward Owen Nolan has goals in consecutive games.

The return of Tomas Fleischmann for Washington has helped make up for Ovechkin’s loss after going scoreless in his first game of the season, Fleischmann has six goals in as many games and eight points. Backstrom has four assists in his last three games and Semin scored twice against the Islanders. Goal’s highlights, results and more will be on site, as soon as posible.. stay tuned.