NHL Picks: Washington Capitals vs. Columbus Blue Jackets 12/31/2011

The Washington Capitals are solid sixty-three and ten one-hundredths percent favorites over the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Capitals are favored by Line.com predicted scenarios partly because they have a plus one edge in shots on goal and are projected for thirty shots on goal vs twenty-nine shots for the Blue Jackets. The Blue Jackets goalie(s) have the edge in save percentage at eighty-nine and sixty one-hundredths percent compared to the Capitals goalie(s) who have a estimated, in this situation save percentage of ninety-one and sixty one-hundredths percent.

TOP PLAYER STATS — SAVES: Tomas Vokoun twenty-seven, Steve Mason twenty-six SHOTS: Alexander Ovechkin four and sixty one-hundredths, Rick Nash three and eighty one-hundredths GOALS: Alexander Semin zero and forty-six one-hundredths, Jeff Carter zero and forty-seven one-hundredths points: Nicklas Backstrom has a sixty-two percent odds of averaging at least one point and Jeff Carter has a twenty-two percent odds of one plus points

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