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WASHINGTON — Goaltender Braden Holtby and the Washington Capitals will try to cool off Auston Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs Saturday night at Capital One Arena.Mathews has nine goals and three assists in five games and the Maple Leafs are off to a 4-1 start.In a 5-3 win at Detroit Thursday night San Jose Sharks Hats Womens , Matthews scored twice on the power play for the Maple Leafs, who were 2-for-4 with the man-advantage. They’re 7-for-14 with the extra man so far this season.Article continues below ...“We have a lot of guys who can finish on this team, especially when we are on the power play,” Toronto center John Tavares told NHL.com. “When I get the puck, I’m just trying to get it to an open player. If that’s (Matthews), it is an automatic goal right now.”Tavares had a career-high four assists against Detroit — giving him 10 points — and Mitchell Marner and Morgan Rielly each had a goal and an assist. Frederik Andersen made 26 saves.Matthews has scored in five straight games and is one game shy of tying Sweeney Schriner’s 74-year-old team record for most consecutive games at the start of a season with at least one goal. He’s recorded multiple points in all five games.Defenseman Rielly has 12 points (three goals, nine assists) in his first five games, the best five-game start by an NHL defenseman in modern history. The previous high was 11 points by Bobby Orr of the Boston Bruins in 1973-74.“I think it’s great for all the guys that are doing some scoring right now Custom San Jose Sharks Jerseys ,” Leafs coach Mike Babcock told the Toronto Sun. “In the end, though, it’s about winning every night and it doesn’t really matter on our team who does the scoring as long as we score enough to find a way to win. I think the guys have been real good about that.”The last player to record nine goals in the first five games of the season will also be on the ice Saturday night as Washington winger Alex Ovechkin accomplished the feat last season.Ovechkin and company didn’t manage any goals when they suffered their first regulation defeat of the season — 6-0 to the New Jersey Devils Thursday night.Playing the second of back-to-backs, the Stanley Cup champs fell behind early and the Devils poured it on late.“I think it’s going to be like that all season,” Washington’s Lars Eller told NBCSportsWashington.com of the Devils’ all-out effort. “Teams are going to want to beat the champs and show their best. They got a lot of energy going tonight and we didn’t have as much of it.”The Capitals (2-1-1) entered the game having scored a franchise-best 18 goals, the most in their history through the first three games of the season.Back-up goalie Pheonix Copley made 30 saves for the Capitals against New Jersey.“First period especially, he was really good,” Caps defenseman Matt Niskanen told NBCSportsWashington.com. “He didn’t get a very good effort in front of him. He played hard and made some big saves in the first when it was still close. The rest of us got to do better.”Washington opens a three-game homestand against the Maple Leafs www.mapleleafsshoponline.com , who are finishing a four-game road swing.Holtby is 8-3-1 with a 2.05 goals against average and .934 save percentage versus the Maple Leafs, while Andersen is 3-1-1 with a 2.88 GAA and .909 save percentage against Washington. RALEIGH, N.C. — For a couple teams that have been struggling, the Arizona Coyotes found their way out at least for one night.The Carolina Hurricanes hope it’s their turn when the Coyotes visit Sunday afternoon at PNC Arena.The Coyotes are coming off Friday night’s 5-4 overtime victory at the New York Rangers, responding from a three-goal deficit. That was Arizona’s first victory in the last five games.Article continues below ...“We stuck to the program,” Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet said. “We were getting our chances and started to believe.”Meanwhile, the Hurricanes were on the losing side of a 6-5 shootout loss to visiting Washington, which overcame a three-goal hole.“The game of hockey is a lot of ups and downs Toronto Maple Leafs T-Shirts Womens , lots of momentum,” Hurricanes captain Justin Williams said.Consider that Carolina racked up a total of nine goals across its last two games and didn’t win either is a concern for the Hurricanes.By comparison, Arizona has scored eight goals across its last three games. Yet Sunday’s contest is a chance for the Coyotes to cap a four-game road swing with a .500 mark in those outings.“We’ve got a young group of guys who have it embedded into their brains that whatever happens you stay even-keeled and you keep playing your game and keep sticking to your structure,” saud Arizona center Derek Stepan, whose overtime goal was the winner against the Rangers.The Hurricanes are 1-4-2 in their last seven games. Unable to finish the task against the Capitals seemed particularly crushing.“It hurts,” said center Sebastian Aho, who supplied a four-point outing with two goals and two assists.Aho has moved into a share of the Carolina team lead with 11 goals. He has three career four-point games.Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said the Hurricanes continue to learn some tough lessons, but he senses a good level of determination.“The guys know they threw that one away with the turnovers Toronto Maple Leafs Hoodies Womens , the little things,” Brind’Amour said. “I like that we just didn’t cave in because that would have been really devastating.”The Coyotes have made it through some dips in results by sticking with the game plan.“Even through our stretch here where we lost a couple of games, I felt like we never quit on it,” Stepan said. “We stayed with our system. We competed hard each of those games. I like this group’s resiliency and their character.”Arizona rookie goalie Adin Hill owns an NHL-best 1.17 goals against average in road games.The Hurricanes seem to be in a bit of bind with goaltending. Scott Darling returned for his first NHL action since Nov. 24 and couldn’t come through enough despite a three-goal lead.The Coyotes have surrendered an NHL-low 11 power-play goals this season despite allowing three in the New York game. They also lead the league with 11 short-handed goals.Yet in the game against the Rangers, the Coyotes found stability in other areas.“I thought our 5-on-5 was fine,” Tocchet said. “I really liked that.”Arizona won 4-3 in overtime against the Hurricanes on Nov. 2 at home. The Coyotes haven’t swept Carolina in a season series since the 1999-2000 season.