Interesting info for tonight's Canes/Caps game

Coming into the game tonight, both the Carolina Hurricanes and the Washington Capitals have won three of their last five games. Carolina has won three of four with one of those wins coming against the Capitals back in Raleigh earlier this month. The leading scorers for both teams are no surprise or at least no one should be surprised that Eric Stall and Alexander Ovechkin are leading their respected teams. Ovechkin has 22 points in this early season while Stall has 20.
A big question mark on tonight’s game can again be the power play or the penalty kill. Last time these two teams met, Washington was 0-4 with the man advantage and Carolina was 1-7. It seems when the Canes have to kill a penalty early on in the opening period and they do kill it, then they seem to win the game. It just seems to jump start their engines. Maybe that is just me that sees that.
In between the pipes tonight could be a big clue as to who will win and who will lose. Cam Ward has cut his GAA in half against Washington just giving up an average now of three goals per contest (6-3 lose in the first game, 5-0 shut out of the Capitals this last game). For Glen Hanlon, the Caps have used both Olaf Kolzig and Brent Johnson. "Olie the goalie" picked up the “W” and Johnson gave up 5 and earned the “L”.

Other interesting tidbits to note for tonight’s game:

Erik Cole has registered a point in three of the last four games
Rod Brind’amour has at least one point in each of the last six games. He is the only Cane that has a point in each win this season
If this game goes to a shootout, then one time will finally win – Carolina is 0-2 this season while Washington is 0-4 in the penalty shot contest.