Washington at Atlanta

Washington has held the Thrasers to just 2 goals in each of the last two matchups between these teams. If they can manage that again tonight, they win this game as Atlanta is 16-1 now this season whne holding opponents to 2 goals or less. It won't be easy to hold Atlanta down as they have been scoring a lot of late while Washington's defense has slacked. But, Atlanta has under-performed on offense all season long vs. division opponents. Atlanta's stellar play was interrupted by a loss to Florida last game. Atlanta is now 5-12 this season after having won 5+ of their last seven games. They are 3-10  at home off a loss including 1-5 if that loss was on the road. Atlanta's been playing at such a high level, trying to catch Tampa Bay. They finally got their momentum stopped two nights ago and this could be a big letdown game for them in which they get caught napping. We'll take a shot on Washington for the 3-to-1 payout.