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Washington Capitals vs Arizona Coyotes Recap - Capitals Win 2-0

Arizona couldn't break through the Washington defense on Friday, failing to score on Vitek Vanecek in a 2-0 loss at Gila River Arena.

Washington was favored by -390 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.5.

Washington got goals from Conor Sheary, and John Carlson in the victory. Sheary opened the scoring at 11:33 of the first period.

Vitek Vanecek stopped 19 of 19 Arizona shots in the victory.

Karel Vejmelka stopped 27 of 28 shots for the Coyotes, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Washington scored 0 times on 4 chances on the power play, while Arizona went 0-for-0 with the man advantage.

Washington outshot Arizona 29-19 in the game.

Next game, Washington takes its act home to face Toronto looking for another win. For Arizona, they head home to face St. Louis.