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WASHINGTON - Shortly after earning a selection for his second NHL All-Star game, Detroit Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard left the ice on a stretcher.Howard left with a groin injury after Troy Brouwers goal just 1:53 into the game, Washingtons Braden Holtby stopped 26 shots and the Capitals beat the Red Wings 3-1 Saturday night.Hell go back (to Detroit) and get tested and well see what happens, Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said of Howard. Obviously he was in great pain.Jonathan Ericsson scored his first goal of the season for Detroit, and Petr Mrazek made 12 saves in relief of Howard.Both goalies were good, Detroits Henrik Zetterberg said after the Red Wings fell to 2-2 on their six-game road trip. Petr came in and played well and made some huge saves in the third period to keep us in it.John Carlson and Joel Ward added second period goals for Washington, which improved to 12-1-4 in its last 17 games.Hotlby, who picked up his 20th win of the season, was making his 18th straight start and has appeared in 24 consecutive games.Washington finished with just 17 shots on goal, and Alex Ovechkins consecutive games with a goal streak ended at five, but the Capitals still built a 3-0 lead midway through the second period.They like to come with the puck through the middle with speed, and I thought we did a good job with just keeping the entire game on the walls, Capitals defenceman Matt Niskanen said. Really clogging things up in the right areas.Howard was carried off after Brouwers power-play goal. After Washington dumped the puck in, Howard stopped it behind the net and started back around front, but Brouwer got to the puck first. As Brouwer stuffed the puck in on Howards right for his 12th of the season, Howard stretched across the crease trying to make the save.He remained down on his stomach as the trainer came out. After about five minutes, Howard rose to his knees and was taken off.Carlson capped off a pretty passing play at 1:35 of the second. Nicklas Backstrom crossed the blue line and sent the puck to Andre Burakovsky in the right circle. Burakovsky fed it to Carlson who had just crossed the blue line and he scored on a slap shot to make it 2-0.I thought we gave them the first goal and even the second goal goes right through the middle of us, Babcock said.Washington, winners of five straight at home, extended the lead at 11:39 of the period when Ward controlled a bouncing puck in the slot with and man on him and fired past Mrazek for his 11th goal.Ericssons blast through traffic got Detroit on the board with 12 seconds left in the second period.I think earlier in the season when that would have happened to us, you would feel a tension in the (locker) room, Washington coach Barry Trotz said. I didnt feel any tension in the room.Detroit got 15 shots on Holtby over the final 20 minutes, but couldnt get closer.Thought we did lots of good things, Babcock said. We had the puck a ton and we shot the puck a ton. They blocked lots of shots.NOTES: Howard was the only Detroit player chosen for the All-Star game on Jan. 25 in Columbus, Ohio. ... Ovechkin, named to his sixth All-Star contest, was Washingtons lone selection. ... The Capitals improved to 21-1-3 when scoring first. ... Washington recalled D Steven Oleksy from Hershey of the AHL and re-assigned D Nate Schmidt to Hershey. Lawson Crouse Coyotes Jersey . The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists detailed in a report how Russian and international journalists have been harassed and prevented from covering sensitive stories in Sochi such as the abuse of migrant workers and environmental issues. Alex Goligoski Coyotes Jersey . 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The Sunday Times, which last week claimed that the former FIFA Executive Committee member made payments totalling $5 million to senior football officials to seal support for Qatar, also accused Bin Hammam of using $1.7million to secure key Asian votes. It alleged that Bin Hammam arranged government level talks for Thailands FIFA executive Worawi Makudi to discuss a gas sale "potentially worth tens of millions of dollars to Thailand" and that he was invited to visit Vladimir Putin before Russia and Qatars victories in the votes for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. Under a front-page headline of "Gas deal turns heat on World Cup," the newspaper alleged that Bin Hammam arranged meeting and favours for voters in the months leading to the ballots. The 2010 vote, which awarded footballs biggest tournament to the tiny desert state, is under investigation by FIFAs independent ethics prosecutor. Qatar organizers deny any wrongdoing. In a statement released on Saturday following its Executive Committees second meeting of the year in Sao Paulo, FIFA said "the executive reaffirmed its position of letting the ethics committee complete its work before making any comment." According to the newspaper, whiich says it had access to millions of secret documents during its investigation, Bin Hammam brokered two secret meetings with Qatari royals to discuss a major gas deal with a senior aide to Makudi.dddddddddddd. "The exact nature of the deal on the table is unclear, but it came as Thailand sought to save tens of millions of pounds by renegotiating an arrangement with Qatar to purchase 1 million tons of liquefied natural gas each year at a contractual price it considered too high," the newspaper said. The Sunday Times said that Makudi denied that he had received a personal "concession" from his involvement but did not elaborate. Bin Hammam is no longer a committee member of world footballs governing body after being caught up in a corruption scandal surrounding his failed campaign for its presidency in 2011. The Sunday Times claimed that the $1.7 million Bin Hammam paid to Asian officials from funds controlled by his private company Kemco were used as he was campaigning for both the Qatar World Cup bid and for his own re-election to the post of president of the Asian Football Confederation. The newspaper said he was invited to a meeting by Russia to discuss "bilateral relations" in sport between Qatar and Russia on October 30, 2010, a month before the vote on the bids. "Two days later, Qatars ruling emir also flew to Moscow for talks about joint gas production deals between the two countries," the Sunday Times said. ' ' '