Boko Imama

The Coyotes(22-50-6) hung tough against the playoff-bound Capitals, but fell 2-0 for their ninth straight loss.

McBain was in his sixth career NHL game, at times on the ice against the Capitals' talented top line of Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Tom Wilson. Arizona is 5-11 in the second of back-to-back games this season. Imama was serving a six-game suspension administered by the AHL on April 14. "That's when it sunk in that I was going into my first NHL game," Imama said. Imama isn't a highly touted prospect, but he's a player who has paid his dues in the minors and overcome incidents of racism throughout his youth, juniors and professional career. But there was something worth witnessing on Friday night, aside from the large crowd that lined up early for a shot at a Jakob Chychrun bobblehead.