Caps 3, Devils 1

It's hard to complain about a 3-1 win and a 5 game winning streak, but the Caps need to stop letting teams back into games after getting substantial leads. A two goal lead is the worst lead in hockey for a reason, and it showed tonight despite the end result. The Devils were energized after the Elias breakaway goal and had a couple of scoring chances that were only chances because of how zoned in Theodore was. Regardless, 2 points is 2 points, and 10 points in 5 games is even sweeter. It'd be sweeter to make it 12 in 6 come tomorrow night.

Oh, and Carolina lost.

Some random thoughts on the game:

• JT60 absolutely robbed Zach Parise twice, with a nice glove save on a redirect in the first period and a quick stick save on a layup towards the end of the second period. Theodore was sensational, saving 32 out of 33 shots and only hiccuping on a breakaway goal that the Caps defense practically handed to Elias on a gourmet dish (see below).
• Drafting Theodore for my fantasy team is finally starting to look like a good idea.
  
• Is this Flash's breakout year? Can Fehr start taking some notes?
  
• Speaking of Flash, he had his best game since his 2 goal one in Dallas, with a goal and a couple of high quality chances, not to mention overall excellent puck control and confidence. Oh, and that between-the-legs drag in the first period would have been up for goal of the year... if he'd roofed it.
• Tyler Sloan continues to impress. I think Gabby is noticing too. Sloan logged the 3rd longest ice time tonight on the Caps at 21:34, behind only Ovechkin and Green. He also was second in penalty kill time, with 2:11, second to Tom Poti, who had another solid game.
• Now with the bad: terrible defensive lapse with a bad change that gave Elias that breakaway. He had no one even close to him, and took advantage of the room with a quick shot right between Theo's legs. The Devils were back in the game after that.
  
• Semin is injured and is day-to-day. That could be a minor problem. It was definitely noticeable with Fehr out there instead of Sasha.
  
• The Caps had good discipline throughout, something that has been lacking thus far this season. Flash and Kozlov took the only two penalties of the night.