Some random thoughts on the game:
- Congrats to King Karl, with his first NHL goal, second assist, a +2 rating, and a 100% shooting percentage.
- Ovechkin had a typical off night, and an off night for him is a helluva lot of shots (7) with everything slightly off (and one easy shot banking off the post). No points for AO either.
- Flash, Backstrom, and Kozlov, the Caps besides Ovie who have been providing all the scoring, were all pointless. Nyls was the only Capital forward who recorded a point.
- Ovie led the team in ice time with 23:17, and Alzner led all defensemen with 23:06. I love what the kid has been doing, but the relatively gradual development is what made Mike Green who he is. Giving King Karl over 23 minutes of ice time on the top line isn't slow development, but we don't have a lot of options now.
- Fehr is hurt. If he can't go expect to see Mink or Bourque in Carolina tomorrow.
- Sha Mo was hitting everything that moved, and had one of his better games of the season.
- Sami Lepisto just plain sucked tonight.
- Johnny was quite good, stopping 19 out of 20 shots and looking confident and poised all game. The only goal he allowed was more of a good shot by Antropov than a mistake by BJ1 (and I think he was moving across too after a nifty drop pass from Stajan).
- I thought Helmer was pretty good. I don't even remember seeing Collins, and that's a good thing. Goose eggs across the board with one shot and 13 minutes of ice time.
- Keith Aucoin continues to impress.
- Finally, I wasn't angry at Milan Jurcina after the game. His goal was an absolute bomb, and finally proved all those scouting reports I've heard and never believed that he has a good slapshot.
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