Caps 5, Isle 4 (OT)

Not the greatest game of the year, by any stretch of the imagination. The boys let two 2 goal leads slip away and could have easily lost a game that they should have won by three or four goals, considering how bad the Islanders are. Regardless, two points is two points, and an eight point lead in the division, as well as third place overall in the conference, and shooting up to number 3 in the SI power rankings, are all pretty sweet right about now.

Some random thoughts:

• Have I mentioned that I love that Alex Ovechkin guy? AO is now closing in on Malkin and Crosby at the top of the leaderboards in points and is making a run at Vanek at the top of the leaderboards in goals.
• Johnson wasn't his dominant self of the season thus far, but he made the saves when they counted and was let down on a couple of goals.
• Does anyone else privately kind of hope that Theodore stays injured?
• The Caps were money in the faceoff circle.
• Green had the hit of the night: open ice, coming across the blue line, shoulder into chest. Remind anyone else of Scotty Stevens?
  
• Alzner and Jurcina is quickly turning into the teams best D-man pairing defensively.
• Did I just use Jurcina in that sentence? wow.
  
• Our old friend Brendan Witt was -5.
  
• Seems like goals like that just come naturally to Brooks Laich.
• Collins was okay, but took two bad penalties that led the Isle back into the game.
  
• Semin had an off game. But that behind the back pass was pretty.
• With two assists, Backis is slowly crawling up the points chart. Think where he and Ovie would be right now without those slow starts.
• And finally, Ovechkin's shot in OT was absolutely gorgeous.