My Thoughts:
*John Carlson missed his first game in 412 games. Barry Trotz said Carlson was close to playing but thought it was best to just sit out.
*Connor Carrick played his first NHL game since Adam Oates was the coach in 2013-2014. I thought he looked good last night as he was a plus 1 in 9:19 of ice time last night.
*Alex Ovechkin scored number 493 and now the countdown to 500 continues as he is now only 7 goals away. OV redirected a nice pass from Nick Backstrom, and T.J Oshie got the secondary assist.
*Justin Williams got cut by the stick of Sabres so called tough guy Nick Deslauriers. After that Michael Latta stood up for his teammate, and Deslauriers had a bit of a celebration after the fight that was not necessary. Williams would leave the game and need stitches but was ok and came back in the game.
*Jay Beagle scored his 6th goal of the year shortly after to give the Caps a lead that would be good for the rest of the night. Tom Wilson added his 9th assist on the play as he shot the puck wide but the puck who slide back in front where Beagle was waiting for it. Again it is nice to start seeing these third line guys get into the score sheet more often now.
*Braden Holtby was great again stopping all 31 shot he faced, including a great stop in the last minute on Evander Kane. Holtby continues to just dominate in almost every single game he plays.
*Overall it was a solid road win that now has the Caps sitting 12 points up on the New York Rangers for 1st in the Metro Division. They will have a quick stop home before they start a five game road trip.
What's Next: Wednesday Dec. 30th vs. Buffalo 7:00 p.m on CSN
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