Other Notes:
*First and foremost Braden Holtby once again was just amazing. The Caps gave him a two goal lead right away but the Pens came after the Caps with everything they had but Holtby was just that much better. Holtby made 44 saves on 45 shots.
*T.J Oshie came to play last night that's for sure. T.J had a nice assist on the first goal of the game when he found Nick Backstrom who beat Marc-Andre Fluery to give the Caps a 1-0 lead. Then in the third Oshie put the game away with a beautiful wrap around goal and then scored late on a 5 on 3 to pad the stats a bit. Overall though he played really well.
*John Carlson had a good night as well getting the other goal for the Caps which made it 2-0 in the first period. Carlson also got an assist on the late 5 on 3 goal.
*An issue I had with last nights game is again the Caps are giving up a lot of shots and making Braden Holtby work a lot. The win is nice but would like to see them give up a few less shots in the process. It's nit picking a bit but this team is done with just making the playoffs it wants to go far.
*I thought Stan Galiev had one of his best games last night, skating well with Andre Burakovsky and Brooks Laich. Had a breakaway and was stopped but that line had a couple good shifts.
*Overall it was a nice win at an arc rivals barn, it's always nice to beat a team in your division. Also, a little bit of pay back from earlier in the season as well. With the win the Caps have moved a point ahead of the Montreal Canadians for first place in the Eastern Conference. The Caps also lead the Islanders by 3 points for the Metro Division lead, again still two games in hand.
What's Next: Wednesday Dec. 16th vs. Ottawa 7:00 p.m on CSN
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