My Thoughts:
*The Caps got the scoring started when Justin Williams put in a rebound off a shot by John Carlson for his 22nd game of the season. Nate Schmidt got the secondary assist.
*They would however give it back as a turnover lead to the Blue Jackets Cam Atkinson to tie the game a 1-1 just a little over a minute after the Caps took the lead.
*The second period would end tied, but 3:46 into the third the Caps broke through as Tom Wilson put in a rebound for his 7th goal of the season, with Mike Richards and Daniel Winnik getting the assists. The 4th line as a whole was pretty solid last night, and it was good to see them score.
*Late in the third the Caps would get a power play and it wouldn't take them long to increase the lead as Matt Niskanen's wrist shot from the point was deflected in by T.J Oshoe for his 24th goal of the season. Nick Backstrom also got an assist. Oshie, who missed the last two games because of flu like symptoms looked good in his return.
*Nick Backstrom would score his 20th of the season in an empty net to put the game away. Matt Niskanen and Jason Chimera got assists and the Verizon Center went crazy as the Caps clinched their 2nd Presidents Trophy in team history.
*Braden Holtby had a solid game as he picked up win #46 on the season for himself, and stopped 21 of 22 shots on the night.
*Overall it was good to see the boys bounce back from a tough night in Saturday, it was perfect as they hit a wall in the 2nd period but they took over the 3rd and were able to run away with it at the end. With 7 games remaining in the regular season it is time to make a push and play well going into the playoffs.
What's Next: Wed. Mar. 30th at Philadelphia 8:00 p.m on NBCSN
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