My Thoughts:
*Mike Richards scared his 2nd goal as a Cap after Tom Wilson kept the puck in the zone and found Richards who was behind the Ottawa defense.
*Alex Ovechkin scored his league leading 43rd goal of the season on a power play to give the Caps a 2-0 lead. The assists were from Nick Backstrom and Marcus Johansson.
*The Caps were not done yet as Backstrom scored to make it 3-0 from Beagle and Chimera. It was good to see Backstrom get a couple of points has he has been struggling of late. Last night though it looked like he was back to playing the way we expect him to.
*The Sens were able to get a couple of goals to make it 3-2 late in the game. However, a great hustle play by T.J Oshie lead to him putting in the empty net goal fro his 23rd of the season to put the game away. The assists were from Karl Alzner, and Daniel Winnik.
*Last night it was great to see the Caps get off to a very fast start, a three goal first period was just what they needed after the previous game. Now they didn't play a perfect game as they seemed to just coast from there but when the game was on the line they were able to still get win #52 on the season.
*Braden Holtby played well, both Senators goals were kind of weird bounces that didn't go Holts way. However, overall I thought he was good last night. For Holtby, he was able to earn his 44th win of the season.
*Overall a good night for the Caps, a bounce back game that saw them finally get off to not just a good start but a great start. They were able to achieve another goal that they set out for themselves which was to win the division and home ice through the Eastern Conference Playoffs. So, now we will see if they can clinch the President's Trophy soon.
What's Next: Friday Mar. 25th at New Jersey 7:00 p.m on CSN
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