I watched the game on TV then listened to the end and OT in our car in the parking lot of the Kennedy Center on our way to a MLK Day celebration courtesy of Georgetown University and John Thompson.
I think 2:00 pm games are odd, just a weird body clock start time and a sluggish game.
But we will take the two points and coupled with a Boston OT loss, we are now eight points out of the Eastern Conference lead. It is amazing that we play yet again tonight against Ottawa and then the team – except for Alex Ovechkin - gets to rest up and heal during the All-Star break. Then we can focus as we sprint to the end of the season.
It is great to see Alex lead the NHL in goals scored and to join Peter Bondra and Mike Gartner as the only Caps with four 30 goal seasons and his OT winner was accomplished after a wonderful pass from Alex Semin with the Islanders short handed yet again. I think Alex scored twice last night with Brendan Witt in the box and the Islanders scored against us with Alex Ovechkin in the box. True synergy. Witt is now minus 28 for the year and is minus 7 in his last two games against us.
The tables sure have turned in our battles against the Islanders. As a young adult and a Caps fan, the Islanders were always a team that scared me and were a true nemesis to us during the years.
Just wondering if you happened to see that the captain of our team called the ice at verizon the worst in the league, again. Im not happy about it either, just curious what your reaction is to that. thanks.
I just am glad we were playing the Islanders as they’re not the team they were 20 years ago (thankfully.) The Caps defense was pretty good, the offense came in spurts. The only real sustained pressure the Isles had was on that 5-on-3. Theo was outstanding (as was Danis, their goaltender, who played well above his numbers.)
Still, a win is a win, no matter how ugly. At the end they ask “How many?” not “How pretty?” in all sports, except major college football…