Our coach gives the fans and their reaction to “Unleash the Fury” played in the second period credit for the win. He gives our head of game day presentation a primary assist.

My son gives Mark Rivera, my childhood friend who played the National Anthem on sax, credit because as he said, “Have you ever heard our fans sing the national anthem before at a game? That was amazing dad.” I do agree that hearing our fans sing was a wonderful moment. Do you think we could sing at every game? That is such a great and nice and authentic touch for our nations’ capital.

Mark Rivera is a cool guy. He is Ringo Starr’s musical director and has played with him on tour. He has played with John Lennon and Paul McCartney. He has been in the Billy Joel band for more than 20 years. More importantly, he is 3-0 playing the National Anthem at Caps games. He and I grew up together in Brooklyn.

The announcers give Mike Green credit for the win and credit for keeping the game interesting. Some give Alexander Semin credit for his sublime play and some say Nicklas Backstrom won the game with his playmaking.

Our beat reporter says our goaltender was “unremarkable” but he gets the win. Others credit astronaut man for the win.

Whatever it takes, we got the win. And two points. And we remain in first place in the NHL in terms of points and goals scored.

We can and will play better. We now seem to be almost healthy as a team. Thanks Caps fans. I give you the game puck. You were awesome last night! Go Caps!