I feel a little bit better today. We overcame a lot of adversity last night to win in OT and garner two points. That was a character win. We worked hard and we played hard.

We played a very hungry and talented team. It is so interesting to see a team that has a bunch of young hungry players and some gritty role players that lost their big money super star player now be a tough team to play against. They have taken 3 of 4 points against us in the two games played. Atlanta is a very good team. A well balanced “team”! Period.

We started to play hard and with a bit of a mean streak. We kept coming. We finally started to put shots on net. We overcame a bit shot differential and ended with a lot more shots on net.

We didn’t get frazzled when we had a goal overruled. We didn’t wilt when we lost a lead in regulation with less than a minute to play. We didn’t get filled with angst when we let a power play goal in the last minute of a period take our momentum. We didn’t let injuries on our blue line get in the way of a win.

We played some new players with jump who desperately want to play in the NHL who showed hunger and who helped us a lot last night. Thank you number 85. Welcome back.

Alex Semin - congratulations on a hat trick. Our young goaltender - superb. Michael, as noted in the hallway, thank you and I am proud of you. A great OT front of the net goal by Tomas.

Take the two points.

Rest up. Heal up.

Onward to Carolina on Wednesday.

Thank you. Go Caps!