Forgot last pm, heck of a game between the pipes for Theo. He's starting to really look like the guy the CAPS hoped he be. GREAT JOB!
Next game, Wednesday pm vs. Rangers.
News and notes from last nights win from the CAPS Insider:
Capitals Insider
Posted at 10:47 PM ET, 02/ 7/2009
Caps 3, Panthers 1
There was an all-too-familiar feeling in Verizon Center when Shaone Morrisonn was whistled for a 5-minute major and a 10-minute game misconduct for checking from behind with 5:01 remaining in regulation. The Capitals would have to kill a 5-on-3 for the fifth straight game, then face a regular power play the rest of the way, testing the penalty killing unit that had given up a goal in 13 straight games.
"It was embarrassing for us," said David Steckel, who was on the ice for three shifts and 3:01 after Morrisonn's penalty. "That's not the kind of records you want to set, letting one go in 13 games in a row. That was important for us tonight. It was just time for that to end. The three guys who were out there knew we needed to get it done, because we haven't in the last few games when we've been down two men before."
*The Panthers recorded just one shot in those final five minutes as the Capitals penalty killers blocked six shots -- Steckel and Tom Poti each had two while Nicklas Backstrom and Karl Alzner both had one -- to finally snap the streak as Washington held an opponent without a power play goal since Jan. 3 to close out a 3-1 win over Florida.
"It was a matter of time. Eventually that streak had to end," Bruce Boudreau said. "It wasn't a very smart play by Mo and it's one thing that we're excited, that we're killing it, we're doing a great job, but you've got to be able to control your emotions out there. It was definitely a five-minute penalty. I thought the penalty killers did a tremendous job."
On to the rest of tonight's notes...
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