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After following up a seven game winning streak with a two game skid, a matchup with the streaking Coyotes lay in the wings, for the Caps to either get back on track, or continuing undoing their gains from a red hot November. Andre Burakovsky lit the lamp to break a tie with four minutes left in the game, Alex Ovechkin salted it with an empty netter, and the Caps tucked away two points, and perhaps lit the wick on a winning streak anew.
Here’s Thursday night’s Plus/Minus:
Plus: It’s always a good thing when one of your skill guys gets hot, and it looks like Jakub Vrana is doing just that. His tally in the second period marked his third in the last two games, and with T.J. Oshie and Tom Wilson both nursing, um, upper body injuries, the defending champs can use all the help they can get from their scoring ranks.
Minus: Slow starts have been a bit of a problem for the defending champs this year, and while they ultimately snatched this one away from the Yotes for their first regulation win in Arizona since January 2006, when you might remember Alex Ovechkin scoring a certain goal, they looked pretty bad coming out of the gate. It’ll be nice to see a strong start during a big game on Saturday against the Blue Jackets.
And now, this…
Ten more notes on the game:
The Caps are onto Columbus for a heavyweight matchup between the top two teams in the Metro.