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The Capitals were coming off a much needed overtime win against the Flyers, looking to win their first consecutive games since October 22-24 where they beat the New Jersey Devils and LA Kings, and it would help that they would be able to roll out their same line up in back-to-backs for the first time in the last 13 games.
The Caps are still shorthanded missing Dmitry Orlov, Tom Wilson, Nicklas Backstrom, Connor Brown, and Carl Hagelin, but even getting TJ Oshie back on Wednesday night has already paid dividends that would continue on Friday afternoon in a 3-0 win on Friday afternoon.
Plus: It’s easy to just pick the goaltending but Kuemper was struggling a little recently so for him to get a shutout should be good going forward.
Minus: There wasn’t much of a minus for the boys. They didn’t dominate the game by any means and lost the possession battle, but that’s how it goes sometimes. They’ve lost a lot of games recently where they were the better team so it was good to get a W when you aren’t the better team.
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Up Next: The Caps don’t get to rest as they take on the tough New Jersey Devils tomorrow night in Jersey at 8PM.