![]() ![]() Only the 2015-16 Presidents’ Trophy winner was better at 25-6-2 with 52 points. So far, Washington (23-5-5, 51 points) is off to the second-best start in team history through 33 games. There are still 49 games to go before all of that and upsets are a fact of life in the playoffs so you might as well enjoy the journey to get there. Only then would they even get a crack at these Bruins - or maybe the Tampa Bay Lightning - once more in the Eastern Conference Final. And then they’d have do it again with one of those teams in the second round. The slate gets wiped clean and they will have to beat the Islanders or the Hurricanes or the Flyers or maybe the Penguins – isn’t it always the Penguins - four times in seven games. The Capitals are just happy to be where they are, now five points clear of Boston for the NHL’s best record and with a nine-point lead in the Metropolitan Division over the New York Islanders and the rest of their rivals.īut they know none of it will matter in mid-April. He has played on three teams that won the Presidents’ Trophy (2009-10, 2015-16, 2016-07) and none of them made it out of the second round of the playoffs. Carlson has been through all this before. It was a fun game, it was fun to play in. ![]() “I think both teams were flying around, going that extra step to hit someone all the time and that sort of thing. “The crowd was into it a little bit more than your average game,” Carlson said. The roster has turned over some, but the fight hasn’t gone out of the 2018 championship team yet. These Capitals, playing against a Bruins team that came within a game of the Stanley Cup last season, continue to show they measure up. John Carlson continued piling up the points with an assist and the game-winning goal in the third period off a pass from Nicklas Backstrom. Oshie scored twice – one after a spectacular inside-out move that stands as Washington’s goal of the year so far. “You want to see how you measure up to what they are bringing that particular year or that particular time during the season. “No matter where you are in the standings, games against those teams, Boston, Tampa, games like that, in a way they are measuring stick games,” Capitals forward T.J. The NHL’s two best teams gave us physical play, great goaltending and world-class skill all in one wildly entertaining package. The Capitals and Bruins reminded us what the spring will bring during Washington’s 3-2 win on Wednesday. Sometimes, for the very best teams, the Stanley Cup playoffs can seem like a desert mirage off in the far distance. Players and coaches grind their way through 82 games with one running into the next. WASHINGTON - There are only a handful of nights like Wednesday during the course of an NHL season. ![]()
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