Caps 4 - Hawks 2

Yeah, it's 10:00pm on a Saturday night and I'm blogging about hockey. I know my life is lame. But I don't care. Tonight we won. Here are some observations from the game.

*Theodore started in goal again after giving up 4 on 17 shots last night. He did his best to impersonate last night's performance in the first period by giving up a weak goal five hole 26 seconds in. I really wanted to blame the second goal on him too but I convinced myself that he was screened and couldn't see it. As the game progressed he seemed to calm down making all the saves he needed to. Congratulations to him on getting his first win as a Capital.

*The Brashear-Steckel-Bradley was by far the best line on the ice for the Caps through the first two periods. Steckel set up Bradley on a cross goal pass to get the Caps back to 2-1 in the first period providing a much needed spark before the first intermission. The trio was a combined +4 for the game.

*Watching Mike Green all of last season and thru two games this season, he is starting to look more and more like Brian Campbell. They both play the powerplay point and know when to jump into the attack. Both like to carry the puck from one end of the ice to the other kind of acting as a fourth forward. Hopefully Green can start to throw his body around a little more at the blueline like Campbell or dare I say...Scott Stevens.

*Not like I was keeping track or anything but midway through the third I'm pretty sure I heard Joe B. say that Fedorov 7 for 8 on faceoffs. I can't remember us having a guy as consistently productive as Feds since Adam Oates in the late 90's. Having a guy who you know can win any draw in any situation is invaluable, especially late in games and in the playoffs. It was also nice to see him wearing the 'A' on his sweater. He deserves it.

*And finally, as I predicted last night...Alex Ovechkin torched Chicago. Two goals and almost 25 minutes of ice time. As good as Khabibulin was, there was no stopping Ovie tonight. The only thing missing was that Huet wasn't in goal

We're 1-1-0 now. 80 games left and Alex Ovechkin is on pace for 82 goals. Tonight calls for celebratory Stoli. Next game Monday home to Vancouver.