Caps vs. Sharks 10/15/09

Result:

4-1 Caps Win

My Player of the Game:

Mike Knuble

2 Assists
3 Take aways

Knuble MADE both of OV's goals, one with a great pass and one with a steller job (or maybe a dandy if I was Locker) of keeping the puck in the offensive zone.

Thoughts:

What can I say, the Caps looked like the team we all know they are tonight. Great PK, good D, 2nd and 3rd line scoring. I'm liking the new line combos. I said before I thought you needed to seperate the young guns and make us more than a 1 line team. It was nice to see Varly play well but let's not forget that Theo was continuing to play at top level before he got hurt.

I liked seing Brads on the score sheet tonight (he's on pace for a 22 goal season so far, 60-1 against he'll make it to 15, any takers?). Our deep line scoring only looks to get better as the season progresses and we get Flash back.

Now with the bad. I would have liked to see at least 2 goals in the first given the number of PP's the Caps had. Dispite that, the PP was effective in throwing the Sharks off tempo and wearing down their marquee players which had a huge effect on the rest of the game.

Caps Homework:

I still saw a little bit of playing D from behind (see the San Jose goal). Other than that, build on this beat Nashville and get ready to face a division team (finally).