After a very disappointing loss to the Maple Leafs, he Caps bounced back with a trouncing of the Boston Bruins on Monday night. The team was sloppy in the neutral zone and got sub par goaltending out of Olie Kolzig during the loss to Toronto. The only positive from the Toronto game was that Alexander Ovechkin broke out of his scoring slump.
The Caps scored early and often against the Bruins and simply dominated the game. It was a great response to the poor outing against Toronto. Cristobal Huet was back in the net but did not return for the third period due to back spasms. Huet made some nice saves but really did not have to do too much. It was just one of those nights were everything went in the favor of the Caps. Ovechkin scored three goals in the first period to top the 50 goal mark again. It was nice to see since the Bruins had beat the Caps in every prior meeting this season.
I almost hate the way the Caps won because it makes you wonder if the team will relax a bit and think that everything is back on track. There is simply no room for error at this point. Tonight, the Caps face another team in the Buffalo Sabres that has dominated them this season. Kolzig will start in net tonight as Huet is being held out as a precaution. This is yet another opportunity for Kolzig to shine and demonstrate that he still deserves the billing as a number one goalie in the NHL. Kolzig and the team did him no favors against Toronto.
Buffalo played a very physical game last night against Philadelphia and had to travel back to Buffalo after their game last night. The Caps need to try to take advantage of their fresh legs and jump on Buffalo early as well. With Carolina in action tonight against the fading Thrashers, it is important for the Caps to come away with two points tonight and exercise their demons against Buffalo.
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