The Washington Capitals stretched their lead for second seed in the Eastern Conference to four points with two games remaining after defeating Southeast Division foe Atlanta last night 4-3. The Caps also beat Atlanta Sunday at home 6-4.
The home-and-home wins give Washington 49 victories and need one win in their last two games to record 50 wins for only the second time in franchise history.
The home-and-home wins give Washington 49 victories and need one win in their last two games to record 50 wins for only the second time in franchise history.
New Jersey lost to Toronto 4-1 at home. It was the Devils seventh loss in nine games.
Simeon Varlamov stopped 29 shots for the win. The Caps got goals from Tomas Fleischmann, Viktor Kozlov, Alexander Semin and Sergei Fedorov, and Alex Ovechkin added two assists to keep pace with Evgeni Malkin, who leads Ovechkin by two points, for the scoring title.
Washington continues it's southeast swing Thursday night at Tampa Bay.
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ed. note: Sorry to cut the review short today. I had my annual eye exam this morning and it's very tough to work on the computer with pupils dilated. I'll have more later when I can see again.
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