I know the top line was Ovi, Backstrom and Knuble, I can’t remember who was with Semin but I think it was Laich and Morrison.

Ovi was ridiculous last night. He just seemed to have a whole different gear out there… even when he was just chasing down loose pucks in the Sharks’ zone. San Jose kind of mailed it in, in the 3rd, and the Caps were on cruise control, but ovi was just going like a bat out of hell. What a special talent.

I think that the Caps need to land a top tier goaltender if they want to win the Stanley Cup. I think Boudreau would prefer to not curtail their offensive tendencies and just let them hang, but it doesn’t work if you don’t have a keeper that can make the big save when you’re caught up ice. But I digress…

The new lines definitely served to get the Caps back on the winning track, and with goals from lines 1,2, and 3, it would be tough to argue their success. But were they successful? I think I might have got a point last night if I was playing with Ovechkin. ;-)

The second line didn’t really do that much… Semin and Backstrom’s points came when they were up two men… that needs to change… The third line WAS considerably better. So it’ll be interesting to see what Boudreau does next.

Why not go with Backstrom between Knuble and Ovi, with Morrison between Semin and Laich… while spreading the talent around is great, Backstrom-Ovechkin is just a great combination…

I think maybe they get a little too comfortable with the netminding sometimes and that leaves the goalie on an island. This game showed they could play tough D and still be aggressive.

They worked hard and they earned this win!