| When you think of the Washington Capitals, you | | | | every game so far. |
| automatically think of Alexander Ovechkin. You can't | | | | Really, Ovechkin's absence hasn't done much to take |
| really talk about one without talking about the other. | | | | away from the club. They are still scoring goals and |
| A couple weeks ago, Washington's star player was | | | | playing good hockey. |
| sidelined with an upper body injury that hasn't | | | | The biggest thing that this is showing the Cap's fans is |
| appeared to be serious. However, the thing that | | | | the depth that the team has acquired for the last few |
| everybody wanted to see was what the Washington | | | | years. We're starting to see players like Semin and |
| offense would do without their star forward. | | | | Laich produce goals for the club and Backstrom can't |
| What ended up happening impressed everybody. The | | | | stop getting assists. |
| Caps have played a grand total of 5 games without | | | | In fact, without Alex Ovechkin, the Caps still have the |
| Alex Ovechkin (including the one where he was | | | | most goals out of every team in the NHL with 68. |
| injured). With the exception of the game against New | | | | They are 5 goals ahead of second place San Jose. |
| Jersey, the Caps have scored 4 or more goals in | | | | |