Our weekly temperature-taking of the mainstream media's opinions on the Washington Capitals
| 2 | 1 | Big picture The Caps came out of the All-Star break and got smacked 5-2 by Florida but rebounded with three straight 3-2 wins over the Islanders, Devils and Flyers. Finding ways to win those 3-2 kinds of games figures to be important come playoff time, when scores typically decrease. The Eastern Conference crown seems like a formality at this point for the Caps. By the numbers The Caps power play is suffering through something of a dip, zero for its last 17 after Sunday's game. |