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Capital Ups and Downs: Free Hockey

Wow, how are we already a quarter of the way through the season? The Capitals played four games last week, two at home and two away, and three of those games went to a shootout. Clearly, the Caps just wanted to give everyone watching as much bonus hockey as possible. How did each player fare in these overtime adventures? Let’s take a look...

Nicklas Backstrom had a bit of a rough week. He was held off the score sheet completely through the first two games last week, and only tallied one assist each in the final two.