Capital Ups and Downs, Week 6 & 7: Shooting Stars

Your weekly look at individual Washington Capitals' ups and downs:

Forwards Trend Notes Nicklas Backstrom UP No Capital had more points over the last seven games than Backstrom, who not only led the team but the League with 11 points in the last two weeks. Obviously a five-point game will boost that total... but even that was one more point than any of his teammates not named Ovechkin generated in the last two weeks. Add in the fact that five of his 11 points were goals, and not only is he producing at a high level, but he's also doing so in a seemingly un-Backstrom-like way. Jay Beagle UP 21 games in and Beagle's four goals on the season are already equal to his third-highest total, and…