Our weekly look at individual Caps’ ups and downs:
Goal drought? What goal drought? All of a sudden Backstrom’s scoring in bunches... and by bunches we mean, well, goals in two straight. Still, it’s nice to see him snap out of the slump while continuing to pick up his usual slew of assists; he racked up six points in the last five games, and led the team in scoring-chance differential at even strength (+13) over that span. In other words, back to his old self again.
We hope.
Offensively, it was a good week for Beagle, as he picked up an assist and then scored a goal roughly 15 seconds into the Caps’ eventual win over the Rangers Friday night.