In what felt like a playoff game in the first week of January, the Washington Capitals stopped the Columbus Blue Jackets’ run at hockey history, ending the outlaws from Ohio’s nearly-but-not-quite-so-no-one-will-ever-remember win streak at sixteen insufficient games. This was a Whoopin’-cum-Physics-Lesson.
Here's Thursday night's Plus/Minus:
Plus: The Capitals were Not That Team. The Capitals are Not a Footnote. The Capitals did not Give Joy to John Tortorella’s Coarse Burlap Facial Hair.
Minus: Nothing. None. Find some in the comments if you like, but a 5-0 victory over the hottest team in the league is about as sound a night as you can have in this universe conforming to these epistemological laws.