Published 12/5/2008
by Katie Carrera
at Capitals Insider
My what some boisterous motivation (and perhaps a ugly loss) can do for a team. The Caps have needed secondary scoring, they got secondary scoring. They needed solid goaltending, they got solid goaltending. They were 3 of 5 with the man advantage to tie their season high of three power play goals, and had a strong overall performance in last night's 5-2 win over the Islanders. *Here's the Islanders perspective on the game from Newsday....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.
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