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these two teams are battling it out. Last night went to the Caps.
4-1 and they are tied for first in their division. Canes have more wins so they sit at 3rd overall in the conference. Wash still sits at 9th.
Ovechkin got his 63rd goal but there were other Caps playing too - Semin, Laich, Cooke, fedorov, green, Huet.
From yahho an interesting tidbit:
Washington ranked 30th of 30 NHL teams in late November, about a quarter of the way through the season, when the career minor league coach Bruce Boudreau replaced the fired Glen Hanlon. And Washington still stood only 14th of 15 Eastern Conference clubs at the season’s halfway point.
Now, though, the Capitals have a chance to reach the playoffs for the first time since the 2002-03 season, sitting one point out of eighth place in the East. If they can pass the Hurricanes—as of now, Carolina holds the tiebreaker advantage—the Capitals would win their first division championship since 2000-01.