Caps Stretch Win STreak to 5

The Caps just won their 5th staright this time beation up the Blues of St Louis 4-2. The Caps struck first with a goal by Viktoir Kozlov on a wicked wrister (6th goal) top shelf near post. 1-0 Caps. Assitesd by Backstrom. The Blues would tie it on a nice deflection between Varlamov legs 5 holer from Backes. Then the Caps would retake the lead on a stuff in again from Kozlov after he made a great pass to a driving Boyd Gordon who gtried to deke the goalie but lost the puck in the crease for the big Russian to stuff in (7th goal). Assited by Gordon and Poti. Then just 40 seconds later Fleichman (11 goals) would be fed in great position alone and in front of the net only a few feet from the gaol and would fire a wrister off the post maybe both posts and in Assisted by Fehr and Steckel. The Caps would be on a powerplay and jsut 13 seconds of work would be long ewnough for ALexander Ovechkin to fire a wrister tiop shelf far post past Bishop (20th gaol and Caps 20th victory) Assisted by Kozlov and Semin. SOme minor injuries Alex Semin left the game in the middle of the third at least they lost him late and I heard Mike Green did not play at all in the third. Rookie Simeon Varlamov made just the 2nd start of his career and won his 2nd straight giving up just 2 goals and making 29 saves that's 61 of 64 saves to shots. Great start fro the Russian rookie who was the youngest ever Russian gaolie to win his first start. He was the 2nd star Kozlov with his two gaols and an assist was first star and ALezander the Great Ovechkin (GREAT EIGHT) was third star with his goal. Now the goaltending situation gets very interesting and hard for Boudreau who has 2 top shelf great hot gaolies who will he choose to start Saturday noon vs the Flyers who the Caps are looking to pay back for their early playoff exit last season. I"d satrt Varlamov cuz he has been a klittle bit hotter and Johnson surrendered 4 goals his last outing but both have been great at keeping the puck out of the net.

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