On Frozen Blog

-While the ending leaves a sour taste in the mouth, it was a good road point.
-Getting Ovechkin on the board again hopefully will start one of his scoring binges.
-While I’m not completely sold on him as a first-line center, Dainius Zubrus is an excellent defensive player. He was a thorn in the Thrashers’ side tonight.
-The power play needs help. Were it up to me, I’d have the Pothier shooting from the point a lot more, with the first team forward line consisting of Ovechkin, Zubrus and Semin. Keep it as simple as possible.
-Speaking of the Other Alexander, he continues to impress and amaze. In what might have been the prettiest play of the night, he collected an errant centering feed, bounced it down on the ice to settle it, and got a shot off. He didn’t score, but it was damned impressive. If the Caps can get Ovechkin and Semin both rolling (and they are halfway there), then right defensemen in the Southeast division are in for some sleepless nights.
-Kovalchuk had some amazing moves in the OT period. He clowned Morrisonn and then Eminger in succession, getting a scoring chance on each.
-Eminger’s play. Well, it hasn’t been good of late. He missed a coverage at the end of the third period last night, leading to the tying goal, and he has seemed lackadaisical or disinterested at times. There’s a lot of ‘trade Eminger’ talk going around right now, and Eminger’s play didn’t relieve any of that tonight.
-Johnson was strong in net.
-The PK, unlike the PP, was solid. Their work during the 5-on-3 was key, and more or less got the team the point tonight.
-Can we have a fight? Just one? Please?
-Bryan Muir had a Bryan Muir kinda of game. You know what I mean.
Good teams get points on the road, and win ugly. The Caps’ last-minute collapse will linger in the mind, particularly against a division foe, but Washington secured a point in a situation where it was a tall order.