joe beninati and craig laughlin from net star 1 intermission live. cker, let's get into the third line. jason chimera, brendan morrison, eric fehr. what are they doing well? >> craig: it's like every line. when you put they will together, you're looking for different components and different ingredients. morrison is the passer and smart passing guy and a good guy offensively. chimera has the speed and you have eric fehr who has ban real bull down below the goal line. when they complement one another like that, you're going to have a successful line. >> joe: washington capitals once again flexing their offensive muscles leading 4-1 after 20, picking up the pace again in the second period as you see the geico highlights. >> craig: i'm going to talk about number four, joe. john erskine. check out this play right side of the screen. sneaks in and beats the forwards to the cage. here is the guy we just talked about. eric fehr working down low. what a pin-point pass. >> joe: you said number four. i thought you were going for bobby orr yoit didn't want to me

craig laughlin with me. what are the caps doing well offensively? craig: they are holding the line. stocking them up defensively and holding in and creating offense at the montreal line. >> joe: highlights. all the goalings in the game coming in the 2nd period. >> craig: a look at tomas fleischmann. rotate on the corner. here's backstrom down throw knuble. markov and fleischmann senses that. he takes it back to markov and puts it under the right pad of carey price. not the hardest shot. >> joe: number 15 for number 14. >> craig: everything eric fehr seems to touch against montreal goes in. josh gorges' goal on a fleischmann deflection. watch him deflect it. here's josh gorges. there's the redirect. he feels bad about that one. >> joe: now you can talk about fehr. >> craig: the halfway. drops. back handed. right off the big right toe of hal gill. no chance. hal gill deflected into his net. the only clean goal you have to see their that in that period is this one. alexander semin. snap its off the back foot. it shows you the power alexander semin has.

i'm joe jacoby and craig laughlin and laughlin on board.re seems to be a season to drag on in an eternity u. but that's to the the first half. >> only 11 regulation losses, six by only one goal. the caps have the most potent offensive 3.5 goals per game. 10 players, 7 players with 10 plus goals. they score from front and back. a healthy 12 point lead. their only loss to the hands of carolina hurricanes. the fans love this team and you can't get tickets here at verizon center. when you put the whole team under the microscope you appreciate the individual achievements of three plays are. >> number 8, alex ovechkin even with eight games missed is the points per glame goals per game leader in the nhl. he's one goal behind marlon for the trophy. mike green is in double dig hits in goals. he's rushing the puck and crushing. when the game is on the line he has delivered. nicklas backstrom scoring on pace for career highs all around. when he's got the puck, the caps are a threat in every zone on the ice. >> most people would be inclined to think th

along with craig laughlin, i'm joe beninati. just about every way possible, this capitals team is add to go its win total at an accelerated rate. right now, it's six straight and counting. >> craig: yeah, real wins this past couple of week for this cams team. big wins over detroit, philadelphia and pittsburgh. they've outscored teams at over two goals a game on average in each game. so, they've been very solid offensively. ovie and the boys following through on all cylinders. 10 players with multi-point games. they've spread it out. the offense, they've got a lot of balance right now in their attack. the goalie is solid. nice save percentage of .927 who has ever been between the pipes and their power play and pk performing at a very high level and hence the six-game winning streak. >> joe: as we move deeper into the regular season and towards the playoffs, special teams become more prominent to a team's success. if you add up washington's power play percentage and pk percentage, then they're more than ok. >> craig: when do you, t