steckel was in his way. schultz will springle it out. craig: all steckel. marty st. louis and a back hand pass read by the 4th guy with the caps defender. joe: hedman and gliding away and gordon was on top of him. it is beneath the fallen rookie long enough for a whistle. craig: headmon touched the center. he is a great rig that can jet up the ice. he scored a beautiful goal and went end to end against the buffalo team and i mean into enfor a young guy like that, it shows you an upside of the back line for tampa bay for many years to come. joe: number two in the 2009 draft behind john ta var ross. alex ovenchin to the penalty box hearing the boos from those in tampa as this is an icing call against dc. craig: time winding down. time to prepare you would have to say a little bit for tomorrow. beware that the tampa bay lightning will continue to play happened and you have to keep your foot moving and continue to play hard getting ready for tomorrow night. joe: capitals 9 and one against the southeast division. that gaudy record in a little bit of jeopardy with less tha

he goes round and round with david steckel.teckel hoops out of the corner away from markov into a vacant corner. >> craig: another great night. he's 8-0 after the face-off win in the third. >> joe: 70%. this is a hand pass against montreal. 3-1, caps and al koken wants to chat about tomas fleischmann. >> pretty good start for tomas fleischmann. he's picked up a goal. he's going to judged by the other things he does. he lead the capitals with three take aways and blocked a shot and won four of his six face offense. a very good debut. >> joe: we were having lunch in denver when bruce boudreau said what do you think about him for center? close no, sir towards the kang. ovechkin tries to jam it through. poti drives. that hits the screener. knuble, poti, on the back pedal. one more feed look for example backstrom at the doorstep. >> craig: how great has poti been defensively. he had a breakaway in the game. we see what he's doing with the puck. he seems a lot more confident and calm with the puck. >> joe: he had a nice start for the

steckel did get on the board. they weren't overly offensive and we have to depend on them to play well and the defense has to step up. >> you mentioned offense and defense and we will talk about special teams as we just passed the midway point of the season it is time to give a few games about the wash capitals. joe and craig will be joining us momentarily from down in the forum in tampa and we will get their thoughts. allen why don't we begin the grading procedure. we will start with the capitals offense, can you give them anything but an "a." >> they are leading the league in goals scored and the second most powerful goals and 21 power play goals and they have done everything they need to do offensively and not just with semnin and ovenchin. >> are we giving them an "a" plus as a combined allen and allen grade. >> yes. it is not fair to give them anything but. they have mad a few stinkers but they are top of the division and dominated and there is no reason they shouldn't have an "a" plus. >> and they are certai

david steckel didn't roam very far with it.ashington still missing simeon varlamov and tom poti and -- brian pothier and pothier was on the ice this morning. gordon to turn. dipietro along his side made the save. >> craig: that was a nice burst of speed by bradley and even better pass to gordon off the far side. being a right shot, it's hard to collect and shoot in one motion. >> joe: moulson. crossing up there. gervais sends in it. at a point position, sutton. lost it there in the just to bradley. [ whistle ] >> joe: offside, washington on the on the rush. morgan franklin pivotal play, locker. let's go back to goal number three for dc. >> craig: they got them clos 2- 1. here comes mike knuble driving the net on a great feed by tomas fleischmann. he just works. he works in the paint. it might take him two or three whacks at that time to get t that was a power play strike. that was pivotal in this hockey game. >> joe: last time the islanders islander beat the washington capitals in regulation, you have to go all the way back to

dave steckel cleans up the mess and behind 44 saves from jose theodore the caps win it 3-2. scored the game winner but you can't say enough about the performance of jose theodore. >> reporter: no question. just an exciting game all around. yes, jose theodore certainly kept his team in it. but again the washington caps out shot, and they were definitely out played throughout much of this game. 15 minutes it took for the caps to register a shot on net. jose theodore was incredible as i said. he bailed out his team on a number of occasions. the capitals mustered up just three shots on net by the time that first period ended. they looked out of sync for much of the game but when they finally woke up they were definitely rewarded for their effort. jose theodore vintage on this night. >> that's probably the best i've seen him. you know, i mean i'm watching him going this is mr. how he was when he won in montreal that year, because without him, i mean it could very well have been 6-0 at the end of the 1st period. >> i felt pretty good tonight. thank you. thanks. they got two scorin

david steckel to the point. on the way. he'll swingist that was a nice pick up by price.t was a high out deflection. caps with a good opportunity. joe moving the puck down low. notice the d man doing a great job of getting the buck through. there's the deflection. that's a beauty. nice job, matt bradley. >> joe: the caps are going to improve upon your scoring, they'll need players to camp out in front and search for rebounds and deflections. delayed offensive against montreal. approaching the scoreless 1st period. pouliot came in exchange. >> craig: just recently, they need him to play a little better than he was and he's a guy that has high octane offense and he's got to start doing that at the nhl level. >> joe: five on five play continues. shots on goal very low in the first five minutes. washington outshooting montreal 2-1. nicklas backstrom. >> craig: turnover fumbled by semin. counter attacking for the canadiens. no running room for pacioretty. it never got to ninety fourith. neurith. icing is washed out. bruce boudreau is tinkering with this idea. fleischmann playe

david steckel does the work. >> craig: he does the work with two islanders on him. that just shows you the strength and reach of number 39 for the caps. that was just outmuscling two islanders to kill off some important seconds. >> joe: you just witnessed the special teams numbers as hunter fizzles one off the glass. weight keeps it alive in the offensive zone. another minute worth of power play time for new york. schremp closing, fires and scores. a dart for rob schremp! [buzzer] >> craig: well, schremp had all of a three-inch, by two-inch opening to put that puck. we were watching him fly around this morning. there's no one on the islanders even close when it comes to him. in football, he would be a hands guy. he's just incredible. that's an incredible short- sighted shot. they needed a goal. they got it from schremp a- snapper over the catching glove under the bar. he got his team to within one of this caps club. >> joe: schremp has his sixth on the season. four of those, locker, are on the power play as he snatchs that one at 6:03. to buckle up, it will be high-