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Washington Capitals Stars Of The Week: 1/12 – 1/19

ByCJ Witt|
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 16: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals celebrates after scoring his third goal of the game for a hat trick against the New Jersey Devils in the third period at Capital One Arena on January 16, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 16: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals celebrates after scoring his third goal of the game for a hat trick against the New Jersey Devils in the third period at Capital One Arena on January 16, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images)
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UNIONDALE, NEW YORK – JANUARY 18: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals celebrates his goal at 10:22 of the first period against the New York Islanders and is joined by Tom Wilson #43 (L) Nicklas Backstrom #19 (R) at NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum on January 18, 2020 in Uniondale, New York. With the game, Ovechkin passed Mario Lemieux (690) for the 10th most goal in NHL history. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
UNIONDALE, NEW YORK – JANUARY 18: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals celebrates his goal at 10:22 of the first period against the New York Islanders and is joined by Tom Wilson #43 (L) Nicklas Backstrom #19 (R) at NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum on January 18, 2020 in Uniondale, New York. With the game, Ovechkin passed Mario Lemieux (690) for the 10th most goal in NHL history. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

It’s hard to believe, but this will be the final stars of the week before the NHL all-star weekend.

It’s amazing how a season can feel like it’s dragging but flying by at the same time. It was an incredible first half of the season for the Washington Capitals and their great play and success continued this past week.

Three games were played and three wins were recorded. Two of the wins came against teams that you could consider a threat in the playoffs. The first was a great 2-0 win vs the Carolina Hurricanes, the other came on Saturday afternoon vs the New York Islanders. The bad part was that they were down 4-1 before winning vs the Isles, but a win is a win and we all love a good comeback don’t we?

They also discarded a not so good New Jersey Devils team in the middle of the week winning 5-2 on Thursday night.

Now it’s time to sit back, relax and recharge for the second half of the season. The Capitals have eight days off before they get back to work in Montreal on the 27th. But, before we can officially call it a break we have to give out our stars of the week. And we will do that right about…

NOW!

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