5 things to be grateful for as a Capitals fan

#3 That the Caps are third in the Metropolitan Division

If someone told me or you just before the season started that the Capitals would be sitting at third place in the Metropolitan Division the day before their Thanksgiving Eve, all of us would be grateful for it. That’s exactly what’s happened. They were in second place but the Philadelphia Flyers just won their fifth in a row to be one point ahead of the Caps.

The Caps sit five points behind the first place New York Rangers where their ex coach Peter Laviolette is now the bench boss in New York. All it takes is the Caps to remain hot and the Rangers to start getting cold and they could leapfrog them.

The Capitals have won four games in a row and have been playing much better. Their only area that needs improvement at this point is the power play which is dead last in the league.

But the important thing is that the Caps are scoring goals, the defense has looked better and Charlie Lindgren has been the hot hand at goal. Darcy Kuemper needs to play better when he’s healthy and he knows it. But if Kuemper gets better and the power play improves, this Caps team will be dangerous.