Steve Mason.....WOW. This 20 year old kid made 45 saves on Friday night to shut out the Caps. He was amazing in goal. I can remember one shot that he blocked from Ovie that Mason took off the shoulder and had to shrug it off, but he made the save. AWESOME! I'm a huge Caps fan and I'm pretty pissed when they get shutout on my night off, but Mason's performance was incredible.
No Steve Nash and Nakita Filatov didn't do a whole lot (he had one good SOG), but it was an interesting game. I was very disappointed that the Caps couldn't take advantage of the Bluejackets injuries, especially since they were playing at home. I don't know if getting Federov and Fleischmann back disrupted the chemistry of the team, but they didn't look like they were a cohesive unit like they usually do.
The point is, Mason was great (give him his credit, he's 20 and leads the NHL in SO) and the Caps were lackluster. They got good shots off and even hit the post quite a few times, but Mason was better than the Caps on Friday night. Now, lets take it out on Montreal tonight!
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