The Washington Capitals Take on The Chicago Blackhawks in a Sunday Showdown

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The Washington Capitals Take on The Chicago Blackhawks in a Sunday Showdown

Somehow the Washington Capitals are going on a run to end the season although they are struggling with injuries. The Chicago Blackhawks are the next tough test for Capitals.

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The fact that the Caps are making a solid late season run is more impressive considering the number of injuries the team has dealt with in recent weeks.

The Caps were missing defensemen Mike Green and Tom Poti, goalies Semyon Varlamov and Michal Neuvirth, and top-line center Nicklas Backstrom in Wednesday's 5-0 rout of the Oilers.

All of those players are tremendously important to the Caps, but the team's depth is starting to show in ways it didn't earlier this season.

No. 3 goalie Braden Holtby, who looked good at times but also was inconsistent when with the team earlier, has been absolutely perfect in goal during the last two games. Holtby blanked the Lightning for the final two periods plus overtime and the shootout in Monday's 2-1 victory in Tampa Bay. He completed his first NHL shutout in this contest against the young Oilers.

Rookie Marcus Johansson moved up to the first line and played a solid game, getting an assist by making a perfect pass on a 2-on-0 breakaway with Alex Ovechkin in the third period.

Recent acquisition Dennis Wideman has stepped in for Green and anchored the Caps on the blue line. He led the team with 23 minutes, 34 seconds of ice time.

Washington has been able to overcome all of these obstacles over the year and will do it one more time in the win against the Blackhawks.

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