Well, not quite but there are a lot of people here.
Chris Clark is on the ice, and so is Sami Lepisto. Bruce Boudreau praised the young defenseman again after the game last night (that has been a trend every time he is up here, for what its worth). John Erskine isn't on the ice, so there is no hurry to send Lepisto back to Herhsey. Brooks Laich, Matt Cooke and Sergei Fedorov are also missing from practice, which could just be rest but we'll find out shortly. The forward combinations are the same from yesterday (and the past few days really) with Clark wearing a grey sweater to fill in for one of the missing second line guys.
A couple of notes from last night:
* When Alex Ovechkin scores a power-play goal, the Caps win. He has 10 extra-man goals since a Dec. 17 game at Detroit, and Washington is 9-0-0 in those games (he had two against the Flames).
* Olie Kolzig won game No. 301 last night, which ties him with Mike Richter for 23rd on the all-time list.
* The 12 shots allowed were the least for the Caps this season, besting the 13 yielded the last time Atlanta was at Verizon Center.
* This made the first-edition story, but not the second ... Atlanta has now gone 23 games without outshooting an opponent. And 37-13 wasn't the worst during this stretch. The Thrashers were outshot 49-10 on Long Island last month.
UPDATE (12:50): Bruce Boudreau said Brooks Laich, Matt Cooke and Sergei Fedorov were just resting. It looks like Cristobal Huet will get the nod in net tomorrow against the Bruins. Huet has great career numbers against Boston, and he has been very good in his two starts against them in a Caps uniform. Chris Clark stayed out on the ice for a long time with Quintin Laing after everyone else and was going through some pretty heavy skating. He said it was probably the hardest skating he's done since re-injuring his groin, but he won't know if it is progress until he sees how it feels tomorrow.
