Well, Alan, if we're going to have to stay awake until 1.30 a.m. to finish our postgame show on TV and now just start a podcast, you might as well get to talk about a 5-1 donkey stomping of the San Jose Sharks.

That was a good performance by the Caps.

Absolutely. There's so many late-night games that we've seen from the other side.

Colorado, San Jose especially, L.A.,

where the caps have just put in duds over the years. And it seems like time and time again.

So definitely a great reason tonight. Felt a lot better watching this game and absolutely

would take a win like this rather than some blowout loss like we've seen in the past.

So Ryan, Billy, we said in the pregame show, the first line's been pretty good. Coosie's been dominating at times. The third line has been really good since being put back together with Andre Burekowski. We need to see more from the second line. So what do we get tonight? T.J. Oshy with two goals and three points. Jacob Brano, this 18th the season, and Nick Baxter with a couple of assists.

I'm not going to take credit. tonight. T.J. Oshy with two goals and three points. Jacob Brano with his 18th of the season,

and Nick Baxter with a couple of assists. I'm not going to take credit for it, but I didn't. I served it up there. I served it up there for you. I said today we should talk about the second line because they've been playing well, but haven't been rewarded on the score sheet. Actually, I think when you said it to me, I said, yeah, you weren't, yeah, that's a good idea.

I think I had a good idea. That's a good idea I had. And there's something like that. Because in two games that they've been together, that group of guys. I know, I know. And they all, the entire team got shut out last game. Correct. The point being, though, they've been playing well, but they hadn't been rewarded on, you know, backstrom had gone four games without a point. You know, I think we, you know. Rana scored the first game they were together two games ago. I love when you do shit like this. Like what? I'm Rob Carlin. The Capitol's talk. I'm Rob Carlin.

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Holti will sweep this one for Dimitri Orloff.

Valentine's Day in San Jose was a sweetheart for Washington.

A 5-1 win over the Sh sharks. Yeah, from top to bottom,

the capitals knew they had to respond after that clunker in Columbus, and they did in a huge way.

Yes, it is correct. The Vrana has scored. O'Shee's been racking up points, but it didn't feel like that line had had, let's just

say a big game yet.

Like there were points here and O'Shi has been getting points, accumulating points.

It didn't feel like, Alan, you'd have to agree.

It didn't feel like they had like sort of that breakout game.

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