Monday Roundup/Caps 5, Leafs 4

[Boxscore - Recap - Postgame Notebook]

The Caps are on a roll. Last night the team achieved several firsts and one fourth for the season including:

• their first two-game win streak,
  
• the first time they scored more than three goals in a game,
  
• the first time they had more than 30 shots in a game,
  
• the first time they had a two goal lead in a game,
  
• the first time the power play looked any good over the course of a game, scoring three times, and
  
• the fourth time Alex Ovechkin has scored two goals in a game.
  

I'll let the local papers do the heavy lifting on the game recap, since I'm still exhausted from having gone to last night's thrilling Redskins game and having spent the better part of the morning sitting in a parking lot at FedEx Field. The WaPo's coverage is here, the WTimes here. For a different perspective, here's the Globe and Mail's take and here's the CP's recap.

Elsewhere around the League:

• 'Hawks stud Tuomo Ruutu is out three-to-12 weeks with a wonky back. Three-to-12 weeks? You don't have a medical staff that can narrow it down better than that? To try to replace some of Ruutu's lost offense, Chicago traded a 2006 fifth-round pick to Boston for disgruntled pivot Andy Hilbert.
• In another minor deal, the Leafs traded Nathan Perrot to Dallas for a conditional pick.

Daily Awards

• Hart: Brent Seabrook (Game-winning goal, A, +1 in 2-1 win)
• Ross: Tomas Holmstrom (2G, A)
  
• Norris: Brent Seabrook (Game-winning goal, A, +1 in 2-1 win)
  
• Vezina: Nikolai Khabibulin (W, 28 saves on 29 shots against. Really)
  
• Richard: Alexander Ovechkin, Jeff O'Neill, Tomas Holmstrom, Ryan Getzlaf (2G each)
  
• Calder: Alexander Ovechkin (2G, including tie-breaking and game-winning goals)
  
• Aiken: Mikael Tellqvist (L, 5 goals against on 33 shots against)