We talked about the Capitals the other night about how the line might be different if Alex Ovechkin was in the mix. Instead, he'll miss four to six weeks with a leg fracture, so he won't be on the ice for this battle of teams fighting for the top spot in the Metropolitan Division. That works in New Jersey's favor: they just downed Carolina Thursday night in a similar matchup of teams fighting for the division lead. They simply wash, rinse and repeat as they dispatch the Capitals here.