Vezna Varly and the Caps Survive Game 5

The Caps should have put this series away long ago, but their lack of offense has the Rangers looking like the better team and have the Caps hanging on for their hockey lives. In Game 5 the offense finally came alive and the Caps cruised to victory, forcing a Game 6 in New York on Sunday. Part of the problem so far for the Caps is they only show up when they want to. If the Caps played the way they did tonight in Game 2, this series is over, but instead they play passive hockey and seem to wait until it their backs are against the wall to play their best hockey. The key to tonight's win was they jump on the Rangers early and when the Caps score first they rarely lose. Another key for the Caps was they got secondary scoring in the form of Matt Bradley who had two goals tonight against King Henry after getting shut out in his first fifteen games against the net minder. Everything went right tonight in DC and the Caps need the same performance in New York if they are to have any chance at all in this series and while it's a still a long shot, if the Caps can come back to win this series I feel bad for the team they meet in Round 2.