WASHINGTON CAPITALS -- A TERRIFIC SEASON START!

Watching the Capitals win is always a great thrill -- and reading about the team's win is simply icing on the cake!


At the Washington Capitals website, the Caps-Bruins game recap began:

"Strong Start – The Capitals struggled through the first few minutes of Thursday’s season opener against the Bruins in Boston, but goaltender Jose Theodore was sharp between the pipes He made several strong stops early to keep the Bruins at bay until Washington could find its legs and get its offense on track."

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In other Capitals coverage:
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CAPITALS OPEN WITH A BANG -- BY COREY MASISAK, The Washington Times

"BOSTON | Sign up Washington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau for 81 more of those.

The Caps opened the 2009-10 campaign Thursday night with a 4-1 throttling of the Boston Bruins at TD Garden on the strength of a stout defensive effort and a pair of goals from both Alex Ovechkin and Brooks Laich.

"If you could bottle that game up, we'd take it every time," Boudreau said. "We weathered the storm in the first six or seven minutes, and"

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THEODORE REDEEMS SELF -- The Baltimore Sun, BY TARIK EL-BASHIR, The Washington Post

"José Theodore waited more than five months for the chance to redeem himself after his shaky performance in the playoff opener last April.

On Thursday in the Washington Capitals' season opener at TD Garden, the veteran goaltender made up for lost time. Theodore made 19 saves, including 10 during a frantic first period, and Alex Ovechkin"

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ALEX OVECHKIN SEALS SPOTLIGHT -- BY STEVE CONROY, Boston Herald

"The Bruins [team stats] opened their season last night to great fanfare and incredibly lofty expectations, from Stanley Cup-starved fans as well as puck pundits throughout North America.

But it didn’t take long for Alexander Ovechkin to steal the show."


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Final: Capitals 4, Bruins 1 -- BY FLUTO SHINZAWA, Boston Globe

"At least there are 81 games remaining, right? Because it can't get much worse than Game No. 1, which saw Brooks Laich and Alex Ovechkin score a pair of goals and the Bruins commit mistake after mistake."

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THEY BARELY GOT STARTED -- BY KEVIN PAUL DUPONT, Boston Globe

"It’s much too early to issue a wake-up call, but the Bruins definitely didn’t hear the alarm clock go off on the opening night of the season, when they showed up at the Garden ill-prepared to play 60 minutes - and ripe to be embarrassed by the Washington Capitals."

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