Welcome back to Ups and Downs, boys and girls and babes! The Capitals started playing meaningful hockey games three weeks ago, so let’s take a look at how each player fared in the first ten games of the season...
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Nicklas Backstrom has had a pretty standard Nicklas Backstrom start to the season. He’s centering the Caps’ top line with Ovechkin and Wilson on his wings and setting up beautiful plays. He has also drawn five penalties and only spent two minutes in the sin bin.