Aye, aye Captain Clark!

Pic of the Day
The captain of the Capitals, Chris Clark, fighting Adam Hall of the Tampa Bay Lightning on January 1st, 2009.

On the first day of the new year, the Capitals hosted the Tampa Bay Lightning at the Verizon Center. It was a very eventful game! The Capitals were up 3-0 at the first intermission with goals from Sean Collins, David Steckel and Mike Green. In the second period Tampa Bay scored 3 goals, and the caps one, by Matt Bradley. Finally in the third period, the Capitals continued their lead scoring 3 more goals by Alex Ovechkin, Boyd Gordon, and the number one leader of the team, Captain Chris Clark. He hadn't had a goal since November 28th, 2007 because of a fractured forearm that caused him to miss most of the 2007-2008 season. On Thursday's game, he was close to a Gordie Howe hat trick (assist, goal, fight), just missing out on the assist.
The Caps ended up winning 7-4.

And incase you didn't know, Jamie Heward of Tampa Bay spent a night at Sibley Hospital after the hit from Ovechkin which caused a concussion.