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Capitals get back on track with win

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:04 EDTFrom:Topix.com

One game after sitting out as a healthy scratch, Tomas Fleischmann proved to be the one player the Washington Capitals couldn’t do without Wednesday night.

After his team blew an early two-goal lead at Verizon Center, Fleischmann scored the winner in overtime to lift the Capitals to a hard-fought, if sloppy, 4-3 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes.

’It’s just a little message,’ Fleischmann joked in the jubilant home dressing room afterward, ’don’t sit me out again.’

Coach Bruce Boudreau might not be able to avoid it, though, as he juggles 15 NHL-caliber forwards vying for 12 spots. But for one night, at least, Boudreau certainly was glad he put the Czech winger in the lineup.

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