Dallas Stars v Washington Capitals
WASHINGTON – MARCH 8: Mike Green #52 of the Washington Capitals skates down the ice during a NHL hockey game against the Dallas Stars on March 8, 2010 at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/NHLI via Getty Images)

Well we can’t win them all is pretty much all I can say, the Caps dominated the whole game except for the first half of the third period and it cost them the game.

Ovechkin had 2 goals, one short of my predicted hat trick from the previous post.

Mike had an assist, was plus one, had 4 shots and 2 penalty minutes and logged over 28 minutes of ice time, which was most by any player on both teams, over 2 minutes more than Ovechkin who came in second.

It’s not what you like to see, but it’s better to see it now than in the playoffs, losses like this build character and that wins championships.

Here are the video highlights:

Dallas Stars v Washington Capitals
WASHINGTON – MARCH 08: Mike Green #52 of the Washington Capitals skates against the Dallas Stars on March 8, 2010 at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

In their first meeting since 2008, the Capitals are hosting the Dallas Stars. The last game they played was in October 2008 in Dallas and Washington won a wild won 6-5.

We can only hope for another great game, where Ovechkin may burst out with a hat trick and retake the Goal scoring lead in the NHL.

And of Mike should start a new point streak.

Click here to see the NHL.com Game Preview.