Weekly Snapshot, Oct. 26

Record/Standings Position: 6-2-2 (14 points), 1st Southeast Division/2nd Eastern Conference/7th NHL

Last Week's Games:
* Won, 5-4, at Atlanta
* Won, 3-2 (OT), at N.Y. Islanders

This Week's Games:
* Tuesday vs. Philadelphia (7 p.m., Versus)
* Thursday at Atlanta (7 p.m., CSN/NHL Network)
* Friday vs. N.Y. Islanders (7 p.m., CSN Plus)
* Sunday vs. Columbus (5 p.m., CSN)

Injuries: Tomas Fleischmann (rehabbing in Hershey, may be back this week), Boyd Gordon (day-to-day), Alex Semin (day-to-day), John Erskine (day-to-day).

Recent Transactions: Assigned Tomas Fleischmann to Hershey on a conditioning stint (Oct. 24), recalled Keith Aucoin and Alexandre Giroux from Hershey (Oct. 22), assigned Michael Nylander to Grand Rapids on a conditioning stint (Oct. 21), assigned Aucoin to Hershey (Oct. 19).

Top Storylines:
* Even though the team isn't clicking on all cylinders, they're still on pace for about 48 wins and 112 points.
* Alex Semin is out with an "injury" again.
* Team hoping Nylander's good weekend in Grand Rapids means somebody will finally remove the burden from them.

Top Line (Who's Hot?): Alex Ovechkin (9 goals, 17 points), Backstrom (2, goals, 9 assists), Brooks Laich (game winner vs. Islanders, great overall play).

Scratches (Who's Not?): Semin (5 goals in first 4 games; 1 since), Quintin Laing (only Cap with no points), power play (anemic lately, 16.7 percent, 20th in NHL).