Weekly Snapshot, Nov. 30

Record/Standings Position: 15-5-6 (36 points), 1st Southeast Division/T-1st Eastern Conference/T-2nd NHL

Last Week's Games:
* Lost, 4-3 (OT), at Ottawa
* Won, 2-0, vs. Buffalo
* Won, 4-3 (SO), at Montreal

This Week's Games:
* Tonight at Carolina (7 p.m., CSN)
* Thursday vs. Florida (7 p.m., CSN)
* Saturday at Philadelphia (7 p.m., CSN)

Injuries: Mike Knuble (out 3-4 weeks), Boyd Gordon (day-to-day), Alex Semin (day-to-day), Quintin Laing (out 4-6 weeks), Shaone Morrisonn (day-to-day), Tom Poti (day-to-day). Total Man-Games Lost: 96.

Recent Transactions: Recalled Alexandre Giroux from Hershey (Nov. 27), recalled Karl Alzner from Hershey (Nov. 25), assigned John Carlson and Andrew Gordon to Hershey (Nov. 24).

Top Storylines:
* With a win tonight, the Caps would have 38 points -- a mark they didn't surpass until a 5-1 Dec. 12 win last season, the now-cult-classic Brett Leonhardt game.
* The Caps play two division games this week; they've only played four division games this entire season (4-0-0).
* Because of the penalty minutes accrued in the game from which he was ejected, Alex Ovechkin is now the only player in the league to lead his team in both goals and PIMs.

Top Line (Who's Hot?): Eric Fehr (three goals in last two games), Semyon Varlamov (10-1-2, 2.38 goals-against average, .919 save percentage), Brendan Morrison (points in eight of his last 11 games; halfway to last year's 16 goals).

Scratches (Who's Not?): David Steckel (still no goals this season), Jose Theodore (seemingly has lost the number one spot to Varly due to his his "mental vacation"), Chris Clark (virtually invisible if he's not on the top line).