Weekly Snapshot, March 29

Record/Standings Position: 49-15-11 (109 points), 1st Southeast Division (clinched division title)/1st Eastern Conference (clinched top seed)/1st NHL (five-point margin)

Last Week's Games:
* Won, 4-3 (SO), vs. Pittsburgh Penguins
* Lost, 3-2 (SO), at Carolina Hurricanes
* Lost, 5-3, vs. Calgary Flames

This Week's Games:
* Tuesday vs. Ottawa Senators (7 p.m., CSN-HD)
* Thursday vs. Atlanta Thrashers (7 p.m., CSN-HD, Versus-HD)
* Saturday at Columbus Blue Jackets (7 p.m., CSN-HD)

Injuries: Milan Jurcina (out 2-4 weeks), Boyd Gordon (day-to-day), Scott Walker (day-to-day), Brooks Laich (day-to-day), Brendan Morrison (day-to-day), and Shaone Morrisonn (day-to-day). Total Man-Games Lost: 193.

Recent Transactions: Recalled Mathieu Perreault from Hershey (March 28).

Top Storylines:
* The Caps clinched the Eastern Conference yesterday despite the fact they've lost two straight games and haven't really looked right all week.
* In the race for the President's Trophy, the San Jose Sharks can earn 116 points and the Chicago Blackhawks can earn 115 points if they win out, meaning the Caps would need eight points to clinch that honor for the first time in club history.
* The important thing right now is health: that of the mental variety for most of the roster and that of the physical for the injured players.

Top Line (Who's Hot?): Nicklas Backstrom (10 points in his last seven games, reached the 90 points for the first time in his career yesterday); Alex Semin (points in four straight and five of six); Jose Theodore (despite yesterday's poor outing, only has suffered three losses -- two OT and one regulation -- in 2010).

Scratches (Who's Not?): Alex Ovechkin (by his standards: only 11 points in March, despite reaching the 100-point plateau yesterday); Tyler Sloan (even with the all the injuries, still becomes a healthy scratch); John Erskine (looks slower than ever).