Wayne Simmons, Donald Brashear, Willie O'Ree...Nicklas Backstrom?!

No comment on this story, just confusion from the LA Kings website:

Kings forward Wayne Simmonds will join the Capitals’ Donald Brashear and Nicklas Backstrom as well as Willie O'Ree, the NHL's first black player, in visiting the Fort Dupont Ice Hockey Club. Located in Southeast Washington D.C., it is the nation’s oldest minority youth hockey program. The event coincides with Hockey is for Everyone Month, the NHL’s diversity initiative.

"I always want to give back and I think it’s a good thing that we’re doing it," Simmonds said. "It’s always good to support the cause and help out the little kids."

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A Closer Look at the Energy Line

It’s easy to root for Ovechkin to break out of his goal slump, or Semin to stay on track for the league lead in points and goals, but which players’ goals are directly linked to wins?

Surprise, surprise: The fourth (energy) line of Boyd Gordon, Donald Brashear, and Matt Bradley. Since the beginning of the 2007-2008 season, when one of those three players scores a goal, the Capitals are a combined 18-0-1.

Although the trio only combined for an assist on the first goal last night (a nice one at that), the importance of their grind-it-out type goals should not be overlooked.