Courtnall and Ciccarelli each scored their 40th of the season just 44 seconds apart in the middle frame.The winning streak went to eight on March 26, a Sunday afternoon home game against the Islanders. Peeters needed to make just 15 saves as the Caps chased Philly’s Ron Hextall in the middle of the second period for their seventh straight win.Six different Capitals scored against Philly, starting with Mike Ridley’s 39th of the season in the first period. Those goals helped the Caps shake off Mario Lemieux’s two-goal game (his 73rd and 74th of the season) on their way to a 5-4 win over the Pens.Back home to face the Flyers on March 24, the Caps scored the first six goals of the game on their way to an easy 6-1 victory over Philadelphia. Kevin Stevens put the home team on the board first, but the Caps broke a 3-3 tie late in the second when Christian (his 31st) and Courtnall (his 39th) beat the Penguins’ Wendell Young in a span of just 101 seconds. The Caps romped over the Whalers by an 8-2 score to run their winning streak to five.The Caps visited the Penguins in Pittsburgh on March 22, seeking their sixth straight victory. Ciccarelli had a career night, starting off with a natural hat trick on his way to a four-goal, seven-point night.
This year’s run features a 40-18 goal differential. Since that day nearly 21 years ago, Washington has put together five winning streaks of seven games in length, but until Wednesday’s 5-1 win over Anaheim, it had failed in its previous four bids to run the number up to eight.During the 1989 eight-game winning streak, the Caps outscored their opponents by a combined 43-17. Playing on the Island in the second half of a home-and-home set, the Caps fell 5-4 to New York.The eight-game winning streak matched the second-longest in club history.
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