Mike Green scored a goal to lead the Caps to their fourth straight win last night.
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Friday’s highlights belonged to the Caps’ defense. In a 3-1 win over the Minnesota Wild, Washington’s defensemen were responsible for the majority of goals scored, while Semyon Varlamov again turned in a strong performance between the pipes. Despite the Wild having the best penalty kill percentage on the road in the NHL, the Caps’ first goal of the game came from Mike Green on a power play in the second period.

It was the third goal of the season for Green, who had double the goals at this point a year ago.

“It seems like I don’t have a lot of room out there this year — maybe because of last year,” said Green about his power play chances. “It seems like I have a guy standing in front of me. But that’s good, because then the other guys are scoring and that leaves somebody else open.”

Green also had the best quote of the night when a reporter asked about the Caps’ matchup tonight against New Jersey, who are only two points behind the conference-leading Capitals.

“It’s always boring playing [New Jersey], because they sit back and they wait for you to make mistakes,” Green said.