Washington head coach Spencer Carbery was impressed by the Red Wings' display of talent in last night's 8-3 win

Last night, the Red Wings steamrolled the visiting Washington Capitals at Little Caesars Arena for an 8-3 victory.  It was a win that made quite an impression on first-year Capitals coach Spencer Carbery.

Carbery—who once bested Detroit coach Derek Lalonde in an epic seven-game series when the two coaches were still in the ECHL, Lalonde with the Toledo Walleye and Carbery with the South Carolina Stingrays—replaced Peter Laviolette behind the Capitals' bench last summer.

In his first game taking on Detroit as an NHL head coach, Carbery was left with quite a positive impression.  “Right from the start, you could see the talent through their lineup and their roster and the plays they make," he said. "The finish that they have was on full display.”  But the praise didn't stop there.

Carbery went on to say that, "Talent wise, I think they’re as good as any team in the National Hockey League.  The D corps, Gostisbehere, Seider, Walman, and then you just look through their whole forward group. Whenever they get on the ice, they can make serious offensive plays. They can cause issues with their speed and skating, but then they can also make a ton of puck plays through your triangles, find a guy backdoor, hit an F3, and then in and around the net, the finish part of it, they also have that as well."  It's not hard to see why Carbery was so impressed by the Red Wings' effort last night.

Detroit scored more goals than it had in any game since November 15, 2017, courtesy of seven different scorers.  The win also marked the Red Wings' first six-game win streak since Steve Yzerman returned as GM in 2019.  As Joe Veleno put it last night, "We're hot, we're climbing, and I think it's really fun to be a part of."  Slowly but surely, the rest of the league is taking notice.

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