from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,

The Washington Capitals roll into the Christmas break on a six-game win streak, which is to say pretty much how they've played the whole season so far: In rarified air.

"It's crazy, I've never been part of a team that's had this good of a start to the season, I don't think," Caps top-four blue-liner Karl Alzner said over the phone Tuesday. "There's not much that you can be upset about these days, it's fun going to the rink."

The 25-6-2 Caps are finding a million different ways to win, as underlined by these stats:

• Third in goals for per game (3.12)

• First in goals against per game (2.15)

• Second on the power play (25.7 percent)

• Sixth on the penalty kill (84.4 percent)

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