The Washington Capitals have something positive to build on when they open a five-game homestand against the Minnesota Wild on Friday. After scoring only six goals, not counting a shootout winner, in their first five games of the season, the Capitals snapped a three-game losing streak with a 6-4 road victory over the Devils on Wednesday. Before their victory, the Capitals had not opened the scoring in any of their five previous games. Nor had they held a lead, with the previous victory claimed by erasing a two-goal deficit and prevailing in a shootout. The Wild arrive in Washington on the heels of a 6-2 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday in the opener of a three-game road swing. Minnesota trailed 3-0 going into the third period, scored a pair of early goals to make it a one-goal game but had no answer when the Flyers pulled away. Washington has big revenge vs Minnesota as the Wild are 4-0 in the last 4 meetings, so the Caps will be up for them on home ice and we think they do quite well tonight.