#john-carlson

#john-carlson

"Obviously, it's been a while. I think faith in myself never went away. I know what I can do in this league, and, obviously, it had been a while, but the confidence has always been there. I trust the work that I put in on a daily basis. So, again, it feels good to get one. Just got to keep going with the consistency now and rack a couple wins up."

"I can't give you a real detailed answer to that," he said. "Carlson took warmups, so that tells you something, that's it's hopefully not something that's going to be extremely long-term. And Sourdy, I'll have a better idea once we talk to Serbs (Capitals head athletic trainer Jason Serbus). Nothing long-term, but (he is) going to miss a little bit of time."