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Recap – Flyers 4, Caps 2

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Entering Tuesday night’s game against the Flyers, the Caps were 92-5-11 since the lockout (including 26-2-1 this season) when carrying a lead into the third period. Yet after last night’s collapse in the final stanza, they’ve now lost as many games in regulation when leading after two in 2008-09 as they did in the previous three seasons.

Take your pick on what was to blame for last night’s loss. Poor discipline? The Caps committed nine minor penalties. Lack of secondary scoring? Their two goals (one of which came on the power play) came from first-liners. Shaky-at-times goaltending? Bad team defense? A lack of grit? It was all there. All of it.

At least this is happening before the trade deadline so that the personnel aspects of it (if there are seen to be any) can be addressed before it’s too late. Some thoughts on the game:

My guess is that we could re-poll our question from the other day and while the results may not be vastly different, the discussion might be even more spirited. So the question is, was this just another off night or do the problems run deeper? Will the Atlanta game on Thursday provide any answers, or do we have to wait for a “real” team in Boston on Saturday? With the trade deadline a week and change away, some answers had best come soon.

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