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Capitals vs. Penguins Recap: Caps can’t complete comeback, trail 3-1 in series

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Not that it was ever going to be easy.

One terribly unfortunate deflection off Dmitry Orlov’s skate, six offensive zone penalties, 24 blocked attempts, and 36 saves from Marc-Andre Fleury all helped put the Washington Capitals’ backs against the wall. The Pittsburgh Penguins won Game 4 on Wednesday night in Pittsburgh, 3-2, to go up 3-1 in the series.

Here’s Wednesday’s plus-minus. Join the conversation in the comments below!

My ten thoughts:

All that being said, the Caps didn’t take advantage of the Penguins’ multiple flatline stretches.

To visualize the goal the goal credited to Jake Guentzel that put Pittsburgh up 2-0 (NSFW):

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