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The Caps have had notoriously poor results in California, and that trend continued. The Caps struck first, but then the Kings tied it up. The Caps went ahead again, but the Kings tied it up again. And after the Caps had a strong start to the third, the Kings got the go-ahead goal midway through.
Here’s Saturday night’s Plus/Minus:
And now, this..
Johansson makes a play, Oshie cleans it up. #CapsKings on @CSNMA+ #RockTheRed pic.twitter.com/4yUKI8Wjii
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) March 12, 2017
Ten more notes on the game:
It’s perfectly ordinary for teams–even great ones—to lose three games in a row in regulation. And the Caps haven’t even played poorly.
What would be troubling is if they started showing doubt that they know the best way to play—two telltale signs of which can be line juggling and getting overly concerned with the referees (even if with some good reason). That’s not where great teams ought to be this late in the season. They’ve shown a bit of both for the first time this year in the last 48 hours.
They’ve also played at a 118-point pace over their last 149 regular-season games—they’ve proven they know the answers. If the Caps are up to the challenges ahead in April and May, they’ll stick to their script until they start scoring some more.
There’s not much time to dwell—Anaheim is up next, tonight.
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