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Riding their first two-game winning streak of the season, the Caps prepared to face yet another foe from the magical playoff run of 2018 – this time hosting the first victim to fall this spring, the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Here’s Friday night’s Plus/Minus:
Plus: The Caps’ defense was likely the youngest it’s been in quite some time, with both Orpik and Carlson out, and yet they managed to keep high-scoring Columbus off the board at even strength (albeit while ceding a bunch of shots against). Not bad, loss or no loss.
Minus: The penalty killing. Again. It’s not even that it was particularly bad this time – everyone seemed to do what they were supposed to do for the most part, including Holtby… but man, giving up multiple power-play goals to a team struggling with the extra man is disheartening.
And now, this…
Ten more notes on the game:
Alas, the Caps once again struggle shorthanded and can’t generate enough to balance it out – and so the hard-earned winning streak comes to an end at two. The Caps will look to start up a new one on Sunday when Arizona comes to town.
Game highlights: