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Well that was a doozy of a game and not in a good way. After the Capitals played a great game agains the Bruins just two nights ago, they quickly let this game get by them after the first 20 minutes. At least Nicklas Backstrom got his 700th assist!
Plus: The Capitals had a strong first period, and even though they were losing by one after 20 minutes, they were still very much in the game. They finished the first period 10-7 in Scoring Chances and 4-3 in High Danger Chances.
Minus: Many big name Capitals were just straight up bad. Alexander Ovechkin, TJ Oshie, Brendan Dillon, John Carlson, Jakub Vrana, among others were making bad choices and not trying hard enough all night that cost the Capitals a lot of goals against.
A few more notes on the game:
Teams are allowed to have a handful of stinkers a season and this was one of them. They’ll have to rebound quickly as they take on the Philadelphia Flyers Sunday afternoon.