The title of this recap refers to a couple metaphorical blows. They need to overcome the physical and emotional toll of last night’s loss. They also need to bounce back from the 5-0 shellacking they took the last time they faced these Capitals. That was in Washington back in January, when the Caps ended the Jackets 16 game win streak in emphatic fashion.
Washington is a really, really good team. It was weird assembling the stats for the faceoff and it was the opponent who led all the stats, rather than the Jackets sweeping. Still, they’re just 2 points ahead of us and we have two games remaining in the season series.