Three things we’re talking about today when we’re talking about the Caps…
1. Is it Ov-er?
Two games into this series, Alex Ovechkin has registered just one shot on goal, which is the same total as the number of soul-crushing power play turnovers that he’s made that have ended up as game-winning shorthanded Ranger goals. And so, as is so often the case when the Caps have trailed in a playoff series over the past decade-and-a-half, all eyes are on the Caps’ captain, including from his head coach:
“I thought the first two games he looks a little bit off.