Alex Ovechkin and the Capitals fell short in their quest for the Stanley Cup.
We treat failure in sports differently than in other areas of our lives. Perhaps this is because our itch, that nagging desire, to overreact unreasonably to failure desperately needs to be scratched and we see sports as a release valve for it. Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals are familiar with failure and to an extent have seen it become a part of their identity; perhaps more than any other team in the NHL (other than the Sharks, I guess).