The last time the Washington Capitals lost the first two games of a playoff series, it was April 2018. They won the next four games to advance beyond the first round. And then they went on to win the Stanley Cup.
The head coach of the team that's put the Capitals in a 2-0 hole this time was on the Washington bench then.
A familiar face -- and a familiar system -- has put the Capitals in the familiar hole they'll try to begin climbing out of Sunday afternoon, when Washington faces the New York Islanders in Game 3 of an Eastern Conference quarterfinals series in Toronto.