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Mike Babcock Post Game, Capitals 3 vs. Leafs 2: “You can’t outscore your defensive mistakes… You’ve got to be good defensively”

On the way the team lost:

I thought the second goal was a gift. We had no one in front of the net and it was a freebie. Even, to be honest, their shorthanded goal — I thought we could’ve sorted that out. You’d like to have those back. You can’t outscore your defensive mistakes; you’ve got to be good defensively.

We had lots of great looks, as you saw. Lots of good opportunity here, no question about it. We actually skated probably better than I thought coming off of the trip. But the bottom line is you’ve got to get points.