When you’re taking the ice against the NHL’s number one offense – an offense whose 337 goals in the regular season was the highest such number in 30 years – the last thing you want to do is provide them with extra opportunities. But that’s exactly what the Washington Capitals have done against the Florida Panthers, and they have the battle wounds to show for it.
We’re talking about icings here - plays that are seemingly benign...until they aren’t. During the regular season, the Capitals were one of the worst teams in the league when it came to reaping the consequences of sending the puck down the ice.