'Catastrophic mistakes' dooming Capitals

The dead-quiet Washington Capitals locker room following a 7-4 loss to the New Jersey Devils really said it all about their two-game sweep at the hands of their division rivals.

The Capitals weren't bad in their two-game set against the Devils, scoring 6 times on Connor Hellebuyck, which should be good enough for at least a standings point over 2 contests.

Problem is, they allowed 12 goals in those games, with a number of them being unforced errors created by guys out of position and blown coverage or not covering their man.

'This has been going on throughout the year, is our whole group. is not just the young guys, our whole group, we have to learn to play winning hockey for 60 minutes,"…