The Washington Capitals didn't mince words after Game 4 against the Boston Bruins and again find themselves facing elimination and down 3-1 in their Stanley Cup Playoff series against the Boston Bruins.
From the get-go, it appeared to head coach Peter Laviolette that the team was “off.” The Caps couldn't seem to find their footing at TD Garden, and that slow start lingered throughout regulation as they suffered a tilted 4-1 loss.
“We’ve got to play a better game than we did,” Laviolette said. “The first three games were relatively close. We weren’t good enough, we weren’t fast enough, we didn’t execute well.