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The Caps’ Playoff X Factors

(Caps Outsider)

The race for the 2019 Stanley Cup has been blown wide open with the hockey world stunned by Columbus’s upset of the President’s Trophy winning Tampa Bay Lightning. The same night, playoff regulars the Pittsburgh Penguins were bundled out by the Barry Trotz-led New York Islanders. The favorites are tumbling and brackets are in disarray, but the Capitals are still in the hunt on their quest for back to back championships. So what do the Capitals need to do to capture that X-Factor that was so prominent in the 2018 cup run?