Things aren’t so great for the Washington Capitals right now.
They’re down two games to a team that would have entered the playoffs as a seventh seed under normal circumstances, they’ve blown leads in both of those games (and the last playoff game before that), and it’s happening at the hands of Barry Trotz, the guy who for all intents and purposes was deprioritized in favor of giving Todd Reirden a crack at the egg. The Capitals are struggling to score, their defensive coverage has been feckless, special teams hasn’t been the strength that has held up Caps’ teams of years past, and goaltending has come up small in big moments.