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[Washington Capitals]

The Narrative: Too Little, Too Late, and Two-Game Hole

Too Little Over the course of the 82-game regular season, only the Tampa Bay Lightning scored more goals than the Capitals, who averaged a positively robust 3.49 lamp-lighters per outing. In the playoffs, that number has dropped to 2.67 overall (padded with five empty-net goals and lowest among teams still in the tourney) and a woeful 1.50 in the second round (which includes an empty…

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The Narrative: Doing the Splits, Rushing and Dumping, and Literally Dogs

Doing the Splits Let’s be perfectly clear from the jump: Logan Thompson is not the reason the Caps lost Games 3 and 4. With that out of the way, let’s look at Thompson’s home/road splits through nine playoff games this season. At Capital One Arena, Thompson is 4-1 with a sparkling .954 save percentage and 1.38 goals against average, saving an almost ludicrous 10.6…

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