Last night was a rough one for the Washington Capitals—they dug themselves an early hole and were several steps behind the Toronto Maple Leafs all game. The Caps made lots of little mistakes, plus a few big ones, and it was clear that they knew it. Unfortunately, that awareness doesn’t flip the script on the 5-1 Leafs win.
This was one of those games that makes you want to say, “Burn the tape, move onto the next one.” At this point, that’s probably best with a matchup against the Bruins coming up next on Washington’s schedule. Keeping the momentum of their small winning streak going against Boston would have been a best-case scenario, but now the best way to go into Saturday’s game is to not dwell on last night.