"The Capitals did not wake up for this game, and I wish I hadn't either if that first period was in the cards. They didn't exactly play "bad," but they just couldn't string two passes together, and they were put in an early hole by a bad goal against from Charlie Lindgren. Then, some terrible puck luck and a blown challenge led to two more for the Canucks. I think Evander Kane did enough on Vancouver's second for that goal to be taken back. Lindgren had his glove over the puck, but Kane jammed his stick underneath it to keep the play alive. I also just despise Evander Kane and want nothing good for him ever."
"Tom Wilson got put in the box (eventually freed) for a completely clean hit because Filip Chytil, unfortunately and sadly, given his injury history, has yet to learn to keep his head up in an NHL neutral zone. I'm sure the Canadian media will be completely rational (they weren't) about Wilson delivering a clean hit."
"The Capitals actually played a pretty great second period. Unfortunately, Thatcher Demko seems to be in great form for the Canucks in net right now; otherwise, the game would have been closer heading into the third period. At five-on-five, the Caps were up 22-5 in shot attempts during the second frame."
Vancouver opened the scoring 59 seconds in with an Elias Pettersson goal and added two more late in the first from Tyler Myers and Kiefer Sherwood. Teddy Blueger scored early in the second while Thatcher Demko held strong in net. Washington responded with a Ryan Leonard power-play goal, a Jakob Chychrun tally off a Hendrix Lapierre feed, and a John Carlson goal with Charlie Lindgren pulled, but the Capitals' comeback fell short. Early mistakes, a bad goal against Lindgren, terrible puck luck, and a blown challenge contributed to Vancouver's early lead.
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