"Both are bad at special teams but good at even strength. Except one team, the visitors, dominated five-on-five play on Tuesday. Through two periods, Utah had two attempts for every one taken by Washington. So yeah, the Caps got smoked until the third period."
"Pierre-Luc Dubois has been back for five games. He's got four goals. Whatever it was he had, he's still got it."
"The Caps' playoff chances drop to 33 percent, according to HockeyViz, which I think is the most optimistic model and therefore the one I'm using. And this not-very-impressive game is the very last impression the roster has given GM Chris Patrick before the NHL trade deadline on Friday."
The Washington Capitals faced the Utah Mammoth in their first matchup since Utah's rebranding. Utah scored first through Dylan Guenther, then Mikhail Sergachev added a power-play goal, with Pierre-Luc Dubois converting late in the first period for a 2-1 Utah lead. JJ Peterka extended Utah's advantage in the second period on the power play. Ryan Leonard scored a third-period power-play goal for Washington but it proved insufficient. Utah dominated five-on-five play with twice as many attempts through two periods. The loss reduced the Capitals' playoff probability to 33 percent, occurring just before the NHL trade deadline on Friday.
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