Game 5 Caps vs. Canadiens 4-23-2010 Post-Mortem

Something never change... Onto the Battle Damage Assessment...THE GOOD:After giving up two early goals, Semyon "The Saviour" Varlamov recovered with a solid performance to keep the game from getting further out of hand.For the first time this season, the Caps Penalty Killers shutdown the Montreal Power Play. The Caps were 6 for 6 tonight.THE BAD: No way to sugar coat it, the Caps top line was on the ice for all three goals scored tonight. If we had won 3-0 or 2-1, that wouldn't be a problem, but it is a problem when we lose 2-1.We're not sure how it happened, but taking a Too Many Men on the Ice penalty with just over a minute to go is not a good way to finish off a game.THE UGLY: The Caps Power Play failed big-time tonight. 0 for 5 with 11 shots on goal. We give Jaroslav Halak credit for making a big save on Alexander "Slappy" Semin in the third period. But there was precious little fighting for rebounds on the Power Play tonight which is a cause fo...