“But we’ve still got 18 games. There’s a lot of hockey left. Sometimes you’re gonna lose hockey games. That’s the way it goes. So we’ve got to rebound.”
That’s what Brooks Laich told media members after the Capitals’ 5-0 loss to the New Jersey Devils on Friday.
But, while the Capitals gave up four fewer goals against the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday—the team with the highest goals per game average in the NHL—they still couldn’t manage to find the net themselves. Another loss, this one 1-0.
17 games left now. Just 1 point out of the playoffs, but 5 points back from the division leader.
“Bottom line, it just kind of comes down to us,” Jeff Schultz said Saturday after practice. “You got to get up for every game like it’s a playoff game. And that’s kind of the mindset that we need.”
“We see the standings, you try not to look at them, saw Florida won again tonight. They’re [the standings are] always around. [You’re] always being reminded of it,” Troy Brouwer
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