Considering all of the factors the Capitals were up against yesterday, it’s not surprising that they lost. If anything, the fact that it was as close as it was for the majority of the game is impressive (although, let’s be honest, a lot of that was down to Logan Thompson being Logan Thompson).
In fact, this was a tie game for most of the afternoon, with the two teams held scoreless for the first period and then Aliaksei Protas tying the game just about three minutes after Boston scored the opening tally in the second.
Despite the close score, though, the Caps really didn’t seem to have their heart in this one, playing tight – as were the Bruins, but not as noticeably so – and lacking any sort of “this game is important” vibes that they definitely needed to have.