"The Capitals have spent a lot of this early season struggling to regain the scoring touch that was such a big factor in last year's hot start and overall success, and last night's loss was yet another reminder that they still haven't found it. Over the last three games, they've managed just two goals - and with the offense having dried up of late, something as close as a 2-1 deficit can feel like a much more difficult hill to climb."
"After Jean-Gabriel Pageau struck shorthanded late in the second period last night - and you can be the judge on whether that goal was offside or not (it was) and whether it should have counted (it shouldn't have) - the Caps headed into the final frame deadlocked at one. All they had to do was a) get one past Ilya Sorokin and b) not allow a goal."
"Ultimately the Caps didn't play badly in this one, which is perhaps the most frustrating part of all; the Ottawa loss was a fiasco, but over the last 120 minutes of hockey they've done a decent amount of things well and simply haven't had the puck luck to go with it. But the power play is laughable (still) and it feels like everything's just a little.."
Washington's offense has stalled early in the season, producing just two goals across the last three games and contributing to a third straight loss. Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored shorthanded late in the second period on a play that was offside and should not have counted, leaving the game tied 1-1. Early in the third, Emil Heineman and Bo Horvat converted a two-on-one after a sequence involving Hendrix Lapierre and Andy Pelech, with Horvat's shot slipping under Logan Thompson. Thompson made several key saves but could not supply offense support. The power play remains ineffective and momentum has evaporated.
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