Nobody would’ve blamed you if you turned off last night’s game off after the second period (at least, I wouldn’t have).
The Washington Capitals, already sans their top center Pierre-Luc Dubois, entered Tuesday night’s tilt with the Montreal Canadiens with a more extensive inactive list. They were without Tom Wilson and Jakob Chychrun, arguably the two most productive players on this year’s team. Justin Sourdif, who has emerged as a key figure in the Caps forward rotation, was also unavailable. So it didn’t come as much of a surprise when Washington spent the first 40 minutes looking like they wanted to be anywhere but Capital One Arena that night.