GDT R3G1 Capitals @ Lightning 2018-05-11 8:00pm EST NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS

[alta]

Well this is the ECF and the bolts ain't the little sisters of the poor. You can't expect to win every game with a shut out.
Make less mistakes than the opposition and capitalize on their mistakes while hoping for the puck luck to go your way.
Looking for perfection? So far 1-0 so that's perfect. But I don't think there will be a sweep.

Dave Martiez was spotted at a Home Depot buying brooms this mornin

[Maacoshark]

Except for a few minutes in the beginning of the third Tampa simply could get past our trap.  For first part of the third, they pushed hard enough to move our trap back into our zone (or we played further back for some unknown reason).  But they couldn't sustain that push.

The Caps need to play the trap more than they have in the past because we are a weaker team defensively apparently.  It's effective.  It isn't flashy.  Why Tampa isn't doing the same and letting us carry the puck into their zone, I have no idea.

   There is nothing wrong with playing a trap. If played right it can cause turnovers in the neutral zone and create some good scoring chances.

[4 Caps]

I don’t really think the Caps are playing a trap or at least what I consider a trap as when a team falls back into the neutral zone.  The Caps are forechecking hard and backchecking and getting into the passing lanes. N