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Barry Trotz is wondering aloud if Washington Capitals have been the victim of some bad bounces against the Toronto Maple Leafs. ''They've got some strange goals, and that sometimes can play in your mind a little bit and we fought through that,'' Trotz said Thursday. With the series tied 2-2 going into Game 5 in Washington on Friday, the Capitals are facing a bigger test than anyone ever imagined. Continue to Article

April 20, 2017 4:13:pm EST

We’ve got a tie series! The Caps split two games in Toronto after a 5-4 win in Game 4 and now return home with the series tied at 2. Here’s a recap of the three bold predictions for Game 4. 1. Alex Ovechkin will get over 23 minutes of ice time – Not even close Interestingly enough, Ovechkin’s ice time for Game 4 was still low at just 16:31. That’s not enough. Granted, the third period started with the Caps being on the five on three penalty kill for almost an entire two minutes. That cuts into Ovechkin’s minutes for sure, but Trotz still needs to find a way to get his best player out on the ice. And while we are on the subject of playing time, Daniel Winnik got 6:37 and Brett Connolly just 4:26. Continue to Article

April 20, 2017 11:02:am EST

How could Tom Wilson resist? Announced as one of the three stars after recording his first ever multi-goal game – the pest’s performance keying the Washington Capitals’ essential 5-4 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 4 – Wilson came out for a twirl, if only to troll, with his stick raised high over his head and a smile on his face as fans filed quietly out of the arena located at the heart of his hometown. On Wednesday, Wilson validated his coach’s decision to bump him up in the lineup with spectacular shifts in succession which produced a three-goal swing on the scoreboard, and shift in momentum in the series, in under two-and-a-half minutes. Continue to Article

April 20, 2017 7:39:am EST

The Toronto Maple Leafs entered Game 4 on a high, having taken a 2-1 series lead on Tyler Bozak’s heroic OT-winner just two nights earlier. Any of that momentum dissipated quickly as the Washington Capitals scored four goals in the first period, two via Tom Wilson, and another in the third to defeat the Maple Leafs 5-4. "We weren't very good," Leafs coach Mike Babcock said. Continue to Article

April 19, 2017 11:58:pm EST

It only took three games of his Washington Capitals’ first round series against the Toronto Maple Leafs for coach Barry Trotz to drive a stake through the common narrative surrounding the series. Quite the opposite in fact: after a dramatic 43 overtime win Monday, the wild card Leafs lead the series against the President’s Trophy winning Capitals. Many expected this series to not go past five games, including Hall of Famer Mike Modano, who tweeted as much after the Capitals jumped to a 20 lead during the 1st period on Monday. Continue to Article

April 18, 2017 11:31:pm EST

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