| 23 April 2009
Game Five
Verizon Center
Henrik Lundqvist has been solid and is literally stealing the series on his own. The Rangers are making the most of their limited opportunities, while the Capitals simply aren't, and the Rangers' defense has kept the Caps stars such as Mike Green in check all too well.
Let's not forget the countless pipe shots, broken sticks, wide shots on open nets and other frustrating near-goals that the Capitals just can't seem to score. The Capitals just aren't catching the breaks.
Couple all of that together and you have the three most frustrating losses this year all in the same week.
While vibes are nice and all, good vibes only get you so far, and at the end of the day it's going to take hard work to create opportunities. In all of the Capitals' playoff losses, the Caps have either fallen asleep during a period or come out soft, and with elimination looming half-assing a period isn't acceptable. Hell it isn't acceptable even if it's just Game One.
The Capitals won't win on good vibes alone tonight. It's going to take goals from guys like Brooks Laich, Eric Fehr and Boyd Gordon to finally put the Capitals over the Rangers. It's going to take more exceptional goaltending from Simeon Varlamov, and the Capitals' best players need to be their best players.
It's going to take total team efforts from here on out if the Capitals want to even bring this to Game Six.
So tonight's key to the game isn't "get shots on goal" or "play solid defense" -- no, tonight it's which team will show up and does that team have the drive to do what's necessary to win?
LET'S GO CAPS!
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