Washington Capitals Lack of Goaltending Still a Huge Cause for Concern

March 14th, 2011 by Andre Khatchaturian Leave a reply »
The Washington Capitals have won eight consecutive games and everybody wants to crown them as Stanley Cup champions again.

Ovechkin has played well, recording 10 points in those eight games. They're getting solid goaltending from their third string goalie and their defense is shutting down opponents.

Everything seems dandy and sweet, right?

Wrong.

First off, six of the eight wins on this winning streak have come against teams that are on the outside looking in; one of the two teams that is actually in the playoffs is Tampa Bay, who has a negative goal differential and has atrocious goalie problems.

Seven of the eight wins on this winning streak have been one-goal wins. As mentioned before, these were games against the bottom half of the NHL and the Capitals are barely beating them by one goal.

It's true that a win's a win, but it's not surprising that they are beating the bottom half of the NHL. Nobody should make a big deal out of it because they already should be beating those teams.

This winning streak might actually hurt Washington in the long run. It may give them a false sense of confidence an ...

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