Was Rob Scuderi as bad as he looked last night? How did the Capitals pick on him?
Racing out to a 3-0 lead after 40, it seemed like the Los Angeles Kings could do no wrong last night.
That is, until the Washington Capitals began gaining the zone with ease by targeting the lesser half of the recently re-formed Rob Scuderi-Drew Doughty pairing.
After two periods, the Caps had attacked both Doughty and Scuderi equally:
| Period 1 | ||||||
| Targeted | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Doughty | Break-up | carry-in | dump-in | B | B | d |
| Scuderi | d | d | c | d | Offside | c |
| Period 2 | ||||||
| Targeted | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Doughty | c | c | B | B | c | B |
| Scuderi | d | d | d | c | d | c |
While Scuderi wasn't nearly as successful as Doughty in breaking up Washington zone entries, at least he was able to minimize controlled zone entries (carry-ins/passes)—the type of entries which generally lead to more offense.