Despite its 3-1 final, Game 4 really wasn’t that close when you look at it on paper. It seems that ever since Tom Wilson’s official suspension announcement just a day and a half ago, the Capitals haven’t seemed right.
You have the spreading of false rumors of Sidney Crosby allegedly spitting at Evgeny Kuznetsov, the duo of headshot controversies surrounding Wilson, Nicklas Backstrom showing obvious frustration after yelling the F word and throwing his stick after coming off the ice after Thursday night’s loss, Washington’s media weirdly trying (and failing) to cover that up, and now goaltender Braden Holtby not holding his tongue in his post-game media conferences.