Peter Laviolette, Washington Capitals Mandatory Credit: Bruce Bennett/Pool Photo-USA TODAY Sports
The Washington Capitals have now dropped four straight games after starting the season with no losses in regulation in their first nine games. The Caps are now coming off of their third loss to the Penguins in just as many meetings.
The Capitals are 9th in goals for and 1st in power-play percentage, which shows that the always strong Caps offense is still firing. The problems are obviously on the other end.
Vitek Vanecek has a 3.26 goals-against average and a.