Two games is an almost impossibly small sample size from which to draw any meaningful conclusions, especially predictive ones. Still, through two games of the Capitals/Bruins first-round series, some Caps players have played well and others, well, have not. So with the necessary caveats in place, let’s take a look at how twenty Caps performed on home ice to open up the first round, shall we? Counting down from worst to first, here we go...
20. John Carlson
Carlson missed four of the Caps’ last seven regular-season games due to a lower-body injury and doesn’t look anywhere close to 100 percent healthy.