When the Capitals outlined their goals before the season, among them was not losing two games in a row. But in a stretch from late October through the first week of November, Washington lost five straight. Then the Capitals lost back-to-back games twice in November and had a four-game losing streak in January.
But in March, as the regular season neared its end, the Capitals started showing their resiliency and since a loss to the Dallas Stars on March 13, they haven’t lost consecutive games.
“I think guys understand that if you lose a game, it’s sort of the playoff mentality where you let it go and you figure out what you’ve got to do for the next game,” Washington Coach Barry Trotz said.