With an opportunity to clinch the Metropolitan Division with a win (and some help) the Capitals came out flat, falling behind 4-0. They were able to rally back to bring the game to within one in the contest’s final moments, but fell in the end 5-3 to the plucky Florida Panthers.
Here’s Monday night’s Plus/Minus:
Plus: After basically exclusively using this space to write about how bad the Capitals have been at the faceoff dot, they finally eked out an advantage in faceoffs 32-to-29. They also out-paced Florida in hits 35-29.
Minus: It shouldn’t be a great sign that the “plus” today was about a stat that was immaterial to the outcome of the game.