Zdeno Chara, Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
With the playoffs starting in mere hours now, I think if you ask a lot of people who know the Washington Capitals they might say the one thing to worry about this team is team defense. It’s definitely a legitimate argument as well.
The Capitals can score with any team in the National Hockey League. So if that’s the case, and the Caps aren’t clear favorites to win the Cup they must have issues, and defense has been a bit of an issue pretty much since they won the Stanley Cup in 2018.