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The Washington Capitals got a 3-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres last night. Here is our general game story as well as our grades for the offense. Now it’s time to grade the defense.
The Caps defense has been criticized all season long and when they aren’t their goalie Vitek Vanecek is. If we had to grade them in their win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, they would easily get an A+ for the complete game domination. How would they respond against a lowly Sabres team that lost three in a row coming into the game?