SaucyJack Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Is it time to start worrying that the division leading Caps are just possibly pretenders? The Capitals goals-against numbers in the 3rd period are troubling...and not just these past two games against NYR where they gave up four third-period goals both times. I recall several 3-0 final period leads in recent weeks being just enough to hold on in regulation or OT. So I spent a few minutes tabulating their by-period goals-against for the past two months. I didn’t distinguish between home and away, and I didn’t count OT and shootout goals. x-y-z, where x is 1st period, y is 2nd period, z is 3rd period. February games: 9-13-17 March games: 7-7-21 TOTAL: 16-20-38 So for the last two months, opponents have scored a bit over HALF their goals against Washington in period three. I know the regular season can be a drag...little real reward for finishing first so why give anything close to a sustained supreme effort until playoffs. But if anything resembles the playoffs during the regular season, surely it is the 3rd period? This is not good, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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