Postgame: Red Wings – Capitals

The good news – and I use “good” very loosely – is that the Red Wings gave up enough goals to Washington in the third period on Thursday that the game didn’t look close.  Early in the period they were tied at three but badly outshot and badly outplayed.

One of my concerns as the Wings go down the stretch is that they’ll play just well enough – or even worse, have results that look just good enough – for the front office to think big changes aren’t necessary.  Outcomes like tonight help highlight how outclassed the Wings are against the NHL’s elite.

Holding Alexander Ovechkin to no shots doesn’t mean a lot when you lose 6-3.

Of course, it doesn’t help that they lost Jonathan Ericsson to injury early and that Petr Mrazek didn’t play well.  But that’s going to happen every now and then.

Unrelated unpopular opinion…  The Capitals’ throwback jerseys look horrible.  I loved them in the ’80s.  They’re dated as hell now.  Their standard set is pretty horrible, too, though.