Washington Capitals – Caps Realize They Need To Be More Patient In Game 2 Against Lightning – Washington Times

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In other words, there s a lot to fix for Sunday night s Game 2.

We just have to stick to our game plan, and we got away from it night and got away from our strengths and it cost us, center Jason Arnott said. The thing is staying out of the penalty box. We can t take penalties against these guys. They got a great power play and it cost us last night. Those two things it s good things that we can correct and be ready to go .

Tampa Bay s power play bit the Caps late in the second period when the game was unraveling, but one unsuccessful penalty kill isn t as big an issue as the power play. On their five chances in Game 1, the Caps allowed as many short-handed shots as they got power-play shots.

Often, they struggled to get set up, too. Boudreau conceded his team got outworked, especially on the power play.

The natural instinct is Oh, we ve got a man up, it s a goal-scoring opportunity! , Boudreau said. But the whole thing of it is if the penalty killing works harder than the power play, that usually nullifies your man advantage.

But five-on-five the Caps struggled, too. The patience versus the Lightning s neutral zone defense that developed over the six meetings between the teams was not there, and it hurt dearly.

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