Caps lose - fall to 0-2 in the series

Tough loss for the Caps last night. Felt like we didn't dominate but largely outplayed the Lightning in the first two periods. We were by far the aggressors and had WAY more shots then them. Still, we couldn't put the puck in the net and found ourselves down 2-1 with less than two minutes remaining.

We pulled Neuvy for the extra attacker and Ovie came up big punching it in from right in front of the net with just over a minute left. The crowd was pumped and it looked good at that point.

In OT, Ovie made a great move and slid the puck right across the net but Johanson just missed it for the game winner. We had pretty good energy and chances to start OT but in the end it was a bad line shift that caught us in a 2 v 1 where Lecavalier got the puck all by himself in front of Neuvy for an easy goal. Tough way to lose and now we find ourselves down 2 games to none heading to TB for back to back games on Tues and Wed. It's a tall order but I still like our team and believe the series is far from over. The thing is I said that it's not over if we lose Game 2, the situation becomes a must win in Game 3 as we cannot afford to get down 3 games to zero.

One area that ABSOLUTELY must improve is the PP. We had a number of opportunities in yesterday's game and could not convert once. This is unacceptable. I do believe we are the better team between these two but on paper it doesn't matter. It's what you do on the ice that matters. Hopefully we come out tomorrow ready to go and score first to get the crowd out of it. A win tomorrow and the entire complexion of the series changes.

UNLEASH THE FURY!!!