Okay, well, five to two loss.

After coming out guns ablazen, we saw some glimmer of hope, but it took yet another quick turn.

The capitals have now found themselves down O2 in the series against the Islanders.

This is starting to look all too familiar.

They've been here before in 2018. We know against the Blue Jackets, but the difference, JJ,

they played well. They still lost those games. They did not deserve this one tonight. Not

great. No, in 2018, the caps were the better team in those first two games and they lost them

because that's just hockey and that's the way it goes interesting enough they were Columbus was the

better team in that game three and the caps won that one this is different they have not been the

better team in these two games maybe they had a good two periods in game one but collapsed in the

third period New York deserved the third period, New York

deserved to win that game.

New York deserved to win this game tonight because it was just New York versus the Alex

Ovechkins because he was about the only player who was contributing anything on the ice

for the caps at all.

So I know we are going to hear about the 2018 comparison from now until the puck drops at noon on Sunday.

It's not the same.

And I get it, but this looks completely different because this team has not played well at all.

It feels different too, JJ.

The other difference, of course, you think back to 2018.

Capitals had a little jolt going into game three. Braden Holpe was making his first start of course. You think back to 2018. Capitals had a little jolt going into game three.

Braden Holpe was making his first start of that playoff run after Philip Grubauer had started

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