Alan, after a clunker like that, a shutout loss to start a six-game road trip in Columbus,

I'll let you talk. I literally don't know what to ask you. What did you make of it?

Well, a back-to-back game where the team looked absolutely exhausted. They had nothing going

from the first drop of the puck. They look tired. When you're having a back-to-back, a home

away, away home, you definitely want it to be away on the puck. They look tired when you're having a back-to-back, a home away, away home.

You definitely want it to be away on the road, the first game, and home on the second. It's a lot easier that way. It's enough. They played a team lying in weight that put the pedal to the metal and wore them out right from the start. You had a lot of your veteran players. I'm not going to say, Ovetchkin, I thought, Ovechkin had his legs moving, but he had some older guys that

looked really, really tired tonight, and then, and you had a lot of your veteran players. I'm not going to say Ovechkin, I thought Ovechkin had his legs moving,

but you had some older guys that looked really, really tired tonight. And then when I look at some of the younger players, they didn't have their legs either. And that's a sign that tells you that these guys were absolutely exhausted tonight. One of those veterans, maybe the only veteran that really came to play, the only players that came to play, Ryan Billy,

was Braden Holtey.

If not for Holtz, One of those veterans, maybe the only veteran that really came to play, the only players that came to play, Ryan Billy, was Braden Holpey.

If not for Holtz making a couple of big saves, this really could have gotten off the rails.

Oh, this would have been so far off the rails.

Yeah, there would have been a lot of tears tonight.

Hope he was awesome.

It's an in Wilson mentioned, you know, they wasted an effort from him, which is really a shame because it's exactly what you would have wanted to start the six-game road trip. And they blew it. One game. Got to remember, it's just one game on this road trip. Kind of like when they blew the game against Boston. They were one-on-one, but they have time to regroup. And that's a great thing about this road trip. It's not your normal daunting road trip of six games just crammed in. They've got a couple of days off at all times, and they have two complete days off as part of the CBA on this road trip. So it's not like they're going to be tired and chasing the entire time. 29 saves for Braden Holpey and a 3-0 loss.

I'm Rob Carlin.

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total and they'll move within two of Washington and the standings.

And for the capitals, there will be four straight losses on the road

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They have to reset with Thursday looming on their schedule against the sharks.

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