Washington Capitals: Top 3 worst moments of 2021 season

#2 Blowing a 3-0 lead to the Bruins

On Feb. 1 the Caps had a home game against the Boston Bruins. In that contest, they blew a 3-0 lead. It’s a good thing there were no fans there to see that debacle.

Zdeno Chara got revenge against his former team with a goal at 13:26. It came on a slapshot from downtown. 11 seconds later, Daniel Sprong doubled the lead with a snipe in front of the net. 2-0 was the score after 20.

At 8:35 John Carlson ripped a shot up the middle to make it 3-0 in the second period. Then the Bruins answered for five straight goals. It started with a goal from David Pastrnak at 12:37 in the second period.

In the third period Pastrnak added his second goal of the game at 6:08. Then Craig Smith tied the game. Brandon Carlo gave the Bruins the lead. Brad Marchand put the game away with an empty netter.

Peter Laviolette said after the game in an article by Samantha Pell of The Washington Post (subscription required):

"“The third period and the goals they scored were — I don’t like the fact that we weren’t attacking as much. The three goals and the manner in which they happened, it seemed like on each instance we lost coverage, we lost a man for different reasons.”"