Top 3 keys to victory for the Capitals against Canadiens

#2 Power play must wake up

The Caps power play must step up because it hasn’t in years. That’s the cold reality even though the new coach Spencer Carbery was a power play mastermind with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

In the first game against the Penguins, the Capitals went 0 for 3 on the man advantage. They also went 0 for 3 in their second game against the Flames. In the third game against the Senators, the Capitals went 0 for 2.

Adding those up that’s a combined 0 for 8 since the season started. That is BAD in all caps.

The Canadiens penalty kill can be a hit or miss. They allowed two power play goals out of four chances in their season opener against the Maple Leafs. They allowed three power play goals out of eight chances in their loss to the Wild.

Here is where things get scary. Against a Blackhawks team with the most talented youngest player in Connor Bedard, they held the Blackhawks to 0 for 7 on the power play. That’s right they stopped ALL seven of Chicago’s chances on the man advantage.

With Blaine Forsythe gone, the Caps are adapting to a brand new system. Will that new system finally click when the Caps go to the man advantage? Tune in tonight and find out at your own risk.