There are no excuses to make for Ovie. He is one player on the team, granted he is the captain and the face of the organization. Unfortunately, in real life, it IS a team. he had 10 shots on goal and a bullshit goal taken away, the entire team looked completely deflated after the first period. There are no excuses, there is nothing anyone can say in defense of the Capitals and no one should. They were out-played in every way and I think it's horse shit that Ovie will get the blame for it and he will fall into Crosby's shadow. It's disgusting, Crosby had a TEAM a well rounded TEAM behind him, Ovie is part of an offensive machine and clearly, once again, our flaws were displayed in front of the entire league.
Maybe...maybe next season?