Andrey SenchenkoSport correspondentAll materialsEmail to the authorThe Washington Capitals have not won a single NHL playoff series since winning the Stanley Cup in 2018. Alexander Ovechkin will no longer experience champion joy? The defeat of “Washington” from “Florida” in the first round of the NHL playoffs cannot be called a failure. Firstly, if only because the Capitals had little chance of success in the confrontation with the best team in the regular season. If the “Capitals”, with all the club's problems, managed to get into the next stage, then this event would claim to be the main sensation of the entire Stanley Cup. Secondly, because the team of Peter Laviolette gave the Panthers an equal fight and lost only because of missed chances and inattentive defensive actions in specific episodes. The outcome of the series was decided by the details. However, the fact is that “Washington” completes the fight for the Stanley Cup in the first stage of the tournament for the fourth time in a row. That is, from the moment when Ovechkin and Co. became the owners of the coveted title. And this situation cannot but speak of the fact that the club is not only going through a crisis, but even today does not have the resources to get out of it.
