I know that’s the narrative, and deservedly so, but that isn’t what happened last night.
To me, it just looked like they started thinking too much, trying to make the “safe” play in the third. Instead of just making the play. That extra hesitation allowed the Caps to take advantage of them. It wasn’t that they started getting hit in the third, cuz they were getting hit all game.
They did kinda look tired by the end.
And at least they turned a 4 point loss into only 2.