Muttering to myself.

I thought that was a terrific game. A game with great goal tending; and terrific over all play.

We had a lot of shots on goal and Nashville’s goal tender played really well as did our goal tender.

When we went up 1 to 0 with 4;00 minutes left – I said to myself – ” Wow – a great start to a road trip; what a hard fought defensive battle and what a shame that both teams don’t get a point here”.

Whoops. 30 seconds later the game was tied.

Arrghh. “Ok, happy now – both teams get a point? “Wasn’t that play offside – what happened ?”

And then.

Oh no – “I can’t believe we are down now 2 to 1 with 25 seconds left – what happened to Erskine’s stick”.

Game ends 3 to 1; empty net goal.

I say to myself,”Geesh; what a terrible start to a tough, week long road trip”.

Things can change in a flash in the NHL.

That was a very high paced game – we played well for 56 minutes; we didn’t get a point – we didn’t get a win. We lost. Period.

Time to regroup.

We must play 60 minutes of hockey – Go Caps!