The Capitals typically wait until the second round of the playoffs to make their traditional early exit from the postseason. They could be getting a jump on things this season with back-to-back losses to Columbus as home favorites in the first two games of this opening-round best-of-seven clash in the Eastern Conference. Both losses were by one goal in overtime, and each game went OVER the closing 5.5-goal line.
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Columbus cannot be thrilled with the combined seven goals it has allowed in the first two games, but it has to be thrilled with the combined nine goals it has scored. The Blue Jackets were ranked 17th in the NHL in scoring this season with 2.9 goals per game, but behind a lineup that boasts eight players with at least one goal in their last two games, they are coming at Washington from every possible angle.
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- The game total has gone over in 5-0 of Washington’s last 5 games.
- The game total has gone over 9-2-1 in the last 12 meetings of these two teams.
