I have to point some things out, even though I didn't watch the game. What was the point of pulling the goalie a 2nd time and giving up a 2nd empty netter after giving up a empty netter that put them 2 down with something like 40 secs left in the game? The game was out of reach. Was Carbery trying to give OV another chance to score a goal to get closer to Gretzky? If that was the case, then it was a dumb coaching decision. Caps have done this multiple times giving up multiple empty net goals in a game, which has contributed to their ugly negative goal differential. I might add, over a season giving OV(38 years of age) xtra ice time at the end of games trailing by 2 with close to 1/2 a min left is just putting more wear on OV during the season, when he should be rested when possible to keep him more fresh during the season. Maybe this is a learning mistake on Carbery's rookie coaching season?
2 things I have not liked about Carbery from the start of the season. I think he gets too much into analytics and he hasn't so far in his rookie coaching season gotten the best offense from certain players. It is a coaches job to get the best out of his players. I commend Carbery for getting the team to play better at times as a 5-man unit in all 3 zones, but at what point do you question his tactics in emphasizing too much in defending that it hinders so much of the good offensive players scoring ability. The way I see it, Carbery's system has handcuffed the teams goal scoring ability, which has contributed to the teams struggle to score goals(I think I'm in the minority that feels, constantly mentioning the team is old/slow as an excuse why they are at the bottom of the league in scoring goals).