Postgame: Trotz puts Capitals on notice after third straight loss

The Washington Capitals had failed to jumpstart themselves from this repetitive funk and followed a painfully old path toward a third straight defeat, so Coach Barry Trotz found himself issuing the same charges that hadn't yet taken, relapsing toward the same demands. "The leaders, your top players have got to get the focus, and then everybody follows," he said two days ago at Verizon Center following a loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins .

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