Liveblog: Canadiens at Washington

Back in the day when its baseball team was the perennially inept Senators, Washington was said to be “first in War, first in Peace and last in the American League.”
Times have changed.
Washington has a good baseball team (that used to be Montreal’s), and the Capitals are among the NHL’s Stanley Cup contenders.
Meanwhile, about 800 kilometres northeast of the capital of the free world, hockey fans are grappling with the realization this season’s edition of the Canadi