Can you clarify exactly how Wash dodged a bullet if Your Leafs played cautiously, messing up their aggressive skating and shooting?  What is the cause and effect here?

Agreed this game had a different tempo from the others, more checking, tighter, but Your Leafs did not outplay the Caps, they did not steal this 1 from the home team.

So, where's the dodging?

If the Caps are playing up to potential, this series might be over already, man.