You need to pay attention to what they are saying and more importantly to what they are not saying. The Caps are saying they are not going to blow "anything" up, so you could interpret that as the are going to blow EVERYTHING up!
GMGM is so tight lipped about trades, who knows what is and isn't actually in the works right now. I think there is probably a lot of pressure on everyone in the organization tonight, and if the players don't pull it together tonight, changes will have to be made.
The players don't even have to play a solid three periods. Two well played periods would be a 100% improvement at this point and could probably earn them a win.