Before the first playoff puck dropped, the two missing Capitals already had dropped the ball

Now? Now he’s nowhere to be found. So here, on Saturday night, was Oshie, playing on that third line rather than to Kuznetsov’s right as a second-line wing, the top six forwards shuffled about. And here was Anderson — who appeared in just four regular season games — trying to hold off Boston’s dangerous trio of Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak and David Krejci. He did so more than admirably, saving 21 of the 22 shots he faced.