The Capitals bowed out early once again. Now they have plenty of questions to answer.

Given the conditioning and health habits of modern athletes, there’s nothing wrong with being a little, um, seasoned. Patrice Bergeron is 35, and he scored twice for the Bruins Sunday night. Indeed, Boston has some gray in its core — David Krejci is 35, Brad Marchand 33, goalie Tuukka Rask 34. Plus, Ovechkin has shown that predicting his demise is foolish, and he likely has more good hockey — and many more goals — left in him.