During his post-game press conference, Rangers head coach John Tortorella lamented his team's "brain-dead" plays that led to three of Washington's four goals in Wednesday night's 4-1 loss at the Verizon Center. The fact that they did not take care of the puck nearly as well as they usually do---or needed to against a skilled team that features Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, and Alex Semin, among others---chapped the players just as much as it did their coach. "We didn't take care of the puck, and that burned us," explained Brian Boyle. "We don't want to give the puck away, we want them to earn it. Those are the things we don't want to do, and in this league there aren't a lot of comebacks, so we really beat ourselves." Defenseman Jeff Woywitka, who returned to the lineup after a four-game injury absence, added, "Obviously they have some players that transition quick and make things happen quick, and if we are not smart in the right areas they can burn us on it because they have the talent to do that. We weren't strong enough in those areas tonight, and they got a couple goals off of (turnovers). Now we have to learn from it and move on." Share your thoughts below on the Rangers' struggles with the puck Wednesday.
