WASHINGTON -- Jakob Chychrun scored two goals, and Logan Thompson made 22 saves for his second shutout in his past four games in the Washington Capitals' 4-0 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Capital One Arena on Thursday.

Craig Berube’s bark cut through an otherwise quiet Capital One Arena on Friday afternoon. The Toronto Maple Leafs were in the middle of a practice following maybe their ugliest defeat of the season, a 4-0 drubbing at the hands of the Washington Capitals, and the coach repeatedly made one thing clear.

The Toronto Maple Leafs are running out of excuses as coach Craig Berube demands more "passion" from a roster searching for answers.

BOTTOM LINE: The Washington Capitals enter a matchup with the Toronto Maple Leafs after losing three in a row. Washington is 10-5-2 at home and 18-11-4 overall. The Capitals are 6-7-3 in games their opponents commit fewer penalties.

Logan Thompson stopped 22 shots as the Washington Capitals blanked the visiting Maple Leafs 4-0 on Thursday, handing Toronto its first shutout defeat in 71 games.

The Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews lamented about how they made life too easy in a shutout loss to the Capitals.

If this was an audition of sorts in front of a Canadian TV audience, Washington’s Olympic hopefuls were pretty impressive in a 4-0 win over Toronto. Jakob Chychrun scored two goals, and