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Tortorella on Caps Game 5: “It’s a kick in the gut when you lose because it happens so quickly.”

John Tortorella

New York Rangers coach John Tortorella gives instructions in the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012. The Penguins won 2-0. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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We’ve had fun with John Tortorella for being so brief with the media throughout the playoffs. After last night’s incredible Game 5 comeback against Washington that saw the Rangers win 3-2 in overtime, the usually curt Tortorella offered up a little bit of insight.

CSNWashington.com’s Chuck Gormley gets Tortorella’s thoughts on what it does to a team to win and lose in the way things played out last night.

“It’s a kick in the gut when you lose because it happens so quickly. And it’s pretty exciting when you win because it happens so quick.”

The Caps are saying all the right things about how guys like Braden Holtby will handle losing in such a gut-wrenching way. The Capitals have handled losing overtime games just fine in these playoffs as they’re 3-0 in the game following an OT loss. Losing might be a kick in the gut, but it seems to be forgotten just as fast as it arrives in D.C.