 After a hot start to the 2011–12 season, the Capitals fell apart, posting just four wins in 13 games during the month of November.Alexander Ovechkin and Alexander Semin both vastly underperformed during the stretch.These and other factors led to Boudreau's firing on November 28, 2011, despite Boudreau having reached 200 regular season wins faster than any coach in the modern NHL era.