Road to the Winter Classic

I recently watched the HBO 24/7 Road to the Winter Classic. There were some things that stood out to me. The largest difference was the mood in the two different locker rooms. The Capitals were on a five game losing streak and there attitude was terrible, they always had there heads down and seemed depressed. Pittsburgh was on an 11 game winning streak and they were goofing around. I know that there may be a difference in tone, but I was surprised that the difference was this large because both teams are professionals so they know that teams get hot and cold throughout the season. I was wondering if HBO just exaggerated the difference through editing. What do you think?