Caps Blitz Jets Again Behind Ovechkin & Holtby
After the Caps smoked the Jets, 4-0, on Thursday night, I blogged that we’d know around 930pm if the Capitals were back in the Southeast Division race. I was wrong, we actually knew an hour earlier as...
View ArticleCaps & Ovechkin Stayin’ Alive After Shootout Win
It was 3-1 Sabres going into the third period and the Washington Capitals season was basically on the line. Sure they were carrying much of the play after a horrid first 20 minutes, but the way Jhonas...
View ArticleHoltby Leads Caps to 6th Straight Victory
It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. Well that definitely applies to Washington Capitals goalie Braden Holtby and his club on Thursday night. The Caps found themselves down 14-0 in shots on...
View ArticleCaps Win on Green OT Tally After Losing 4 Goal Lead
The most important thing happened for the Washington Capitals on Saturday night. Mike Green lasered one in on the power play in overtime to give the Caps a 6-5 victory over Tampa Bay and now they lead...
View ArticleOveckhin, Erat Carry Confident Caps to 8th Straight Victory
After the Caps blew a four goal lead and had to win in overtime last Saturday night the question was would that third period collapse impact their confidence going forward? On Tuesday night, versus a...
View ArticleOvechkin’s 2013 Caps are a Special Team
24-10-1. That’s what it takes to go from 2-8-1 and last in the NHL to clinching the Southeast Division for the fifth time in the last six years. Kudos to Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals...
View ArticleWill Ovechkin & Caps Avenge 2012 Series Loss to Rangers?
For the Caps organization and their fans, the memory of last spring’s Eastern Conference semifinal game five overtime defeat to the Rangers that ultimately led to a series loss in seven games still...
View ArticleOvechkin, Holtby Lead Caps in Game 1 Victory
All season long the Capitals have ridden Alexander Ovechkin’s offense and Braden Holtby’s goaltending. So it was no surprise that with the New York Rangers up 1-0 in the second period despite being...
View ArticleOvechkin, Caps Seek Commanding Series Lead on Monday
Fresh off of a huge 1-0 overtime victory on Saturday afternoon, the Washington Capitals take on the New York Rangers in game three of their best of seven first round playoff series on Monday night at...
View ArticleCaps & Ovechkin Must Adjust To Win Series
On Sunday night, I blogged that the playoffs are all about adjustments. The Capitals were winning the series 2-0, at that point, and were dominating the play. After two games in the Big Apple, the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Caps Knock Off Jets in Preparation for Baltimore Hockey Classic
Mike Green scored on a sweet, top shelf wrister in the shootout on Saturday night to give the Washington Capitals a 4-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets in the Kraft Hockeyville game in Belleville,...
View ArticleHandicapping the Caps Opening Night Roster
The Washington Capitals held their annual media day luncheon on Tuesday at Kettler IcePlex and both Owner Ted Leonsis and General Manager George McPhee made it clear that winning the Stanley Cup was...
View ArticleCaps Start 2013-14 With High Expectations Once Again
It is awfully difficult to win a championship in professional sports but heading into 2013-14 that is once again the goal of the Washington Capitals, who have yet to hoist Lord Stanley’s Cup since...
View ArticleCaps Take Step In Right Direction With Convincing Victory
The Washington Capitals got a much needed 4-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Monday night at the Verizon Center to push their overall record to 2-4. This was a game the Caps had to have to get...
View ArticleOvechkin, Holtby Help Caps Beat Jets in Shootout
There’s an old saying that “there are no style points in sports.” That absolutely applied to the Capitals 5-4 shootout victory over the Winnipeg Jets at the MTS Centre on Tuesday night. Washington...
View ArticleOvechkin, Holtby Pace Caps Over Oilers
Alexander Ovechkin and Braden Holtby are both red hot right now. The Gr8 notched a goal and an assist and Holtby stoned (30 saves) the Oilers until two minutes remaining in regulation as the Capitals...
View ArticleEffort Wasn’t Problem in Caps’ Road Trip Defeats
Through the first 14 games of the Washington Capitals season, effort was a problem on many of the nights when the Caps were on the wrong end of the score. This past weekend, against two very good...
View ArticleOates Frustrated After Caps Comeback Falls Short
Caps Coach Adam Oates was notably upset after this one, and that is highly unusual. The normally calm bench boss who does a great job of answering post game questions, win or lose, was frustrated and...
View ArticleCaps Suffer Worst Loss of Season
With two guys asking for trades this week (Martin Erat and Dmitry Orlov), things went from bad to worse on Thanksgiving Eve as the Capitals turned a 3-1 first period lead into a 6-4 defeat to Ottawa....
View ArticleFehr, Grabovski Help Caps End Losing Skid
In pro sports, talent is a nice thing to have, but effort is every bit as important. On Friday night against Montreal, the Caps started slowly again but fortunately Coach Adam Oates made some big in...
View Article
