Sloppy Play and Penalties Cost Caps in Season Opener
It is only one game, but the Washington Capitals were very sloppy, took too many penalties, and looked anything like a playoff team in their season opener, a 6-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Adam...
View ArticleOates Needs to Figure Things Out Fast
0-2 is no time to panic in a normal hockey season and even in a 48 game campaign, there is no need for the Capitals to do that after losing their home opener to the Winnipeg Jets, 4-2. However, they...
View ArticleCaps Get Much Needed Blowout Victory
The Florida Panthers should reconsider playing hockey at the Verizon Center going forward. After getting absolultely smoked by the Washington Capitals, 5-0 on Saturday night, they are now 0-4 and have...
View ArticleOvechkin’s Big Night Rallies Caps to Victory
After 20 minutes on Thursday night, with the Capitals trailing 2-0 to division leading Carolina, you can bet the season obituaries on the Caps 2013 season were in draft form just waiting to be...
View ArticleOvechkin, Holtby Lead Healthier Caps To Big Victory
When the Capitals lines and defensive pairings for Thursday night’s contest against the Jets were tweeted out by Washington Capitals writer Mike Vogel during warmups, I tweeted back the following:...
View ArticleOvechkin Sparks Caps Comeback Win in Carolina
It was 2-0 Carolina and they were totally dominating the Capitals as the game moved late into the first period. <Cue the Jaws music> Then Alexander Ovechkin took a sweet drop pass from Nicklas...
View ArticleOvechkin Hat Trick Propels Caps over Cats
Alexander Ovechkin is on fire and all of the national media critics who trashed him this year have egg all over their faces right now, especially Mike Milbury and PJ Stock. The Gr8 poured in three...
View ArticleOvechkin, Neuvirth Carry Caps Past Habs
The Washington Capitals and Alexander Ovechkin have been on a roll of late, but apparently, all of those goals the Gr8 has scored and all of the wins the Caps have reeled off to seize the Southeast...
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 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 ArticleOvechkin Notches 32nd Goal But Caps Lose in OT
The Ottawa Senators defeated the Washington Capitals, 2-1, in overtime, in a game that meant nothing in terms of playoff seeding to the Caps but was ultra important for the Sens post season chances....
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 ArticleRibeiro OT Tally Gives Caps a 3-2 Series Lead
The New York Rangers had the Washington Capitals on the ropes early on in game five on Friday night. Brian Boyle scored after a vicious forecheck just 53 seconds into the contest and then for the next...
View ArticleCaps Draft Burakovsky as Big Trades Fail to Materialize
The days leading up to the 2013 NHL Draft generated a lot of hype for the extremely talented players slated to be taken at the top of the draft as well as for the possibility of some blockbuster trades...
View ArticleCaps 2013-14 Roster Pretty Much Set with Alzner Signing
It’s July 10th, but the Washington Capitals lineup, barring any trades, is mostly set for training camp in September with GM George McPhee announcing Wednesday that defensemen Karl Alzner has been...
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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...
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