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 ArticleOvechkin, Backstrom, & Holtby Lead Caps To Win in Big Apple
Caution: Objects in your rear view mirror are larger than they appear! That line is from an old Far Side cartoon and pictured in that comic is a car mirror with a huge eye ball in it. Well Southeast...
View ArticleCaps GM McPhee faces very critical week
Washington Capitals General Manager George McPhee is arguably facing his most critical week in his 16 year tenure. His Caps sit at 15-17-1, 11th place in the Eastern Conference and 23rd overall in the...
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 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, Green, Holtby Help Caps Survive Islanders in Shootout
It took 37 games, but the Washington Capitals are finally in first place in the Southeast Division after a 2-1 shootout victory over the speedy New York Islanders. The Caps, who started 2-8-1, are now...
View ArticleOvechkin Scores Twice But Neuvirth the Caps Hero vs Tampa
There are times in a sports season when a team needs a certain player to come up big and help carry their club to victory on a given night. With the Washington Capitals facing a Tampa Bay Lightning...
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 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 ArticleGreen Leads Caps over Bruins, Next Up: The Rangers
Caps Coach Adam Oates made it pretty clear on Wednesday that he intended to play the last two regular season games to win to try and keep Washington’s second half of the season momentum going into to...
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 Fail to Win Game Three Again, Lead Series 2-1
The game three playoff nightmares continue for the Caps franchise when taking a 2-0 series lead. A sloppy effort from the Washington Capitals on Monday night cost them a chance to put the New York...
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 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 ArticleWill Home Ice Hold up for Caps & Ovechkin in Game 7?
The Washington Capitals earned the number three seed in the Eastern Conference by winning the Southeast Division and they get the opportunity to make it pay off with a victory in game seven on Monday...
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