The Washington Capitals could not get enough offense to take down the stingy Minnesota Wild and one bad turnover on defense sealed the deal in regulation. The 2-1 loss was quite the snooze fest, especially after the Caps recent games against the Lightning.
The Wild out-shot the Caps 27 to 22.
By Chris Cerullo 1 day ago
Friday night, the Washington Capitals continued their home stand with a soiree involving their former bench boss Bruce Boudreau and his Minnesota Wild team. This was the final game of the season that the Caps will play against a Western Conference team…unless we get another Cup Final.
Jordan Greenway opened scoring for the Wild during a sleepy first period. Brett Connolly deflected home a Nick Jensen drive to tie the game at one. Luke Kunin restored the Wild lead in the third.
Wild beat Caps 2-1.
By Chris Cerullo 2 days ago
The Washington Capitals will take a break from all the Eastern Conference action of late for their final game of the season against the Western Conference until a potential Stanley Cup Final. That western team is the Minnesota Wild who the Caps last saw and beat 5-2 on the road in mid November.
Puck drop for this one is at your regular 7 PM eastern. As always, you can catch all coverage of this game on NBC Sports Washington via the My Teams app on your choice streaming device. I have your recap to distract me from my March Madness bracket obsession.
By Chris Cerullo 2 days ago
The Washington Capitals once again took the league’s best Tampa Bay Lightning to the brink, but again could not capture the full two points for a victory. The team, in their 5-4 overtime loss, showed that they can and will play with those guys for sure.
The Caps out-shot the Lightning 58 to 28.
By Chris Cerullo 3 days ago
The Washington Capitals bested the lowly New Jersey Devils in what was a boring, easy win. The 4-1 victory was the type of victory that I think a team needs to have before facing a back-to-back scenario, especially when the Tampa Bay Lightning are who is awaiting.
The Caps out-shot the Devils 22 to 21.
By Chris Cerullo 4 days ago
The Washington Capitals get a quick break from the league best Tampa Bay Lightning, when they travel up north to Jersey to take on one of the league’s worst in the Devils. The Devils surely did not have the season that they envisioned coming into 2018-19, but they still have plenty of pieces that can catch a team sleeping on an off day.
Puck drop is at 7:30 PM so you have an extra half an hour to make sure you’re tuned into all of NBCSWA’s coverage of the night via their My Teams app on all of your streaming devices. You got the best of the best on recap duty for the next two games, one Peter Hassett.
By Chris Cerullo 5 days ago
The Washington Capitals gave the dominant Tampa Bay Lightning a solid run for their money, before falling 6-3 after a couple of empty net strikes against. Could this be a preview of another Eastern Conference Final?
The Lightning out-shot the Caps 35 to 33.
By Chris Cerullo 1 week ago
The Washington Capitals got some Florida sun before heading to an arena that they have very recent and fond memories of. The current best team on the planet, the Tampa Bay Lightning were looking to finally enact some revenge on Washington this season after that past playoff battle.
Tyler Johnson opened scoring on the evening and Alex Killorn doubled up that early lead with a strange marker that bounced off of Dmitry Orlov. John Carlson cut the lead in half, but Killorn made that short lived with his second on the night.
Alex Ovechkin restored Capitals hopes with a power play goal in the second. Erik Cernak opened the third with an early insurance goal. Ovi got on the board again in the third. Lightning with two empty netters.
Lightning beat Caps 6-3.
By Chris Cerullo 1 week ago
The Washington Capitals continued their hot run of play by easily dispatching of the Philadelphia Flyers in the Flyers home barn. The Caps took down their Metro Division rivals 5-2 and put a huge dampener on Philly’s wild card playoff hopes.
The Caps out-shot the Flyers 32 to 24.
By Chris Cerullo 1 week ago
The Washington Capitals had their seven game winning streak ended by their archnemesis, the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Pens took down the Caps 5-3 as they finished their chances and the bounces just did not roll the Caps way.
The Caps out-shot the Pens 41 to 30.
By Chris Cerullo 2 weeks ago
