The Washington Capitals matched up with the team that many believe could be the best in the East Division and took them down in a spirited, shootout effort 2-1. This was some pretty fantastic hockey from the road warring Caps.
The Caps outshot the Bruins 28 to 19 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 41 to 36.
By Chris Cerullo 22 hours ago
The Washington Capitals went into Newark, New Jersey for a back-to-back with the Devils and came away with all four points. A successful Sunday saw the return of Ilya Samsonov and a 3-2 Caps win.
The Caps outshot the Devils 23 to 21 but were out-attempted at five-on-five 41 to 34.
By Chris Cerullo 4 days ago
The Washington Capitals have hit a bit of a stride in terms of good play and looked to continue down that path as they took on the New Jersey Devils for the second time in two days. Could they complete the weekend sweep?
Mikhail Maltsev opened scoring with a wrister that ramped up off Dmitry Orlov’s stick past Ilya Samsonov on the short-side. Jakub Vrana has goals in two straight after he fired home his own rebound to tie the game at one. Nicklas Backstrom looking for his 700th career assist instead found the back of the net with his own shot. Yegor Sharangovich wristed one through the body of Samsonov to tie the game once more.
Alex Ovechkin sniped one past a disbelieving MacKenzie Blackwood to restore the Caps lead and ended up the game winner.
Caps beat Devils 3-2!
By Chris Cerullo 5 days ago
The Washington Capitals got out to a hot start in New Jersey and road that start all the way to another W over the Devils. A Saturday afternoon battle ended 5-2 in favor of the Caps before the two teams duke it out again later today.
The shots ended up tied at 24 apiece and the shot attempts at five-on-five did as well at 43 apiece.
By Chris Cerullo 5 days ago
Another afternoon start in February? Oh, you shouldn’t have, NHL. The Washington Capitals came into Saturday’s action on the road against the New Jersey Devils looking to silence two types of demons. The aforementioned Devils and the early start curse.
The Caps started this one hot as Garnet Hathaway slammed home a feed from Justin Schultz, Daniel Sprong deflected a wrister from Brenden Dillon that changed directions multiple times and eventually found its way to the back of the net, and Lars Eller finished a three-on-one break to give the Caps an early 3-0 lead. Nico Hischier would spoil the fun a tad as he got New Jersey on the board for the first time on the man advantage.
Pavel Zacha stormed the net, knocked both Tom Wilson and Vitek Vanecek over, got up, and slotted the Devils second of the day home. Jake the snake Vrana put the Caps ahead for good late in the third. Nic Dowd empty netter.
Caps beat Devils 5-2!
By Chris Cerullo 6 days ago
The Washington Capitals didn’t have their best game Tuesday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins so in response, they decided to reverse that and dominate the puck all Thursday night against those same Pens. The Caps came out on top by a final score of 5-2 after some late, scary back and forth on the scoreboard.
The Caps outshot the Pens 35 to 28 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 55 to 37.
By Chris Cerullo 7 days ago
The Washington Capitals couldn’t respond to their coach’s urges and fell in a pretty poor effort to their fierce rival the Pittsburgh Penguins. The game ended after a terrible three-on-three overtime period that saw the Pens score the winner and take down the game 3-2.
The Pens outshot the Caps 37 to 22 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 57 to 45.
By Chris Cerullo 1 week ago
The Washington Capitals went down early to the New Jersey Devils but staged a valiant, late comeback that saw them avoid losing both games over the weekend. On the back of a three-point effort from TJ Oshie, the Caps took down the Devils 4-3.
The Caps outshot the Devils 41 to 25 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 56 to 49.
By Chris Cerullo 2 weeks ago
The Washington Capitals and New Jersey Devils came into the back half of a back-to-back in which they both lost the first game. Which team could avoid becoming the one to lose two in consecutive days? Another afternoon (puke) start would decide that.
Andreas Johnsson broke open the scoring on an early New Jersey power play. Jack Hughes deftly put a backhand behind Craig Anderson who was deep in his net to extend the lead. TJ Oshie tipped home a power-play point drive to cut the lead in half. John Carlson tied things up halfway through the third period.
Timothy Jimothy got on the board again to give the Caps their first lead of the day. Alex Ovechkin sealed it with a late tap-in. Nikita Gusev grabbed one back with the New Jersey netminder pulled.
Caps beat Devils 4-3!
By Chris Cerullo 2 weeks ago
The Washington Capitals hate playing any time before 7:00 PM. The Caps dropped their fifth game of that variety this season to the New York Rangers by a score of 4-1.
The Caps outshot the Rangers 28 to 24 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 40 to 34.
By Chris Cerullo 2 weeks ago
