The Washington Capitals are apparently not big fans of three-goal leads. They fumbled one to the Boston Bruins a game after overcoming one against the New York Islanders but none of that matters because Alex Ovechkin is still king. The Great Eight fired the Caps to a 4-3 overtime victory.
The Bruins outshot the Caps 43 to 23 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 65 to 38.
By Chris Cerullo 1 month ago
The two teams at the top of the NHL’s East Division matched up for the first time this season as the Washington Capitals and Boston Bruins did Saturday night battle. Which team would get the better of the other in the duel of returning 2019-20 Richard Trophy winners?
Nicklas Backstrom at the end of a shift found some energy to snipe the Caps into the lead. Trevor van Riemsdyk scored his first as a Capital to extend the lead to two. Richard Panik stood bodied home another on a man advantage.
Nick Ritchie deflected a puck home to give the Bruins their first of the night. Brad Marchand snuck home another. Charlie McAvoy tied things up with the goalie pulled.
Ovi wins it in overtime.
Caps beat Bruins 4-3!
By Chris Cerullo 1 month ago
The Washington Capitals in inexplicable fashion pulled off yet another victory over the New York Islanders. This time it was a thrilling six unanswered goal comeback that saw the lads in red take down another two points with a final score of 6-3.
The Islanders outshot the Caps 30 to 23 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 52 to 38.
By Chris Cerullo 1 month ago
A couple of children stacked upon each other’s shoulders dressed up in weird blue jerseys, called themselves the Washington Capitals, and then beat the New York Islanders 3-2…in regulation!
The walking wounded Caps outshot the Isles 37 to 34 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 65 to 47.
By Chris Cerullo 1 month ago
The Washington Capitals took on the Buffalo Sabres for the fourth time already in this new, strange season, and finally, took their first loss to the Jack Eichel led squad in a shootout 4-3.
The Sabres outshot the Caps 48 to 31 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 50 to 39.
By Chris Cerullo 1 month ago
The Washington Capitals came into Friday night’s action without their Russians but still left with their third victory of the season over the Buffalo Sabres. It wasn’t pretty but the Caps clutched up in the shootout and downed Buffalo by a final score of 4-3.
The Caps outshot the Sabres 32 to 27 but were out-attempted at five-on-five 49 to 42.
By Chris Cerullo 1 month ago
The Washington Capitals opened their 2021 home campaign against the Buffalo Sabres and did so for the first time sans Alex Ovechkin since 2003. I repeat…2003. Could they enter bizarro world and come away with two points?
Eric Staal sent home a layup in front after Victor Olofsson stripped Zdeno Chara behind the net to open the scoring. Nicklas Backstrom converted a rebound off a Tom Wilson tip-in try to tie things up.
Nic Dowd one-timed the Caps into their first lead of the night off of a great Caps cycle and smart feed from Jakub Vrana. Dylan Cozens sniped home his first NHL goal to tie the game once more. Vrana got one of his own shortly before Riley Sheahan locked the game up again.
No goal in overtime so we got the ole boring skill contest.
Caps beat the Sabres 4-3!
By Chris Cerullo 1 month ago
As you are most likely very well aware, the NHL has fined the Washington Capitals $100,000 for player violations of the league’s COVID‑19 Protocols. We then got the news minutes later that more specifically, the Caps Russian quartet of Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov, and Ilya Samsonov is now unavailable due to these supposed violations.
So, what’s next for the Caps lineup and what options do they have if these guys have to miss a game(s).
By Chris Cerullo 2 months ago
I came up with my title for today’s rendition of your morning numbers as it is the G-rated version of what I was saying to myself while watching the Caps self-sabotage themselves over and over again in this game. So, the Caps dropped another to the Pens. This time before the shootout in overtime by a score of 5-4.
The Pens outshot the Caps 30 to 26 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 43 to 41.
By Chris Cerullo 2 months ago
Old foes and old woes were the stories that led to the Washington Capitals’ first “defeat” of this strange season, 4-3 to the ole pesky Pittsburgh Penguins. I put defeat in quotes because when you lose in a shootout…did you really lose a hockey game?
The Pens outshot the Caps 27 to 23 and the five-on-five shot attempts were locked up at 32 apiece.
By Chris Cerullo 2 months ago
