The Washington Capitals did not show up against the New York Islanders and in doing so dropped to third in the Metropolitan Division and are now on a four game losing streak. The Isles 2-0 victory catapulted them to the top of the division and Barry Trotz got a little revenge on his former mates.
The Isles out-shot the Caps 25 to 19 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 46 to 37.
By Chris Cerullo 1 month ago
Friday night was Barry Trotz’ first visit to Capital One Arena for a gameday since his then Capitals team won Game Four of the Stanley Cup Finals against the Vegas Golden Knights. Now, Barry took his new squad, the New York Islanders, into DC and got a big ole result.
In spectacular fashion, we got no goals in the first period. In ludicrous fashion, we got no goals in the second period. Josh Bailey opened scoring in the third and serial embellisher Cal Clutterbuck added another.
Islanders beat Caps 2-0.
By Chris Cerullo 1 month ago
The Washington Capitals suffered bigly at the hands of the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night as their midseason struggles continue to fester. The Preds 7-2 win over a tired, flustered group of Caps is just the beginning of a rough stretch of games for our heroes.
The Preds out-shot the Caps 29 to 28 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 47 to 43.
By Chris Cerullo 1 month ago
The Washington Capitals played a stinker of a game that just seemed to get worse as it progressed. The St. Louis Blues picked up their third straight victory, downing the Caps 4-1 and moving themselves suddenly back into the Western Conference playoff hunt.
The Blues out-shot the Caps 37 to 29 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 52 to 38.
By Chris Cerullo 1 month ago
The Washington Capitals and Columbus Blue Jackets matched up in an enthralling, fast paced, crisp hockey match that had to use an extra period to decide a winner. Sike, this game was boring as all heck, and the Caps just slid by enough to earn a point in the 2-1 overtime loss.
The Caps out-shot the Jackets 33 to 22 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 52 to 44.
By Chris Cerullo 1 month ago
The Washington Capitals were back home for a snowy evening in the District for a date with the Columbus Blue Jackets. We got no Bob on the beat, but on Caps Kid’s Night the Blue Jackets still found a way to send the DC crowd home unhappy.
Cam Atkinson opened scoring with seemingly his 698th career goal against the Capitals alone. Both teams had nothing for you in the second. Evgeny Kuznetsov tied things up real late with the netminder pulled. Artemi Panarin with the OT winner.
Blue Jackets beat Caps 2-1 in overtime.
By Chris Cerullo 1 month ago
Thursday night, the Washington Capitals continued their absolute, utter domination of the Boston Bruins over the last five years. The 4-2 victory was the team’s fourteenth in a row against the Bruins. The kids call that “free rent”.
The Bruins out-shot the Caps 41 to 22 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 55 to 30.
By Chris Cerullo 1 month ago
The Washington Capitals beat up on the bottom feeding Philadelphia Flyers and kept pace with an overall surging Metropolitan Division. The Caps extended the Flyers losing streak to eight games as they downed the Philadelphians by a score of 5-3.
The Flyers out-shot the Caps 40-26 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 43 to 38.
By Chris Cerullo 2 months ago
The Washington Capitals have snapped their losing streak and they did so by thoroughly running over the Detroit Red Wings. But wait Chris, the Caps only won by a final score of 3-2, how is that “thoroughly running over”. Well imaginary commenter, let’s go into that below.
By Chris Cerullo 2 months ago
The Washington Capitals needed a good performance in response to their very poor one in St. Louis and they got it against the Stars. Unfortunately, the bounces didn’t go their way and some sparkling goaltending doomed them to a 2-1 overtime defeat.
The Caps out-shot the Stars 36 to 29 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 43 to 38.
By Chris Cerullo 2 months ago
