Choosing the middle ground: Snapshot 1
Nine games into the season, there's been some good and some bad from the Washington Capitals. There's certainly been more bad than…
Penalties doom Caps against Cats: numbers for the morning after
Saturday night The Capitals were back home to play the Florida Panthers before they head out on a road trip that tours…
Caps need extra frame to down the Red Wings: numbers for the morning after
The Caps were in Motown to play Mike Green and the Detroit Red Wings in the Wings newly opened Pizza Palace, Pie…
NBC Sports Philadelphia analyst gives bad-faith, intellectually dishonest critique of corsi and fenwick
Flyers Insider for NBC Sports Philadelphia, John Boruk, shared this tweet on Saturday morning. As a critique of shot-attempt statistics, this is…
Nicklas Backstrom dominates the Devils: numbers for the morning after
The Capitals went to the garden state to play the undefeated New Jersey Devils and came away with a convincing 5-2 victory.…
Barry Trotz is right: Andre Burakovsky needs to hit the net
Through the first four games, the Caps line of Andre Burakovsky, Nicklas Backstrom, and TJ Oshie has been stellar. At 5-on-5, they've…
The Caps added a new wrinkle to their power play and it’s already paying off
The Caps have had one of the best power plays in the league for years. There are obvious reasons for the success,…
Pathetic team performance in Tampa: numbers for the morning after
The Capitals were in sunny, humid Tampa to meet a Steven Stamkos-led Lightning squad that had struggled defensively in two games against…
Home opener blowout: numbers for the morning after
The Capitals officially opened up Capital One Arena for the new season, dispatching the Montreal Canadiens 6-1. Déjà vu time. Alex Ovechkin…
Top six dominant in shootout victory: numbers for the morning after
The Capitals opened their new campaign with a 5-4 shootout victory against the Ottawa Senators last night, marked notably by an Alex…
It’s not good that 37-year-old Brooks Orpik will get more ice time this season
Me and Brooks Orpik shared a birthday last week. Orpik's got a few years on me, so he's now at the dawn…
Looking at the Caps forward position battles
For the first time in a while, the Caps have a number of roster spots up for grabs in training camp this…
On what makes John Carlson so good at defending the blue line
Last month we looked at how the Caps could become an even more dangerous offensive team by changing their approach on zone entries, as…
How the Caps can become a more dangerous offensive team
The Caps were a juggernaut during the 2016-17 regular season. The 118 points the team accumulated led the league by seven and,…
Say farewell to David Johnson’s hockey stats site with these alarming Evgeny Kuznetsov numbers
In the wee hours of Thursday morning, we learned that David Johnson of hockeyanalysis.com and puckalytics.com had been hired by the Calgary…
Brooks Orpik defended the blue line like a boss last season
While you'll sometimes hear about a team's need to "get pucks deep", often by playing dump-and-chase hockey, entering the zone with control…
Will TJ Oshie at age 36 be better than Justin Williams at age 36?
Brian MacLellan defended his offseason plans to the Washington Post on Tuesday. We've already had a full accounting of it, but I'd…
Dmitry Orlov is worth his new contract
Our concerns with the Caps' moves this offseason are well documented. But that's not to say it's all doom and gloom. There…
Free agent defensemen who could replace Nate Schmidt
With Nate Schmidt heading to Vegas in the expansion draft, the Caps have a hole in their top-four. While the Caps do…
Can TJ Oshie score 30+ goals again?
TJ Oshie's 33-goal season in 2016-17 was the first time in a decade that Alex Ovechkin wasn't the sole top scorer for…
