Caps drop the biggest game of the year: numbers for the morning after
Wednesday night, the Caps lost Game Four of the second round to the depleted Pittsburgh Penguins by a score of 3-2. While this…
Very much alive: numbers for the morning after
Down but not out, the Caps marched into Pittsburgh on Monday night and came out with a 3-2 win in OT. The…
The Capitals have come back from a 2-0 series deficit before
If the Washington Capitals are going to go where no Ovechkin-led team has gone before (the third round), the team must claw…
Hockey is dumb sometimes: numbers for the morning after
The Caps find themselves in an 0-2 series hole after falling to the Penguins 6-2 on Saturday night. This game sucked and…
Pens fans politely asked us to acknowledge that the Caps got away with Too Many Men last night
I wrote a playfully snide item after Game One taking officials Dan O'Halloran and Kevin Pollock to task for blowing calls that uniformly…
Caps’ bad beat by the Pens: numbers for the morning after
On Thursday night the Caps dropped Game One to the Pittsburgh Penguins by a score of 3-2. Another one-goal game, this time with the…
Sizing up the Penguins: special teams
You may have read this before. In fact, one year ago, tomorrow, we published a very similar story. Some of the personnel…
Sizing up the Penguins: 5-on-5
In advance of the series opener against the Pittsburgh Penguins, we are taking a look at the various components of a familiar…
Sizing up the Penguins: goaltending
In advance of Thursday night's second round opener, we are taking a deeper dive into the Caps' familiar foe, the Pittsburgh Penguins.…
Capitals fight off the nightmare and beat the Leafs: numbers for the morning after
The Capitals hung on and beat the Leafs 5-4 in Game Four Wednesday Night, knotting their first round series at two games…
Barry Trotz’s adjustments for Game Four were superb
For Game Four, Washington Capitals head coach Barry Trotz made a few subtle changes that had a big impact. I was snide…
How Barry Trotz can help Auston Matthews score
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews saw a lot of the Caps' second line in Game Three. More than half of Matthews'…
Barry Trotz suggests changes could be coming to Caps lineup ahead of Game Three
As the Capitals' first-round series shifts to Toronto, Head Coach Barry Trotz is considering changes to his lineup ahead of Game Three.…
How bad bounces and brutal luck cost the Caps a 2-0 series lead
Despite experts and analysts and pundits predicting a short series or even a sweep between the Leafs and Caps, this team knew better.…
We’ve got a series: numbers for the morning after
In their victory in Game One, the Caps came out flat but got better as the game went on. Game Two was a…
Mid-game adjustments lift Caps over Leafs: numbers for the morning after
If you turned off Thursday's game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Washington Capitals before its thrilling overtime finish, you might have…
Sizing up the Leafs: Goaltending
Earlier in the week we looked at how the Caps stacked up against the Leafs in terms of 5-on-5 play. Today, we're…
Let Maple Leafs Hot Stove introduce you to the Toronto Maple Leafs
Who better to scout the Toronto Maple Leafs than our friends at Maple Leafs Hot Stove? I've got a friendship with Alec and…
Sizing up the Leafs: Special teams
The special teams battle between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Washington Capitals will be one to keep an eye on when the…
Auston Matthews goes for the jugular every time
Sure, Auston Matthews looks like if Mr. Potatohead hadn't slept in a week, but don't let that fool you: he's the most…
