The Capitals are one of three NHL teams that have yet to lose in regulation
The Washington Capitals haven't hit their full stride yet this season, but four games into the new campaign, the 2015-16 President's Trophy…
How Dmitry Orlov set up both Capitals’ power play goals
After beginning the year zero for eight on the power play, the Capitals burst out of their goalless drought Tuesday night with…
For Caps’ second line, a good offense is the best defense
For the first three games of the season, Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin have been split up. Though this separation may not…
Capital Numbers: the ups and the downs
Following a dominating performance in their 3-0 victory over the Colorado Avalanche, let's take a look at some numbers that show what the Caps…
What’s wrong with the Capitals power play?
Over the past four seasons, the power play has been the lifeblood of the Washington Capitals. Since 2013, nearly one-fourth of the…
An example of what makes Nicklas Backstrom so dangerous
Nicklas Backstrom had a strong opening night for the Caps. He had two beautiful assists, a 59 percent shot attempt percentage, and…
What went wrong on the Pens’ second goal?
With just over a minute remaining in the second period of the Caps' 3-2 shootout loss to the Pens, Evgeni Malkin found…
How Zach Sanford will succeed this season for the Capitals
Most people didn't expect Zach Sanford to make the Capitals roster out of training camp about one month ago, especially if they had not had…
The Caps are rightly placing more trust in Dmitry Orlov
Opening night is fast approaching and the Washington Capitals’ roster is taking shape, especially on the defensive end where there were no…
Sportsnet ranks Alex Ovechkin as the tenth best left winger in the NHL
This week, Andrew Berkshire has been releasing Sportsnet's rankings of the top 20 players at each position using Sportslogiq's proprietary stats. Alex Ovechkin was ranked…
Nate Schmidt is going to be ‘an extra guy on the attack all season long’
Capitals defenseman Nate Schmidt had a goal and an assist in his preseason debut against the Islanders, Saturday. Most notably, Schmidt was…
The Caps’ latest line combinations look great
On Thursday, the Caps used lines that look reasonably close to what could be an opening night lineup. And indeed, assistant coach…
Here’s where Alex Ovechkin scored his 50 goals last season
Alex Ovechkin scored 50 goals last season for the seventh time in his legendary 11-year career. NHL Tonight broke down the area…
Washington Capitals top 10 prospects: the top five
So far this week, we have seen all of the prospects outside of the top ten as well as those ranked 10 through…
Washington Capitals top 10 prospects: the next five
Earlier this week, we took a look at all the Caps' prospects that didn't make the top 10. Today, we're diving into…
Washington Capitals top 10 prospects: honorable mentions
For the purpose of this series, a prospect will be defined as an under-25 player in the Capitals system who was not on…
Matt Niskanen could be a great defensive partner for Dmitry Orlov
Last week, Barry Trotz said he envisions Dmitry Orlov playing in the Caps' top four this season, paired with either Matt Niskanen…
Alex Ovechkin is already in the top 20 all time for career adjusted goals
Alex Ovechkin is already the 33rd greatest goal scorer in NHL history. The Russian machine has 525 career goals, and, at 30…
Is John Carlson a top-20 NHL defenseman?
It appears the the NHL Network is at the point in the offseason where they are doing positional rankings. I didn't catch…
Announcing GRiT, the Not-So-Fancy Advanced Statistic
[dropcap]Merriam-Webster defines grit as very small pieces of sand or stone. When we look at the Caps' grittiest players such as Tom…
