Hockey Chaos: Tom Wilson Hugs It Out With Oliver Ekman-Larsson (Photo)
Mike Richards scored his first goal as a Washington Capital on Monday night, but the goal did not come without drama. Goalie Louis…
The Extra Two Percent: Week 18 Snapshot
Photo: Chris Gordon The Extra 2% is a book about the Tampa Bay Rays looking for every small, incremental advantage over their…
Three Cheers for Taylor Chorney
Photo: Patrick Smith With Brooks Orpik returning from injury on Tuesday night against the Kings, Taylor Chorney found himself as a healthy…
Power-Play Production Driving Jason Chimera’s Bounce-Back Season
Photo: Elsa Entering the season, there were plenty of reasons to doubt if Jason Chimera could be a meaningful contributor. Save for the playoffs…
Empty-Net Goals Are Weird: An Analysis
The Washington Capitals scored two empty-net goals last week-- a rare (I think) game-winning empty-netter off the stick of Jason Chimera and another from the…
Brooks Laich’s Bad Luck Makes His Big Paycheck Stink
Photo: Monumental Network As I touched on in the Sunday Snapshot, Brooks Laich is ice cold in 2015-16. With just one goal and…
Domination Consumes You: Week 17 Snapshot
Photo: Keith Allison The Washington Capitals got embarrassed by the Dallas Stars on Saturday night. While the Caps are running away with the…
Rolling the Rock: Week 16 Snapshot
Photo: Amanda Bowen The snapshot is back. We took a two-week hiatus because the Caps played one game over a 74-year period…
Andre Burakovsky Has Awoken From His Slumber
Photo: Patrick Smith Andre Burakovsky was one the Caps' most effective and productive forwards in 2014-15 when he was given the chance…
Evgeny Kuznetsov Gives the Caps Secondary Scoring for the First Time in a Long Time
The Washington Capitals have been humming along here, distancing themselves from the competition at an increasingly rampant pace. Despite having played the second…
Can Braden Holtby Play His Way Into The Hart Trophy Discussion?
Photo: Amanda Bowen In theory, a legitimately great goaltender playing at the top of their game remains the most valuable chess piece on…
Eyes On The Prize: Week 13 Snapshot
Photo: Patrick Smith The snapshot is a weekly colmn that isn't focused only on the previous week but also on the season-to-date. But…
Dmitry Orlov and Nate Schmidt Thriving In Top-Four Role
Photo: Rafael Suanes For the past eight games, the Caps have been without blue-line regulars Brooks Orpik (who has missed the past…
Parlaying a Dominant Regular Season into Playoff Success
The incarnation of the Washington Capitals we’ve seen through the first half of the 2015-16 season has been nothing if not a…
This Team, Y’all: Week 12 Snapshot
Photo: Bruce Bennett This team, y'all. Whether it be through elite goaltending, top-notch special teams, strong 5v5 play, luck, some sort of…
Caps Beat Isles: Numbers For The Morning After
Photo: Bruce Bennett On Thursday night, The Caps continued trouncing everyone in their path by tossing the Islander aside, 4-1. Nate Schmidt…
Turning the Corner: How Tom Wilson’s Value is Changing
Photo: Maddie Mayer For most of his career, Caps 2012 first-round pick Tom Wilson has languished on the team's fourth line, more…
Inflection Point: Week 11 Snapshot
The Capitals have played sixteen games since the beginning of December. In that time, the team added 24 standings points, making them…
Braden Holtby Is The Caps MVP and Playing at the Highest Level of his Career
Screenshot by RMNB reader Victor K. Monday night, Braden Holtby made 31 saves against the Buffalo Sabres and notched his second shutout of the season.…
The Past Can’t Be Changed: Week 10 Snapshot
Photo: Maddie Meyer Welcome to the final snapshot of 2015. To note that Jason Chimera's 13.3 percent shooting percentage isn't likely to…
