RMNB Quiz: How Does Braden Holtby Stack Up Against Some of the NHL’s Best Goaltenders?
Solid positioning here (Photo: Alex Brandon) Would you like to play a game? Let's call it 'Match the Goalie.' Those of you who…
The Caps Need More Shots, Shots, Shots, Shots, Shots
Photo: Geoff Burke A couple weeks back, I looked at how the Caps are doing a great job of limiting their opponents'…
Week 7 Snapshot: Erosion and Corrosion
Photo: Darren Calabrese The primary source of frustration last season was knowing that, deep down, the Capitals had the potential to be a…
Evgeny Kuznetsov’s Best Game as Capital, Scores Goal, Assist While Anchoring Second Line
Photo: Rob Carr Washington Capitals rookie Evgeny Kuznetsov has struggled in both adjusting to the North American game and learning the center…
Matt Niskanen, 1/28th into Caps Contract, Can Do More
Photo by Amanda Bowen About a quarter of the way into his first season of a 7-year, $40-million deal, it's time to…
Twenty Games In: The Best and Worst of Barry’s Lines
Lines aren't everything. The players a team chooses to ice are more important than the manner in which they get iced. Still, when the beat…
Twenty Games In: Seeing Caps Forwards in Pretty, Color-Coded Context
Photo: Christian Petersen There are lots of different ways to look at hockey information. The Sunday snapshot is just one of those ways,…
Twenty Games In: What is the Barry Trotz Breakout?
Photo: Amanda Bowen, RRBG Photography We are a quarter of the way through the first season of the Barry Trotz era. The…
Twenty Games In: Where We Stand
Photo: Rob Carr With about a quarter of the 2014-15 season gone, we're running a series on RMNB about where the Caps…
Twenty Games In: Barry Trotz’s Broken Ice, Visualized
Photo: Christian Petersen Editor's note: The snapshot should be up first thing on Monday morning. Instead, now that the Capitals are twenty games into…
Why Tom Wilson Deserves Some Credit for Alex Ovechkin’s Game-Winning Goal
Photo: Doug Pensinger Hockey is a game of inches and bad bounces. Sometimes it's the littlest and strangest things that lead to…
Blind Item: A Tale of Two Teams
Pic not related Here's a little experiment that might shed light on our current situation. I'm gonna share a couple key, even-strength…
Mike Green Doesn’t Get Enough Respect
Photo: Getty Images During a recent broadcast, CSN displayed a graphic showing where Nick Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin currently rank on the…
No, Brian MacLellan, Brooks Orpik Doesn’t Bring John Carlson “Stability”
Photo: Sergei Belski Last week, Brian MacLellan spent time answering questions from the media. During the session, MacLellan spoke about his two…
Week 5 Snapshot: Orpik, Ovi, and Optimization
Photo: Scott Rovak When the Caps were losing games early in the season, it wasn't a big deal. The Capitals were playing well when…
Shot Suppression is Barry Trotz’s Biggest Contribution to the Capitals
Ovi backchecking? You better believe it. (Photo: Luis M. Alvarez) Jen Lute Costello of Puck Daddy recently wrote a nifty post about shot…
To All the Caps I’ve Loved Before
There's really no need to read this piece. Your life will be no better for having read what's below. Your life might actually…
Finding Roles for the Caps’ Misfits
Evgeny Kuznetsov is among the players for whom Barry Trotz has struggled to find a consistent spot in the line-up. (Photo: Bruce Bennett/Getty)…
The Caps Power Play Might Be One of the League’s Best Since 2005
Photo: Alex Brandon The Caps power play entered Tuesday's game against Columbus having converted 28 percent of their opportunities so far, good for…
How the Capitals’ Penalty Kill is Good, and How They Can Get Even Better
Photo: Geoff Burke The Caps penalty kill is currently ranked 23rd in the NHL, killing off 77.1% of all shorthanded situations. This…
