John Erskine’s Not-Good Weekend
Photo: Alex Brandon Despite his menacing stare and his even angrier-looking fists, there may be no nicer man in the Washington Capitals…
Week 18 Snapshot: Thinning the Herd
Photo: Greg Fiume The Capitals managed to earn half the points available to them this week, a good reversal from the last…
The Capitals Play Bad Team Defense, Are Too Careless With the Puck
Photo: Jamie Sabau This is going to be brutal, but it needs to be said. The Washington Capitals are one of the…
Week 17 Snapshot: The Beagle and the Damage Done
Photo: Francois Lacasse Finally. The Caps got positively crushed over the past few weeks, but it's over now. Before they lost that…
Week 16 Snapshot: Waiting Out the Percentages
Photo credit: Jamie Sabau I'm writing this late on Friday night after the Capitals have lost their fourth game in a row.…
Week 15 Snapshot: Need Points Now
Photo: Patrick McDermott The Washington Capitals had four days off this week, during which the rest of the Metro started raking in standings…
Halfway: The Caps Aren’t a Cup Contender Now, But They Could Be Soon
Photo: Nick Wass The Caps are 42 games into their 82-game season. I could've offered my halfway analysis after the customary 41,…
Week 14 Snapshot: Losing for All the Right Reasons
Photo: Bruce Kluckhohn The Capitals lost all four games this week. They weren't even playing particularly good teams. None of the Caps'…
Analyzing the Canes’ OTGWG: The Capitals Make Way Too Many Mistakes
Photo credit: Rob Carr In overtime, unless you're a really bad hockey team or extremely good at shootous, you play to win…
A Short Timeline of Capitals Players Requesting Trades
Photo: Greg Fiume Two thousand thirteen has been a year of reinvigoration for the Capitals. After a dreary start to the lockout-shortened…
Week 13 Snapshot: The Unsustainable Lifestyle
Photo: Patrick McDermott In 2004, the DC band Beauty Pill released an album called The Unsustainable Lifestyle on Dischord. It's a great record,…
The Alex Ovechkin Goal That Was For Naught (GIF)
Photo credit: Nick Wass Late in the third period with the Washington Capitals trailing 3-2, Alex Ovechkin took a pass from Marcus…
Braden Holtby, Philipp Grubauer, and Ants on a Chandelier
Photo credit: Elsa Philipp Grubauer has played a little over five games of NHL hockey this season, and he's been spectacular. Sporting a…
Week 12: Everybody, Goalie Panic!
Photo: Patrick McDermott Like I said the other night, the Washington Capitals never make it easy. They took five points from four…
The Top-Heavy Caps: Visualizing Washington’s Possession and Ice Time
Three-piece. (Photo: Marianne Helm) Inspired by an article about the Winnipeg Jets on Arctic Ice Hockey, Tyler Dellow, aka mc79hockey, created a…
Week 11 Snapshot: No, Really, Mike Green is Good
Of course. (Photo: Eliot J. Schechter) The Capitals have won a point or more in 7 of their last 10 games. How…
Decision Time: Will Dmitry Orlov’s Best Game as a Pro Keep Him in Washington?
Photo credit: Robert Mayer On Thursday, when word surfaced that Washington Capitals defenseman John Erskine was close to returning to game action,…
Alex Ovechkin in 2013-14: One Of The Greatest Ever?
Photo credit: Geoff Burke/USA Today Sports Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin probably won't hit 50 goals in 50 games. Even with his four-goal…
Take Troy Brouwer to #TheBank
Photo: @tbrouwer20 The struggles of Troy Brouwer have been a long-running subplot in our weekly stat snapshot series. With just two goals and…
Alex Ovechkin’s Four-Goal Game Inspires Epic Celebration (GIF)
Photo credit: @recordsANDradio With 33 seconds left in the third period, the Washington Capitals trailed the Tampa Bay Lighning 5-4. They needed…
