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…
Why the Capitals Suck After Scoring a Goal
Photo: Patrick Smith Fifteen times this season the Capitals have surrendered a goal within 2:30 of scoring. Nearly one-fifth of the total…
Week 10 Snapshot: Addition by Subtraction
Look at Ward's face. (Photo: Patrick McDermott) The Capitals line-up has been changing lately. Brooks Laich's groin is acting up again, Tyson Strachan has been…
Alex Ovechkin Scores 20th Goal of the Season Before Thanksgiving
Photo credit: Tom Szczerbowsk Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin scored again tonight. *Yawn* At this point, it's whatevs. It's like breathing. It…
Brooks Laich Wears An Illegal Undershirt in the #FOMOH Commercial
Facepalm on the background is an appropriate reaction to your team going to the penalty kill because a player's underwear is of…
RMNB Investigates: How Did Nicklas Backstrom Lose a Tooth?
Thanks to @jp_daddi0 for the screenshot Back on October 26th in Calgary, Alberta, Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom's took a puck to…
Trying to Stop the Capitals Power Play
Ovi and his teammates celebrate a power play goal on Saturday. (Photo credit: Norm Hall) The Washington Capitals have the league's most…
Tom Wilson’s Future is Not on the Fourth Line
Photo: Derek Leung The Washington Capitals had a tough decision to make in Tom Wilson. The promising young forward could have started the year…
