Vanecek’s big day: Sabres beat Caps 4-3 in shootout
Down like a hundred players, the Washington Capitals had an afternoon date with the Buffalo Sabres that was awkward and weird and…
Home opener shootout success: Caps beat Sabres 4-3
The Washington Capitals opened their 2021 home campaign against the Buffalo Sabres and did so for the first time sans Alex Ovechkin…
Frustrating: Penguins beat Caps 5-4 in overtime
Tuesday's game between the Capitals and Penguins was the most needlessly aggravating games of hockey I've watched in a long time. The…
Caps lose to Penguins 4-3 in shootout
It's been way too long -- nearly a calendar year -- since the Washington Capitals spent a day visiting their best buddies,…
Rise of Vitek Vanacek: Caps beat Sabres 2-1
With a narrow win on Friday night, the Capitals emerged victorious in the back-to-back season opening series in Buffalo. But this was…
And we’re back: Caps beat Sabres 6-4!
Hey! Hockey's back. Let's pretend the pandemic doesn't exist for a few minutes. The Caps just beat the Sabres, starting off the…
It’s over
The Capitals lost their last hockey game of the season. The New York Islanders advance to the second round with a gentlemen's…
Russians to the rescue: Caps beat Isles 3-2!
This is not going to be a normal game recap. This game was too powerful, too weird, too Capitals-ish to be a…
All over but the shouting: Isles beat Caps 2-1 in overtime
The Washington Capitals played Sunday's Game Three against the New York Islanders with desperation, which is not necessarily the same thing as…
In these uncertain times: Isles beat Caps 5-2
The Caps played better in Game Two against the New York Islanders, but better is relative. I'm grading on a curve, and…
Hockey that matters, but also that sucks: Isles beat Caps 4-2
Finally, after such a painfully long wait, the Caps are really back to play meaningful hockey. And it sucks. The Caps earned…
Bring on the loffs: Caps beat Bruins 2-1
Round-robin hockey is finally over, and thank goodness. This just isn't good hockey. Anyway, the Caps beat the Bruins, so now the…
Good thing this isn’t the *real* playoffs: Flyers beat Caps 3-1
Not sure what *gestures broadly towards the last 2.5 hours* that was all about. The Caps were just plain terrible against the…
Meaningful-ish: Bolts beat Caps 3-2 in shootout
I guess the Washington Capitals are still emerging from the sleepiness of the pause. Judging by their intermittent effort in Monday's first…
Exhibition excellence: Caps beat Hurricanes 3-2
The Washington Capitals played a real-life hockey game against the Carolina Hurricanes and it felt extremely weird...but also extremely right. Things just…
Comeback Caps somehow still lose 3-2 to Sabres in the shootout
The Washington Capitals played a thoroughly Capital-y game on Monday night in Buffalo. For forty minutes they were a mix of boredom…
Statement game: Caps beat Penguins 5-2
The Washington Capitals did something they haven't done in a while: win a game in entertaining, convincing fashion. And as a bonus,…
Rangers beat Caps 6-5 as Mika Zibanejad goes super saiyan
The Washington Capitals played another chippy, sloppy, error-prone game, blowing a winnable game against the New York Rangers and nearly losing control…
Flyers beat Caps 5-2 🗑️🗡🩸🤮🚽🚮
The Washington Capitals' big home game against the red-hot division rival Philadelphia Flyers did not go as we hoped. The Caps got…
Much needed: Caps beat Wild 4-3
The recently uneven Washington Capitals traveled to Minnesota to take on a Wild team that has benefited from a new coach bounce…
