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Offense, offense, and some more offense: Caps beat Canadiens 6-4

The famed Bell Centre is always a fantastic venue for a hockey game and the Washington Capitals met the Montreal Canadiens there tonight in an Eastern Conference battle. The Caps offense took advantage of a very banged up, very bad Habs team.

Alex Galchenyuk capitalized on a defensive zone giveaway to open the scoring. Evgeny Kuznetsov in his first game back from injury tied things up on the power play. Tom Wilson struck twice in quick succession to give the Caps the lead.

Jay Beagle tapped home his seventh of the season to extend the advantage further. Charles Hudon put in a high deflection with one second left in the second period. Kuznetsov added another power play marker in the third and TJ Oshie deflected one more home. Hudon again. Drouin added a late one.

Caps beat Canadiens 6-4!

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By Chris Cerullo 1 year ago

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Hats, Australians, and Enrique Iglesias: Caps beat Canadiens 6-1

It was home opener time at the Capital One Arena (that’s still weird) and boy did the Caps decide to give the red clad crowd a show. Not only did we see the first Australian player in the National Hockey League, but that Alex Ovechkin guy is still constantly making history. Just when you think he can’t top himself, he always surprises in a flurry of power and speed that hockey has never seen and probably will never see again.

Nathan Walker got a great ovation from the crowd, it’s time to drop the puck and Alex Ovechkin has already scored. And then he scored again. And then again. TJ Oshie scored somewhere in between to ruin a portion of the fun, but a 4-0 lead after one period is pretty decent.

Dmitry Orlov turned the puck over trying for the Caps signature “slingshot” play on the power play and the Habs took advantage with a shorty through Brendan Gallagher. Oh, and there’s that guy in red wearing number 8 again for his fourth. Then Walker got his first in the big leagues on a deflection. The official scorer was busy. 6-1 after two periods.

Baila-freaking-mos.

Caps beat Canadiens 6-1!

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By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago

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Out with a bang: Caps beat Devils 6-2!

Twenty sixteen was a mess. It was swirling chaos in which the things we depend on vanished and in their place came a grim mockery of fairness and equanimity. Appropriate then that the final Caps game of 2016 was refereed by Marc Joannette. The zebraman of the apocalypse tooted his evil whistle early and often, intending to make this the game of his will. The Capitals did not comply.

Andre Burakovsky sent a perfect pass to Brett Connolly to open up scoring, but scoring paused there once John Moore was injured by Tom Wilson. Later, Jay Beagle tapped in a point shot by Brooks Orpik to set a tone of eschatological ruin.

The second period was lousy with penalties. A three-on-three and an errant pass from Kyznetsov gave Kyle Palmieri a chance to score that he did not miss. But then the Caps erupted with three goals in six minutes: Oshie, Ovechkin, and Williams all struck before the second intermission.

Beau Bennett scored for the Devils in the third, but Marcus Johansson responded immediately.

Caps beats Devils 6-2!

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By Peter Hassett 3 years ago

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Here’s the Capitals Dancing After Their Shootout Win

The Capitals are the NHL’s best team. They’re also its weirdest.

After their shootout win over the Devils on Saturday afternoon, the team held another group hug at center ice. And then they danced.

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By Ian Oland 3 years ago

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The Origin of Bailamos: Making RMNB Last

RMNB reader and patron Ray B. has proposed the best topic for an essay, so everyone else can take a seat and shut up now.

Ok, so I finally figured out what I want you to write about– Bailamos! I wanna know how this started, why it is important to the Caps, and the importance of Enrique to the Russian Machine.

Tonight we dance. The story of Bailamos is the story of the Capitals’ crisis of confidence, and if you’re wondering if I’m going to take this too seriously, yes, you’re right.

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By Peter Hassett 4 years ago

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Bailamos is Back! Caps beat Isles 5-2!

“Red rover, Red rover, send Niskanen over!” (Photo: Rob Carr)

The Washington Capitals looked terrible for the first ten minutes of their home game against the New York Islanders, and no, I won’t blame the turkey. But instead of a lackluster affair, the Caps woke up and played a competitive game against one of the league’s best– a reward for the 18 thousand fans in attendance and the return of my personal Caps anthem below the jump.

The Capitals’ second power-play unit took the ice in the first period thirty seconds before Matt Niskanen unloaded his cannon through traffic to make it 1-0. A glorious snap shot from Marcus Johansson gave the Caps their first 5v5 goal in forever and made it 2-0, but hold on a sec. In the next 66 seconds, the Capitals’ bottom six allowed two goals– one from John Tavares and one from Anders Lee, to neutralize the two-goal lead before the first intermission.

Tom Wilson absorbed a bunch of Isles defenders to open up a seam for Alex Ovechkin to score halfway through the second period.

In the third, Evgeny Kuznetsov feasted upon his second-line spot, scoring at the tail-end of an offensive-zone shift, sliding into the high slot and ripping the puck top shelf. Joel Ward got the empty-netter and there was much rejoicing.

Caps beat Isles 5-2! Bailamos!

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By Peter Hassett 5 years ago

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RMNB’s Crash Course for the Washington Capitals 2013-14 Season

In case you weren’t following closely over the summer, we’ve made this short video to get you up to speed on everything you missed. We’ve got comings (Grabo) and goings (Hendricks), changes to the rulebook, realignment, coaching staff changes, an engagement, a baby got Backstrom, and a little bit of Bailamos.

Puck drop is soon, so get ready.

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By Peter Hassett 6 years ago

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17 Days Out: Bailamos!

“Bailamos” is about to begin its third season as our official goal celebration song. Let the ruythtyrhthnmn take you over. First person to put this video in the comments of each winning game recap is an extra special person.

By Peter Hassett 6 years ago

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