The Capitals lost Game 6. It’s time to collectively practice our deep breathing and visualize goalie hug piles in Capital One Arena on Wednesday.
For a look at all the hockey that happened, the truly lovely Mr. Hasset has the recap ready. For math nerds, the cunning Mr. Cerullo has the numbers the morning after. For everything else, here’s misc.
By Brennin Weiswerda 4 years ago
It’s April, which means the flower buds and playoff beards have just entered their awkward pretween phase. Also, playoff games–and the correlating unhealthy rise in our collective blood pressure–have officially gotten underway.
Thursday night, the Canes came to town and the hosting Capitals showed them a bad time by beating them 4-2. Nicklas Bäckström kicked things off with two hugs, Alex Ovechkin joined the party with a powerplay cuddle puddle, and Lars Eller capped things off with an empty-netter nuzzler.
For an analysis of the rest of the “hockey,” please proceed to Mr. Hasset’s always-edifying recap. For everything else, here’s misc!
By Brennin Weiswerda 4 years ago
Uncle Barry brought his new family to town on Saturday for the last game of the regular season, where the Capitals lost to the Islanders 3-0. This was inconsequential for the Caps’ playoff position, since they already clinched the Metro title, but devastating in terms of Caps hugs held.
On a night when various results around the league finally brought the Rubix cube of 2018-19 playoff matchups into alignment, watching other games’ scores update was more exciting than watching this game. But for a recap of what did happen, here’s Mr. Cerullo’s summary.
By Brennin Weiswerda 4 years ago
The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night by a score of 6-3! This is good because the Tampa Bay Lightning are mean and boring and do not deserve goalie hug lines.
Also, Alex Ovechkin scored his goal number 50 of the season! That makes this his eighth 50 goal season! And then he scored goal number 51 because he’s extra like that and he really loves hugs.
For a recap of the game, please see Mr. Hassett’s sumptuous summary. To mull over the math of it all, Mr. Cerullo has the morning numbers. For everything else, here’s misc!
By Brennin Weiswerda 4 years ago
The Capitals won a hockey game against the Carolina Hurricanes four goal hugs to one! The “hockey” was pretty uneventful for the first two periods, but luckily, the surrounding shenanigans were plentiful.
By Brennin Weiswerda 4 years ago
The Washington Capitals beat the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday night! Their seventh game with goalie hugs in a row! The Winnipeg Jets are basically the Washington Capitals of the West, in terms of hugging, but the Capitals got three goal hugs AND a goalie hug line, so…the Jets are, like, the lower case capitals of the west.
For a recap of all the hockey that happened, Mr. Cerullo’s recap has you covered and he’ll have the number for you in the morning! What a man, what a man, what a mighty good, etc.
For everything but the hockey (…and a little bit of the hockey when it’s relevant to emotional narratives arcs), here’s all the miscellaneous you may have missed!
By Brennin Weiswerda 5 years ago
The Capitals beat the Islanders 3-1 in a game that was very important in the Metro playoff race. Here is Mr. Cerullo’s excellent recap of the game in full, and the numbers for your morning after.
For everything else, here’s the miscellaneous you may have missed!
By Brennin Weiswerda 5 years ago
Madison Bowey has been traded and Devante Smith-Pelly has been sent down and that sucks. Nick Jensen has tattoos and a dog and Carl Hagelin is a speedy Swede with beautiful hair. We’ll see how that pans out.
Also, the Capitals beat the Rangers 6-5 in overtime, yay, woohoo.
By Brennin Weiswerda 5 years ago
Oh, boy. The Capitals beat the Leafs 3-2 in Stanley Cup Champion Tom Wilson’s hometown! That was one heck of a two periods. (The first period was boring; we shan’t speak of it again.)
For the actual RMNB game recap, which always manages to balance a serious-yet-entertaining vibe, head over to Ms. Bailey’s summation of the night’s events. For insights on the math behind the madness, Mr. Cerullo has his consistently superb numbers for the morning after about Holtby and his meh teammates.
For the hugs, spankings, and shenanigans, here’s everything else!
By Brennin Weiswerda 5 years ago
Hockey in California is an absurd notion right from the outset and the Capitals’ refusal to play good hockey and participate in the perpetuation of that cockamamie concept is commendable.
*sigh*
The Caps lost to the Ducks, who are not as nice as that one duck in New York, and Braden Holtby would be well within his rights to make all of his teammates attempt to block 39 shots and then also poke them real hard in the tummy. (I honestly can’t imagine Braden Holtby doing anything more violent than a tummy poke.)
For the hockey recap, Mr. Hassett has a scorching analysis that includes the phrase “freely sashaying” which is quite lovely. Here’s a recap of everything else!
By Brennin Weiswerda 5 years ago
