What are they waiting for? A snow-day snapshot
The last time the Capitals had a multi-game winning streak was December 3, when they won their sixth straight and temporarily took…
The tantalizingly close, frustratingly far-off Washington Capitals: snapshot
This is what Chris Cerullo of RMNB fame said following the Washington Capitals' loss to the New York Rangers on December 23:…
Ovimaxxing: snapshot
Just between you and me, I thought I'd have all summer to prepare things to say about Alex Ovechkin catching Wayne Gretzky.…
Staggering success: snapshot
Because of the Four Nations break and the tyranny of the Julian calendar, February was a short month. Including Saturday, only nine…
Thank you, LT: snapshot
No team had a better January than the Washington Capitals, going 9-1-4 to lead the Eastern Conference. Their Saturday night overtime loss…
From cooked to cooking: snapshot
It was a good December for the Washington Capitals, as long as you frame it right. Their 8-4-1 record was the tenth…
The Caps without Alex Ovechkin: snapshot
Despite losing a legendary player, it was a very good November for the Washington Capitals. They now sit in first place in…
Leap year: snapshot
The Washington Capitals have scored 33 goals during five-on-five play so far this season. But based on the volume and danger of…
Every silver lining has a raincloud: Snapshot
When we last met for the snapshot, the Washington Capitals' chances of making the playoffs were more than 60 percentage points lower…
Missing Evgeny Kuznetsov: Snapshot
More than ten years ago, I was worried about Marcus Johansson's play. Getting game-by-game statistics was much harder in those days, so…
The tank line: Snapshot
Team success has an easy formula: your goals minus the other guy's goals. If you're scoring more than half the goals in…
The Alex Ovechkin project: Snapshot
The Washington Capitals are a bottom-ten team when measured by expected-goal share during five-on-five and a bottom-five team when measured by actual…
Twenty games in: The Sunday Snapshot suggests a shakeup
The Washington Capitals' loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday dropped them to 12th place by points percentage, but they're still…
The post-Backstrom Capitals: Snapshot
The Washington Capitals will be without Nicklas Backstrom for the foreseeable future. A veteran of 1105 Caps games, Backstrom has been --…
No talking about goalies: snapshot 4
The regular season is over. The playoffs await. This is no time for silliness, but let's play a quick game anyway. Here…
Good news and bad news: snapshot 3
I have good news and bad news. The good news is that we know what's wrong with the Caps. The bad news…
Bad things considered: snapshot 2
The Washington Capitals are 4-4-2 in their last ten games, placing them sixth out of the eight Metropolitan teams, one of which…
This is fine: snapshot 1
The Washington Capitals are in the bottom half of the Metro division standings, having just lost a winnable intra-division game to the…
One fatal flaw: April snapshot
The Washington Capitals have eight games remaining in a very irregular regular season. These last few games will be massively important for…
At last, the Kuznetsov solution: March snapshot
Hello. I'm Peter. This is the snapshot column. Since 2013, this is the place where we check in on how Washington Capitals…
