Twenty games in: Braden Holtby’s opportunity
On October 14, Braden Holtby played one of the worst games in NHL history, allowing three goals on three shots before getting…
Twenty games in: Trending to the top
I've been taking a different approach to the Twenty Games In series this time around. Instead of checking off the same old…
Twenty games in: Stuff Pat thinks
I asked Pat what he thinks about the Caps right now. He had already blown off our double date/board-game night this weekend…
Twenty games in: The Caps penalty kill is good and getting better
After twenty games, the Washington Capitals find themselves in a novel position. For the first time since 2016-17, the Caps appear to…
Forty games in: Defensemen
The Washington Capitals are two and a half years removed from being one of the best defensive teams in the NHL. A…
Twenty games in: Bottom-six forwards
The only place in the Caps lineup that significantly changed from last season, the bottom six has been a mixed bag. For…
Twenty games in: Top-six forwards
Not many people would dispute that the Washington Capitals have some of the best high-end forwards in the NHL. Led by reigning…
Twenty games in: Lineups and chemistry
Before Evgeny Kuznetsov went down with a concussion in game 19, the Capitals had a surprisingly stable squad of centers. Really, since…
Twenty games in: Special teams
There's a simple method you can use to evaluate special teams at a glance. If you add a team's power-play conversion percentage…
RMNB chats with Caps emergency backup goalie Gavin McHale
The Capitals have hit the twenty-game threshold with an overtime thriller in Montreal, Tom Wilson has returned to action, a bunch of…
Twenty games in: The big picture
With their overtime win over the Montreal Canadiens, the Washington Capitals have completed their 20th game of the season. Twenty isn't a…
Twenty games in: obvious problem is obvious
My first twenty-games-in article was kind of a bummer. Objectively, the Caps aren't playing great hockey right now. There's really no way…
Twenty games in: the big picture
The Washington Capitals lost their 20th game of the season, a 6-2 defeat at the hands of the Colorado Avalanche. That game…
Twenty Games In: The RMNB Report Card
As a team, the Capitals deserve glowing reviews through their first 22 games. I'm talking A- or B+ at the lowest. They're tops…
Twenty Games In: These Capitals are The Team
Photo: Patrick McDermott With roughly a quarter of the season gone and lots of great hockey already in the books, it's time to…
Twenty Games In: A Very Green Color-Coded Possession Visualization
As you might've noticed from our podcast this morning, the Capitals are twenty games into the season so it's time for us…
Twenty Games In: The Best and Worst of Barry’s Lines
Lines aren't everything. The players a team chooses to ice are more important than the manner in which they get iced. Still, when the beat…
Twenty Games In: Seeing Caps Forwards in Pretty, Color-Coded Context
Photo: Christian Petersen There are lots of different ways to look at hockey information. The Sunday snapshot is just one of those ways,…
Twenty Games In: What is the Barry Trotz Breakout?
Photo: Amanda Bowen, RRBG Photography We are a quarter of the way through the first season of the Barry Trotz era. The…
Twenty Games In: Where We Stand
Photo: Rob Carr With about a quarter of the 2014-15 season gone, we're running a series on RMNB about where the Caps…
