Why Sacrificing A Goat Won’t Help Mike Knuble
Mike Knuble's struggles are widely known in Caps circles (one goal in fourteen games), but sacrificing a goat, as he joked he…
Caps Scoring Chances thru Nov 7, 2010
Boyd Gordon leads in scoring chance percentage. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) Another week in the books, and I have three questions:…
Game Over Strikes Again: Caps beat Flyers 3-2 (OT)
Game Over. (Photo credit: Luis M. Alvarez) Traditionally, Sunday games have been trouble for the Washington Capitals. The crowd might be docile,…
Caps (and Braden Holtby) beat Bruins (finally) 5-3
You'd think the Capitals, after suffering two consecutive beatdowns at the hands of the Boston Bruins, would have the good sense not…
The Many Faces of Alex Semin: Caps beat Leafs 5-4 (SO)
Bad stick penalties, better goals. Vintage Sasha. (Photo credit: Mitchell Layton) The upshot: The Caps squeak by an uneven bout with the…
The Halloween Renaissance: Caps beat Flames 7-2
DUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (All photos by Jeff McIntosh) Halloween. This is the time of year when the eerie and unlikely are commonplace. This is…
Backstrom > Backstrom: Wild beat Caps 2-1
Chuck Kobasew starts the scoring for the Wild (Photo Credit: Jim Mone) For those of us wondering if the Caps can string…
Michal Neuvirth’s Glove Save is Today’s SportsCenter Top Play
10/30 Update: The video's no longer available. At least we have a screenshot. We give ESPN a hard time for its chronically…
Neuvirth Invictus: Caps beat Canes 3-0
Michal Neuvirth robs Eric Staal. (Photo credit: Gregg Forwerck) The Washington Capitals began their transcontinental road trip in style. Undisputed #1 goalie, Michal…
Backstrom vs. Backstrom
Thursday night, for one night only, see the fight of the ages. One man faces his deadliest dangerous foe yet: himself! Niklas…
Armchair GM: Fiddling with the Roster
The Capitals' awful, awful, very bad, no good week came to an unexpectedly pleasant finish on Saturday night. Alex Semin's hat trick…
Perreault Stars, Semin Tricks! Caps beat Thrashers 4-3 (OT).
The hat-tricker and the catalyst celebrate their line's third goal of the night. (Photo credit: Nick Wass) As the Capitals entered tonight's…
Alex Ovechkin Featured in the November Issue of GQ Magazine
This November's issue of GQ magazine (on newsstands everywhere) contains a feature by Michael Idov about Alex Ovechkin called, "Ovechkin With Love."…
Bruins beat Caps 4-1: Mortifying
Milan Lucic and the Bruins are too much for the Caps to handle for a second straight night. (Photo credit: Mary Schwalm)…
Alex Ovechkin and Tiesto at Fur Nightclub
The Washington Capitals must have wanted to party after returning from their rowdy victory in Nashville. On Saturday the 16th (and well…
Bruins beat Caps 3-1: We’re Grumpy
Matt Hendricks makes sure Gregory Campbell remembers to never mess with #8 again. (Photo credit: Mitchell Layton) In the first of their…
Caps Steal Two Points in Nashville. Win 3-2 in OT.
Brooks Laich celebrates his OTGWG. (Photo Credit: Joe Howell) With Tom Poti and Mike Green out due to injury, we all knew…
Caps beat Isles 2-1 in a Squeaker
Nicklas Backstrom's first goal of the year is the game-winner! (Photo Credit: Bruce Bennett) The Caps' final game of their three-game residency…
Caps Scoring Chances: Week 1
Readers of the blog know I put a lot of stock into numbers to help put context around which players are performing…
Narrowly Escaping Defeat, Caps beat Sens 3-2 (OT)
Your new desktop background: Ovi's OTGWG. Click to enlarge. (Photo credit: Greg Fiume) Well, you could argue that the Washington Capitals did not…
