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…
Rachel Cohen’s Illuminated Take on Caps vs Devils
[Ed. note: Russian Machine Never Breaks' resident artist, Rachel Cohen, attended last night's home opener against the Devils. Here is her recap…
Caps beat Devils 7-2 as the Circus Comes to Town
Ovie converts on the penalty shot. (Photo credit: Greg Fiume/NHLI via Getty Images) In the eternal words of Keanu Reeves, whoa. Tonight's…
Caps Lose 3-0 to Predators in Final Preseason Game
Photo by Nick Wass/AP Well, it's a good thing we got this out of the way. Every hockey team has a measure…
D.J. King: Did the Caps Need a Regulator?
Since Donald Brashear parted company with the team in 2009, we've been hearing that the Caps need an enforcer. Apparently to sate…
Gregory Campbell Checks Alex Ovechkin Headfirst Into Boards
Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images. In the dwindling minutes of tonight's game with the Boston Bruins, Gregory Campbell ran Alex Ovechkin headfirst…
New Varly Blog Post: A Little About American Life
Semyon Varlamov, fresh off his 20-save night in Columbus, has just blogged another bloggy blog. In today's installment, the Varlamonster discusses assimilating…
Flash Scoring 65 Points? Take The Under
Tomas Fleischmann is the front runner to center the Caps second line between Brooks Laich and Alexander Semin this coming season, which…
Read Neil Greenberg’s Debut with WaPo
A year ago, you might have known Neil Greenberg only for his razor-sharp analysis on 5ive Hole, but the most controversial acquisition…
New Varly Blog Post: “Getting Ready For The Season”
Semyon Varlamov's LiveJournal is a curious little gem. Started at the end of August, the Russian-language blog toiled in neglect, threatening to…
