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Capitals Beat Rangers By a Nose, 3-2
Holtby Bats puckcourtesy of clydeorama After a triple overtime loss on Wednesday night, the danger existed the the Capitals would stumble, break a leg and get blown away by the Rangers on Saturday afternoon. The Caps came out of the gate strong, fought through a weak second period, and finally crossed the finish line ahead, [...]
More »Won’t Admit Defeat: Caps 2, Bruins 1 (OT)
Caps beat Bruins 2-1 in overtime, advance to second round of Stanley Cup Playoffs
More »Bruins Beat Capitals, 4-3 (OT)
Krejci Celebrates Win in Overtimecourtesy of clydeorama Well we’re shipping up to Boston one more time, and this time the series is on the line for both teams. The Caps came into Sunday afternoon’s game against the Bruins leading three games to two in the series, but couldn’t quite close out the series at home, [...]
More »Capitals Squeak Past Canadiens, 3-2 (SO)
Caps/Habs (April 15, 2010) – 5courtesy of Garyisajoke Despite what, at times, seemed to be their best efforts to the contrary, the Capitals managed to beat the Montreal Canadiens Saturday night, winning 3-2 in a shootout, and, more importantly, securing control over the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. The Caps got [...]
More »Capital Brewers: Bill Butcher of Port City
Alexandria-based Port City Brewing has exploded onto the DC brewing scene
More »Capitals Bag Up Maple Leafs, 2-0
IMG_4761.jpgcourtesy of bridgetds Desperation may be a stinky cologne, but, for one day at least, the Caps ended up smelling like roses. The Capitals faced the Toronto Maple Leafs in a Sunday matinee contest – their last home game for a while as they take to the road on their most important extended trip of [...]
More »Capitals Crumble Against Flyers, 1-0
Alexander Semincourtesy of BrianMKA Thanks to NBC Sport’s prerogative in scheduling some games for television, Sunday’s Capitals game against the Flyers was pushed back to 7pm. Unfortunately, it seems as though the Caps didn’t get their afternoon naps, and while they started well, they could not sustain the necessary fortitude to grin out a victory [...]
More »We Love Weekends: Mar 2 – 4
winter’s a faded memorycourtesy of philliefan99 Happy March, everyone; it’s weekend time again! Unfortunately, it looks like the weekend weather is going to come a bit early this week – gorgeous today and Friday, but 100% chance of some early spring thunderstorms (lousy Smarch weather) on Saturday and back to chilly on Sunday. Back to [...]
More »Capitals Deport Canadiens, 4-1
“Matty P” full throttlecourtesy of bhrome Coming into Friday night’s game against the Montreal Canadiens, the Capitals had been struggling against most of the other teams, posting an abysmal record and generally playing in a funk. Luckily for the Caps, however, the one team they have been dominating as of late was at the other [...]
More »Capitals Devoured by Sharks, 5-3
IMG_5055.jpgcourtesy of bridgetds Down a number of players to injury and illness, the Capitals came into Monday night’s game against the San Jose Sharks desperately needing a win to stay relevant in the Eastern Conference playoff hunt. Unfortunately, despite getting several goals from unlikely sources, the Caps were easy dispatched by San Jose and fell [...]
More »A Capital Dilemma: Point/Counterpoint
This is Laichcourtesy of clydeorama While the Capitals lost on the scoreboard to the Bruins yesterday afternoon, the bigger loss might have been in the locker room. Versatile forward Brooks Laich was helped off the ice after a hard check into the board and did not return for the remainder of the game. Laich was [...]
More »Bruins Beat Caps by a Field Goal, 4-1
DSC_6231courtesy of bhrome Two weeks ago, the Capitals came into their game against the Boston Bruins on the hockey equivalent of fourth and long: reeling from consecutive losses and missing their captain, Alex Ovechkin. With the help of a hat trick from an unexpected source, diminutive Mathieu Perreault, the Caps hung on to beat the [...]
More »Capitals Declaw Bruins, 5 -3
With the team missing Alex Ovechkin (suspension), Nicklas Backstrom (injury) and Mike Green (injury), expectations for the Capitals’ Tuesday night tilt against the Boston Bruins were not high. In fact, most commentators expected the Bruins to steamroll the Caps like so much Boston asphalt. 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike
More »Rustico’s Beer Academy
IMG_9022 courtesy of Hans Bruesch Remember that class you took in college where after fifteen minutes or so you realized that the professor had forgotten more about the subject at hand than you could ever hope to learn? This past Saturday, Neighborhood Restaurant Group’s Beer Director, Greg Engert, did his best professor impression (complete with [...]
More »Islanders give Capitals a Rough Ride, win 3-0
DSC_7692courtesy of bhrome When the Capitals came into Tuesday night’s game against the New York Islanders at the end of an unusual homestand: every one of the four teams the Caps played had played within the previous 24 hours. Tuesday night, however, the Caps came out looking like the tired team and were shut out [...]
More »Capitals Parry Sabres 3-1
semin scores!courtesy of The 2-Belo The Washington Capitals came into tonight’s game having dropped their last two matchups with the Buffalo Sabres, both in decisive fashion. Although the Caps turned in yet another incomplete effort – coasting through the second period – they came up where it mattered and secured an important victory in the [...]
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