Posts Tagged ‘capitals’
Capitals Re-Sign Alex Semin
‘IMG_6868.jpg’ courtesy of ‘bridgetds’ According to a team press release, the Washington Capitals have re-signed mercurial, talented, and currently injured winger Alex Semin to a one year deal valued at $6.7 million dollars. Currently in his sixth year with the Caps and the NHL, Semin is struggling through injuries after coming off his first 40-goal [...]
More »Pavelec, Thrashers Deny Capitals
‘Pavelec Stops Fehr’ courtesy of ‘clydeorama’ One would think that Ovechkin’s hat trick against Toronto the other night was the spark that would re-ignite the Capitals offense. Last night’s game against the Thrashers was eagerly anticipated by many with expectations of seeing the old Caps offense of the early season just explode right before the [...]
More »Caps top Senators 3-1 with strong third period
The Capitals went into Sunday afternoon’s tilt with Ottawa hoping to awake their offense and leave behind their struggles against the Senators they way they broke their losing streak against the squad back in December. They got their wish in the third period, scoring three goals on the Senators and playing strong enough defense to [...]
More »Halfway There: Capitals Midseason Review
‘DSC_9034′ courtesy of ‘bhrome’ At the beginning of the season, many fans of the Caps pretty much wanted to fast-forward to mid-April and get going with the playoffs. Going into this year’s campaign, the Caps looked pretty good on paper and were predicted to be yet again runaway winners of the Southeast Division and one [...]
More »Sports Fix: Delayed Gratification Edition
DSCN0905 by bhrome Capitals Record: 23-12-5, 51 points Last Two Weeks: 4-0-1 Place: Tied for first in the Southeast, Fifth in the East We’re pretty much at the halfway point of the 2010-2011 Season, and the Caps have settled into a winning groove after their brutal losing streak in early December. They’re about to be [...]
More »Caps Lose Tight Game to Pens in Shootout
It wasn’t everything the Caps wanted for Christmas, but it came pretty close. The Washington Capitals lost in the shootout last night to the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins. Drama filled? This game had it in spades. You’d think a game like that would be a great centerpiece for a sports reality show or something… Maybe HBO [...]
More »Atlanta Strikes Early, Stones Caps
‘IMG_2665.jpg’ courtesy of ‘bridgetds’ The Washington Capitals suffered their first regulation loss in ten games last night, dropping a 5-0 decision to their division opponents in Atlanta. The Thrashers have handed the Caps two of their five regulation losses this season. Atlanta led 3-0 after the first, with Ben Eager opening the scoring less than [...]
More »Alexander Semin Bottles Lightning, Caps Win 6-3
‘IMG_0686.jpg’ courtesy of ‘bridgetds’ Alexander Semin scored a hat trick and added two assists as the Caps downed the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-3 last night at Verizon Center. Semin scored all three of his goals in the third period to break open a close game. It was a battle of high-scoring players as Alex Ovechkin, [...]
More »Sports Fix: Bye Week Edition
CapitalsRecord: 10-4Last Two Weeks:Place: 5-1 First in the Southeast, 20 points A four-game winning streak. A trio of capable young goalies. Undefeated in Overtime. That’s not a bad first month of the season for the Capitals. Perfect? No, they’ve made some mistakes, but they’ve had a pretty good start, and that’s all that Coach Bruce [...]
More »Cheat Sheet: Bye Week Edition
It’s Monday morning, and there’s a water cooler to talk at, but the Redskins are off this week. “Crap!” I can hear you thinking, “with no Redskins, I know that Darryl from Accounting is going to talk about the Wizards,” or “Roger from Marketing wants to talk about the Capitals!” Fear not, DC, we have [...]
More »Caps notch Overtime win against Philly, 3-2
Sunday night’s early evening game against the Flyers was full of opportunities for the Capitals to assert their dominance, but it was Philly that struck first. Nikolay Zherdev scored on the breakaway against Braden Holtby in his first NHL start. Holtby would block 23 of 25 and earn the second star tonight, including three beautiful [...]
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