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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 »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 »Road to the Winter Classic (Part II)
The 2011 Winter Classic has come and gone, showcasing the best of the league in one very unique experience. And what an experience it was. As I’d mentioned in Part I, I was in quite a state before the game. A mix of both my fanboyism for my beloved Penguins and my more observational respect [...]
More »Caps Overcome Rain, Penguins in Winter Classic
In a Winter Classic between the NHL’s top two greatest players, neither had a hand in the game that unfolded before the 68,111 people at Pittsburgh’s Heinz Field or the national audience viewing on NBC. The Capitals, who grabbed two points in a tight Eastern Conference race with a 3-1 win, saw Eric Fehr and [...]
More »Road to the Winter Classic (Part I)
‘Goin’ to the Winter Classic!’ courtesy of ‘bhrome’ “Hey, you interested in tickets to the Winter Classic?” It was a question I never actually thought I’d hear. Sure, the answer was a no-brainer – of course my wife and I wanted to go to this year’s outdoor matchup between our favored Penguins and our hometown [...]
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 »Washington Slide Ends Against Sens
Okay Caps fans, you may now exhale. Thanks to Mathieu Perreault and a herculean second period effort, the Caps finally killed the streak monkey on their backs, defeating the Ottawa Senators 3-2 yesterday at Scotiabank Place. Perreault opened and closed the Caps’ second period surge, scoring 34 seconds into the second frame. Eric Fehr backhanded [...]
More »Rangers Pummel Caps 7-0
‘Ovechkin’ courtesy of ‘a digital cure’ There’s an old saying that goes “it’s darkest before the dawn” or somesuch. Maybe the Caps need to engrave that mantra in the locker room, because this last stretch of games sure look as bleak as the Washington skies this morning; if the team lives up to its preseason [...]
More »Caps Blow Lead, Lose to Leafs in Shootout
It was almost a picture-perfect ending. Call-up Mathieu Perreault was having the game of his relatively short career as a Cap, the team was up 4-1 going into the third, and it looked as if the Caps were about to wipe out the bad taste of losing to the Thrashers and Stars over the last [...]
More »Caps Lose to Stars on Disallowed Goal
’20100202 Ovie getting chippy’ courtesy of ‘Dan4th’ The Washington Capitals lost to Dallas last night, the victims of a Texan robbery. With only 7 seconds to go, defenseman John Carlson’s shot looked like it would sent the game into overtime just as Stars defenseman Karlis Skrastins and Caps winger Alex Ovechkin got tangled up and [...]
More »Caps Exact Revenge With Win over Halak, Blues
‘IMG_4829.jpg’ courtesy of ‘bridgetds’ Fitting that Semyon Varlamov was in goal last night as the Caps visited St. Louis. Across the ice was a remembered foe from last year’s aborted playoff run, goalie Jaroslav Halak. Traded over the summer by Montreal to a rebuilding Blues team, Halak has shown his new team that last year’s [...]
More »Devils Torch Caps in 5-0 Shutout
Would that the Washington Capitals could just play at home for the remainder of the season… The Caps went to New Jersey last night with a paltry 4-4-1 road record, compared to their 10-1-1 run at home. And last night, the Caps continued to underwhelm on the road, losing 5-0 to a struggling Devils team [...]
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