One timers: Caps fall 4-2 to Winnipeg
With 48 games in 99 days, there’s not a lot of time to digest what happened in any single contest. So as we churn through this compressed Capitals season, I’ll be rounding up my thoughts and analysis...
View ArticleOne timers: Capitals off to unsettling start
With 48 games in 99 days, there’s not a lot of time to digest what happened in any single contest. So as we churn through this compressed Capitals season, I’ll be rounding up my thoughts and analysis...
View ArticleOne-timers: Adam Oates says Alex Ovechkin played ‘best game’ vs. Flyers
With 48 games in 99 days, there’s not a lot of time to digest what happened in any single contest. So as we churn through this compressed Capitals season, I’ll be rounding up my thoughts and analysis...
View ArticleOne-timers: Oates sees positives in Caps’ loss to Penguins
With 48 games in 99 days, there’s not a lot of time to digest what happened in any single contest. So as we churn through this compressed Capitals season, I’ll be rounding up my thoughts and analysis...
View ArticleCaps have a penalty problem
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS | The Washington Capitals have been shorthanded 65 times this season. That’s sixth worst in the league. They have given up 106 shots when down a man (third worst) and have a save...
View ArticleJohn Erskine ‘playing with confidence’, rewarded with contract extension
The arrival of an entirely new coaching staff at the start of the season gave every player on the Washington Capitals’ roster a clean slate to make an impression. For defenseman John Erskine, it was...
View ArticleBraden Holtby records second shutout of the season in win over ‘Canes
Thursday night’s game was still scoreless when a turnover by Washington’s power play resulted in a short-handed breakaway for Hurricanes winger Alexander Semin. As the former Capital skated in alone on...
View ArticleOne-timers: Capitals keeping defensemen involved offensively
With 48 games in 99 days, there’s not a lot of time to digest what happened in any single contest. So as we churn through this compressed Capitals season, I’ll be rounding up my thoughts and analysis...
View ArticleOne-timers: Capitals close out the Jets, come into March like lions
With 48 games in 99 days, there’s not a lot of time to digest what happened in any single contest. So as we churn through this compressed Capitals season, I’ll be rounding up my thoughts and analysis...
View ArticleAdam Oates uses rout of Florida to manage Capitals’ minutes
With a comfortable five-goal advantage over the Florida Panthers heading into the third period Thursday night at Verizon Center, Coach Adam Oates took advantage of the rare opportunity to manage the...
View ArticleOne-timers: Capitals can’t prevent rough start against Islanders
With 48 games in 99 days, there’s not a lot of time to digest what happened in any single contest. So as we churn through this compressed Capitals season, I’ll be rounding up my thoughts and analysis...
View ArticleThe loss that helped spark the Capitals’ turnaround
Even with the Capitals on a five-game winning streak and having triumphed in nine of their last 11 games, Coach Adam Oates routinely points to a game they lost as the team’s best overall performance...
View ArticleVerizon Center plans ‘enhanced’ security for Capitals game after Boston...
The Capitals and Verizon Center management announced Tuesday morning that there will be “enhanced” security measures in place at the arena following the bombings Monday at the Boston Marathon that...
View ArticleKarl Alzner, John Carlson don’t mind being separated
Dating back to their time in the American Hockey League, Karl Alzner and John Carlson weren’t just a consistent defensive pairing they were joined at the hip. Friends on and off the ice, they developed...
View ArticleCapitals confident in aggressive, pressure-based system against Rangers
When the Capitals and Rangers met in the playoffs last season their styles of play were near mirror images. For seven games they dueled as risk-averse teams with a priority on shot blocking and...
View ArticleCapitals prepared to contend with Rangers’ forecheck
A hallmark of the New York Rangers’ style under Coach John Tortorella is an aggressive forecheck. New York consistently bring two, occasionally three, players to pressure an opponent deep in the...
View ArticleCapitals season review: Defensemen
From the earliest days of training camp, Coach Adam Oates made it clear that his system was designed for the protection and involvement of the defensemen. Ideally, blueliners will have the extra time...
View ArticleUSA Hockey focused on Sochi and future at Olympic camp
Examine the roster for next month’s U.S. Olympic orientation camp and it’s instantly apparent that a significant portion of the players are young – some even so young that they have yet to truly...
View ArticleNo skating, just team-building at U.S. Olympic camp
USA Hockey officials, coaches and 48 players have gathered in Washington to hold orientation camp for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia. But while there will be plenty of paperwork and meetings there...
View ArticleThird period gaffe costs Capitals in 3-2 loss to Hurricanes
The Capitals’ fortunes Thursday night may have changed when they took a few penalties late in the second period, but it was an ugly defensive shift in the third that served as the catalyst for Nathan...
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