Semyon Varlamov posted his first career shutout and Alex Ovechkin and Eric Fehr scored for the Caps’ to end their three game skid. But the story of the night was Ovechkin’s third period hit on Buffalo’s Patrick Kaleta that resulted in a 5-minute boarding call and a game misconduct for The Great Eight.
Kaleta, a rough-and-tumble [...]
With last night’s thrilling shootout victory over the New York Islanders, the Washington Capitals leapfrogged the New Jersey Devils to take sole ownership of first place in the Eastern Conference. Their three-game win streak has come about without the presence of one Alex Ovechkin.
Enter: Mathieu Perreault. Not a replacement; but a filler.
The 5-10, 170-pound (depending [...]
Last week I was fortunate enough to take part in a Podcast where Capitals’ defenseman Mike Green was put on the spot. VERSUS sponsored the call and joining me in the interview were members from some prominent hockey sites including On Frozen Blog and The Hockey Barn.
The audio can be found here (opens new window [...]
The Washington Capitals fell this afternoon to the Columbus Blue Jackets in Overtime, but the bigger story was the injury that Alex Ovechkin sustained six minutes into the second frame.
Ovechkin collided with Raffi Torres and awkwardly fell to the ice. After getting up, he skated over to the bench in a slightly hunched over manner [...]
For the past three years, Capitals’ fans have been asking themselves: So is this the year Eric Fehr breaks out? Fans and players alike know that the skill and potential is there. But it just has not clicked at the NHL level for the injury-riddled winger…yet.
Following last season’s playoffs, Fehr opted to have [...]
Unbeknownst to many hockey fans, a large number of Washington Capitals’ fans see Alex Ovechkin and Alexander Semin as equals when it comes to pure skill. Heck, you might be surprised as to which Alex would win if players/commentators voted on categories like ‘best wrist shot’ and ‘best hands’ (between Ovechkin and Semin). [...]
All the predictions are in, and this year’s Washington Capitals’ team has great expectations. Standing in their way are a few flaws that could snowball if they are not fixed. Here is a look at the top three:
3. Goaltending
After Semyon Varlamov dominated throughout (most of) the playoffs last season, most expected him to [...]
While most Olympic talk is focused on the Vancouver games coming up in February, Tatyana Ovechkin is more concerned over the Sochi games five years from now and the ongoing dispute as to if NHL players will be allowed to participate or not. She recently sat down with a Capitals’ reporter and had some [...]
Each year the pre-season comes and goes with some surprise teams and some disappointing teams. Not much should be made of this as most squads are giving their young guys some experience before sending them back to their respective leagues.
The prospects that are cycled through the lineup each year usually attract the most attention, which [...]
For a second straight year, the Washington Capitals come into training camp with high expectations, but with strings attached. The 2008-2009 team started the season with new free agent acquisition Jose Theodore being replaced after allowing four goals in 30 minutes against the Atlanta Thrashers. By the end of the Capitals’ playoff run last May, [...]
