With the Rangers stealing both games from the Capitals, they now hold a two-game advantage as the series heads up to the Garden. Rangers fans are celebrating, but this is not a best of three series, and Washington is nowhere near showing its true colors. Washington and New York have faced each other six times ...
So with the playoffs just around the corner, here is an introduction to your 2009 Southeast Division Champions: A- The Alex’s: Everyone knows about Alex Ovechkin’s game, but which Alex Semin will show up? The one that lead the league in goals earlier this season before getting injured, or the one that you barely notice ...
Capitals fans fall under two categories: those who appreciate defenseman Jeff Schultz, and those who don’t. At 6’6, a lot of expected of the 23-year old Calgary native…hitting included. This part of his game is where Caps fans are split down the middle. Those who argue that Schultz should be playing two hours north of ...
Take one look at Caps’ fourth-line center Keith Aucoin, and it’s hard to believe that he’s a superstar. At 5’9, Aucoin is making noise after being undrafted out of Divison III Norwich College and bouncing around a few different AHL teams. Aucoin has held a comfortable lead in the AHL scoring race the whole year, ...
Brooks Laich’s philosophy is simple: “If you want money, go to the bank. If you want bread, go to the bakery. If you want goals, go to the net.” His strategy could not be more apparent than in the last few weeks of the season where secondary scoring will be crucial for a Washington Capitals ...
Just wait for Don Cherry’s reaction to this one. With the Caps and Lightning tied at zero eight minutes into the first period, Alex Ovechkin worked his magic yet again. He picked up the puck in the neutral zone and raced up ice to face three Tampa defenders. Ovechkin sidestepped former teammate Matt Pettinger as ...
After starting the month 0-3-1 (all at home), the Caps went into hostile territory and held off the Flyers to win 2-1. The Flyers were unable to capitalize on a barrage of chances on a late power play and saw the Caps escape with clutch victory and reach the 90-point plateau for the second consecutive ...
By picking up an assist in the Capitals’ loss against Florida, Nicklas Backstrom now has points in 10 straight. Backstrom is now one point shy of tying last season’s point total of 69 with 18 games remaining. Yet it seems as though the cream of the crop at center is still Crosby, Datsyuk, Malkin, and ...
On April 22, 2008, the Philadelphia Flyers had just defeated the Washington Capitals in overtime of Game 7 to advance to the second round of the playoffs. Fast forward 10 months to this week, and the two teams meet again in the same venue, with (for the most part) the same group of stars. Unlike ...
Alex Ovechkin has done a lot of things in his career… Scoring four goals in a game, breaking his nose and continuing to play…Oh wait those were in the same game last year against Montreal. Ovechkin has already scored on his back, but you can add this to the collection: Caps announcer Joe Beninati said ...
