Capitals Undone by Third-Period Play in Back-to-Back Games Jack Dawkins | February 4, 2021 The Washington Capitals have played a lot of overtime lately. In ten games this season, five have gone to overtime. A third-period meltdown on Feb. 1, allowed the Boston Bruins…
Capitals’ Goalie History Repeating With Vanecek’s Hot Start Ted Starkey | February 2, 2021 With the recent success of young Washington Capitals goaltender Vitek Vanecek, another rookie goaltender from the Caps’ past resurfaced: Jim Carey. Vanecek’s streak of seven games (5-0-2) without a regulation…
McDavid, Draisaitl Among NHL’s Best in January John Kreiser | February 1, 2021 The NHL has made it through January after a delayed start to the 2020-21 season. Here’s a look at some of the numerical highlights of the first month of a…
Capitals’ New Faces Getting the Job Done in Absence of Superstars Aidan Fischer | January 31, 2021 On Jan. 18 of last year, the Washington Capitals exploded for five goals in the third period to overcome a three-goal deficit against the New York Islanders. Alex Ovechkin scored…
Capitals’ 2020-21 Roster Reminiscent of 2018 Stanley Cup Champs Ben Little | January 31, 2021 The Washington Capitals have gotten off to a hot start during the 2020-21 NHL season despite dealing with some serious setbacks. This hot start of theirs currently has them sitting…
Capitals Thrive Despite COVID Absences & Injuries to Key Players Ted Starkey | January 29, 2021 When the news broke just over a week ago that the Washington Capitals would lose Alex Ovechkin, Evgeni Kuznetsov, Dmitri Orlov and Ilya Samsonov for at least four games when…
Capitals’ First 7 Games Had a Lot of Positives & Negatives Jack Dawkins | January 29, 2021 We are seven games into the 2020-21 NHL Season, and the Washington Capitals find themselves atop the MassMutual East Division. With the lack of a preseason, many teams are still…
Capitals’ Keys to Success in Revenge Games Versus Islanders Aidan Fischer | January 26, 2021 The Washington Capitals suffered a 4-3 shootout loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday. It was their second game without Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov, and Ilya Samsonov. Picking…
Capitals’ Vanecek Playing His Way Into Samsonov’s Starting Role Ted Starkey | January 25, 2021 Heading into the 2020-21 season, and after Henrik Lundqvist announced he had to sit out for health reasons, the Washington Capitals rolled the dice on having two young netminders carry…
Capitals Plagued by Inconsistency & Lack of Effort on Opening Road Trip Ted Starkey | January 20, 2021 The Washington Capitals’ season-opening, four-game road trip was certainly a mixed bag, at times showing why the Caps are in the mix for the Eastern Division title in this shortened…
What We Learned From the Capitals’ First Two Games Jack Dawkins | January 17, 2021 We’re two games into this condensed season and there are already some story lines developing with the Washington Capitals. Even though they came away from the Buffalo Sabres with two…
Vitek Vanecek: The Capitals’ New Backup Goalie Gabriel Guindi | January 16, 2021 Entering the 2020-21 NHL season, the Washington Capitals received unfortunate news when newly signed goaltender Henrik Lundqvist had to suddenly forfeit the season due to a heart condition requiring immediate…