by Bob Kaplan | Oct 15, 2014 | Homepage, San Jose Sharks, Washington Capitals
Less than ten minutes into the Caps’ Tuesday night match-up against the San Jose Sharks, they were already staring at a 3-0 deficit against a team that hadn’t given up a goal in its first two games of the year. According to Alex Ovechkin “the way we started the game...
by Alexandra Nseir | Apr 13, 2014 | Leagues, Washington Capitals
After a season during which they never seemed to find consistency or an identity, Sunday afternoon the Capitals went out, appropriately, with a whimper. Washington’s 1-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning marked the former’s 21st shootout contest of the season, a new NHL...
by Alexandra Nseir | Feb 7, 2014 | Washington Capitals, Winnipeg Jets
The Capitals bested the hottest team in the league Thursday night with a 4-2 win over Winnipeg. Going into their game against Washington, the Jets had posted a 9-2 record since replacing coach Claude Noel with former Carolina bench boss Paul Maurice. The Caps,...
by Alexandra Nseir | Jan 3, 2014 | Carolina Hurricanes, Washington Capitals
The Capitals marked the mid-point of their season with a 4-3 overtime loss to the Carolina Hurricanes Thursday night. Jeff Skinner completed his second career hat trick 1:20 into the extra session to give the ‘Canes their second win in as many nights. Just a few days...
by Alexandra Nseir | Nov 23, 2013 | Homepage, Montreal Canadiens, Washington Capitals
The Capitals entered Friday night’s game against the Canadiens knowing that the sloppy passing and neutral and defensive zone turnovers that marked their loss against Pittsburgh could not continue. They also acknowledged that they could not take too many penalties and...