The top two teams in the Eastern Conference faced off for their last meeting in the regular season at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston and the game lived up to the hype going into overtime for the second straight time. Alexander Semin, who has really been performing at a top level lately and has ... Read More »

Donald Brashear Interview After Thursday night’s Caps-Thrashers game I caught up with Donald Brashear, who has 1 goal, 3 assists, and 114 penalty minutes in 57 games this season. Brashear had a nice fight with Eric Boulton of Atlanta on Thursday night in the second period when the Caps were up, 2-1, so I wanted to ... Read More »

Caps Win 4-3 The Washington Capitals got back on the winning track Thursday night beating the Atlanta Thrashers, 4-3, at the sold out Verizon Center The score of this game looks close on paper but the contest really wasn’t, although I did not like the way the Caps let the Thrashers have a chance to tie ... Read More »

Caps Lose Lead, Game to Flyers The Washington Capitals, who were winners of 13 straight home games against Eastern Conference opponents, raced to an early 2-0 second period lead over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers before a third period collapse resulted in three Flyer goals in 3:19 and allowed their hated rivals to win another game at ... Read More »

Caps Win Easily Caps hockey is as much fun as ever and if you were at the Verizon Center today you know what I am talking about. Alexander Ovechkin and company trounced the defending Eastern Conference Champion Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday, 5-2, on national television (this was the NHL’s NBC game of the week) in front ... Read More »

To say the Washington Capitals did not play well last night in a 4-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche would be an understatement. So rather than me trying to put some analysis to the game last night, which dropped the Caps record to 37-17-5 (tied for 2nd place in the Eastern Conference with New Jersey), ... Read More »

The Caps are back in action Friday night against the Colorado Avalanche, who were carried into the playoffs last season by current Washington goalie, Jose Theodore. Tarik El-Bashir of the Washington Post had a nice interview with #60 today about what happened in Colorado and about the process of leaving the Avs and coming to ... Read More »

Caps Beat Montreal in Shootout, 4-3 After a 2-0-1 road trip the Washington Capitals returned to face the struggling Montreal Canadiens at the Verizon Center, a place where Washington had won 11 straight games against Eastern Conference opponents and were 22-4-1 overall. The Canadiens, however, would not be easy outs tonight and they got very good ... Read More »

The Washington Capitals have assigned defenseman Karl Alzner and forward Jay Beagle to the American Hockey League’s (AHL) Hershey Bears, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today. Alzner, 20, has played in 30 NHL games this season, recording one goal and four assists. He recorded his first NHL point Dec. 4 in a 5-2 ... Read More »

“Awesome, Totally Awesome!”  - Jeff Spicoli, Fast Times at Ridgemont High If there is a simple way to describe Alexander Ovechkin then I’d have to say those immortal words from Jeff Spicoli sum him up best. And on Sunday evening the Great #8 was totally awesome again practically carrying the Washington Capitals on his back to ... Read More »