The despised Philadelphia Flyers came to the Verizon Center on Sunday afternoon hoping to get revenge for the 8-2 drubbing the Washington Capitals put on them back on December 5th at the Wachovia Center. They would not as the Caps knocked them off again, 5-3, to take the season series 3-0-1. Brooks Laich broke out of a ... Read More »

You can bet the Verizon Center will be  ”Rocking and Red” on Tuesday night as the vaunted and despised Philadelphia Flyers come to town for a 7pm tilt (shown in HD on VERSUS). The Caps look to avenge a 6-5 OT loss suffered back on October 6th when Danny Briere scored the game winner in Philadelphia. ... Read More »

Caps Update So I just finished watching Ray Ferraro of TSN via the NHL network declare that Caps goalie Jose Theodore can’t win 16 playoff games to lead Washington to the Stanley Cup this year. Ferraro, who pretty much single handily ended the Caps playoff season back in 1993 with his overtime winning goals with the ... Read More »

So we are less than 48 hours from Wednesday’s 3pm NHL trade deadline and here are some items to ponder to help you decide whether or not GM George McPhee should stand pat or change up his roster heading into the Stanley Cup Playoffs: The Colorado Avalanche started their six-game road trip with a win at ... 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 Goalie Situation Suddenly I am feeling very uneasy about the Caps goaltending situation with two months to go in the regular season. Jose Theodore, who is the clear cut number one goalie and is getting paid $4.5M a season this year and next to be that guy, has been great the last 6 weeks and ... Read More »

The Alexander Ovechkin show was in full force again today as the Great #8 pumped in three goals to lead the Washington Capitals to a wild 7-4 win over the Ottawa Senators at the once again sold out Verizon Center. Ovechkin, who has one of the best shots in the league, scored on a slap ... Read More »

Ovechkin, Theodore Carry Caps There have been two Caps games in Long Island this year and the result is now two games with overtime game winners by the Great #8, Alexander Ovechkin, who slammed home a nice pass from Alexander Semin to propel the Caps to a 2-1 win in OT against the Islanders on ... Read More »

In what was pretty much a playoff atmosphere at the sold out Verizon Center Tuesday night, Caps goalie Jose Theodore stopped 33 of 34 shots as well as all three Flyers in the shootout to help the Caps beat Philadelphia, 2-1. Theodore was outstanding, as was Flyers goalie Martin Biron, and he has now won ... Read More »

Caps to Face Ottawa on Friday On Friday night the Caps will go against one of the best lines in the NHL when they face the Ottawa Senators at the Verizon Center. Forwards Dany Heatley (28 points in 26 games), Daniel Alfredsson (25 points in 25 games), and Jason Spezza (22 points in 26 games) are ... Read More »