The Washington Capitals are now 7-2 without Alexander Ovechkin in the lineup this season, but before anyone gets too excited about that statistic, please remember that four of those wins have come against the Florida Panthers (and the two losses were against the New Jersey Devils while the Caps were 1-0-1 against NJ with Ovie). The Caps ... Read More »

It what was not a thing of beauty, except for Jose Theodore’s goaltending, as the Washington Capitals won their third straight game, 2-0, over the New York Rangers in front of the 46th straight sellout at the Verizon Center. Theodore, who was the easy choice as the game’s number one star, stopped 30 shots and his ... Read More »

With the Caps 12 game winning streak on the line, goalie Michal Neuvirth, who was in goal for three of the previous 12 victories, was recalled from Hershey to play against the Atlanta Thrashers on Friday with Jose Theodore, who is 9-0 and at times has been incredible, needing a contest off with Washington scheduled to play four games in ... Read More »

On their third try of the season the Washington Capitals finally have a seven game winning streak following a 7-2 rout of the New York Islanders at Nassau Coliseum. The win was sparked by a four goal first period, including two in the final two minutes to break open a 2-1 contest. Alexander Semin continued his torrid play ... Read More »

After pounding the Penguins on Thursday night and following victories over the Red Wings and Flyers earlier in the week, Saturday night’s tilt against the Phoenix Coyotes, who are in 4th place in the Western Conference, appeared to be a game that the Washington Capitals could possibly overlook. The Caps did not so the players ... Read More »

The Washington Capitals went in to Denver on Tuesday night to take on the Colorado Avalanche at the Pepsi Center and they rolled to a 6-1 victory. Unfortunately the Caps had some more injuries as Shaone Morrisonn left after just 4:12 of ice time and then Mike Green was run into the glass on a cheap shot by David Koci. ... Read More »

Alexander Ovechkin plays on the edge and Monday night, after getting speared by Carolina defenseman Aaron Ward early in the game, the Great #8 went hunting for Canes and unfortunately he took things too far. Ovechkin went flying into the offensive zone after Tim Gleason, missed him head on, locked knees with the Hurricanes defenseman, and ... Read More »

The Washington Capitals raced to an early 2-0 advantage, then proceeded to give another lead away, and needed a late Eric Fehr goal with 12 seconds left to tie the game at three and force overtime.  After a scoreless five minute session, Semyon Varlamov (21 saves) stoned all three Montreal shooters and Nicklas Backstrom buried the third and final Cap ... Read More »

Wednesday night brought on another Capitals-Islanders battle and for the 7th time in the last 9 contests these two teams went to extra time to decide the outcome before a packed house (18,277) at the Verizon Center. When overtime did not yield a winner on came the shootout and it took 11 players for each team but Washington’s Chris Clark scored and ... Read More »

I know it has been a purple Sunday for most of you and it was for me too but a couple of things of note happened in Washington Capitals land today that were worth passing along to you hockey fans out there ready to Rock the Red in the upcoming season. First, forward Michael Nylander met ... Read More »