Carolina’s Ray Whitney blasted one off of Caps goalie Semyon Varlamov from the slot in overtime to defeat Washington, 4-3, in Raleigh on Thursday night. The Capitals, who were once again without team captain and two-time defending NHL MVP Alexander Ovechkin due to his suspension, took a 2-1 lead after two periods, primarily by limiting the number of Hurricanes ... Read More »

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 »

With the Chicago Blackhawks leading the Washington Capitals 3-0 after two periods the NBC announcers said that the Hawks were making a statement that they were serious Stanley Cup contenders. 23 minutes and 10 seconds of hockey later it was the Alexander Ovechkin-less Caps who made the bigger statement as they rallied with three third period goals ... Read More »

Antero Niittymaki stopped 28 shots on Friday night at the Verizon Center to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-2 victory over the Caps, who finished this five game homestand at 3-1-1. For the most part, the Capitals did not work hard against a Bolts team that is fighting for their playoff lives, and therefore they came out on the ... Read More »

The Washington Capitals threw the proverbial “everything but the kitchen sink” at Marty Turco on Monday night, but the net minder that has struggled mightily this season picked the wrong time for the Caps to look like the dominant goalie he once was in the NHL. #35 made a career high 49 saves and then stopped 4 of 5 ... 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 »

On a wild NHL trade deadline day that saw Caps GM George McPhee make four separate deals, the Washington Capitals opened up their post Olympics break in Buffalo, a place the franchise has struggled in like no other. Making matters seemingly worse was that Washington was going to have to face the 2010 Olympic MVP, ... Read More »

After a 10 day Olympic break, the Washington Capitals hit the ice at Kettler Ice Plex on Wednesday afternoon for practice without the five players who were still competing in the Olympics as of this afternoon (Alex Ovechkin, Alex Semin, Semyon Varlamov, Tomas Fleischmann, and Nicklas Backstrom). Before Washington went on break they followed a club record 14 ... Read More »

The Washington Capitals will head to the Olympic Break with a three game losing streak after falling to the St. Louis Blues, 4-3, in the shootout on Saturday night. All three losses have come on the road this week and two were after regulation time had ended. The good news is the Capitals have a 13 point lead in the ... Read More »

The Washington Capitals are so hot right now, they might be the only thing that can turn this predicted monster snowstorm headed our way into rain! On Broadway on Thursday night the Caps played their second straight poor first period but escaped only one goal down, gave up four power play goals but scored three of their ... Read More »