Caps Back to Work

I missed the Olympic Men’s Hockey Gold Medal Game. Oh sure, I was watching the scoreboard, but I didn’t get to see the game. Apparently, I was one of the few who didn’t see it, as it drew in record numbers in ratings. I was on the road, and startled my wife when the US tied the game when I broke my silent vigil to shout “oh my God; they tied it!”

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Tags: Buffalo Sabres, Caps Recap, New York Rangers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals

Caps Recap 2/16/10

Wow, so after going 14-0, the Washington Capitals lost three straight last week. Some may take solace in the fact that two of those losses were in overtime, but a loss is a loss.

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Tags: Alex Ovechkin, Alex Semin, Caps Recap, Semyon Varlamov, Sergei Federov, sergei Gonchar, Team Canada, Team Russia, Team USA, Viktor Kozlov

Caps (Precap?) 2/1/10

So everyone’s heard the Capitals have now tied their club record for the longest winning streak in team history this week. Washington had four games in six days and still managed to win all four.

So where do the Caps stand? Well, after their late December meltdown, the Caps slid pretty far in the standings giving up their seat atop the NHL leader-board. Just seven days ago, the Caps were two points behind Chicago and six points behind San Jose. The Caps are now two points ahead of Chicago and have closed to only 1-point behind San Jose for the top spot in the NHL.

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Tags: Alex Ovechkin, Alex Semin, Brooks Laich, Bruce Boudreau, Caps Recap, Eric Fehr, Nicklas Backstrom, Washington Capitals

Caps Recap 1.26.10

What kind of week did the Washington Capitals have this week? One word; Epic.

Here’s a few things to start off with. Did you know that the Caps have scored four or more goals in all but two of their eleven games this month? The Caps faced down Detroit (who even though banged up is always a dangerous opponent), Pittsburgh, and Phoenix. The Caps scored 13 goals in those three games. They were also 38% on the power play scoring 5 PPG’s on 13 attempts. More impressive, the Caps were flawless on the power-play this week allowing no power-play goals. That’s 0-15 for the Caps’ opponents in the past three games.
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Tags: Alex Ovechkin, Bruce Boudreau, Caps Recap, Eric Fehr, Glory Days Grill, Nicklas Backstrom, Slapshot, Washington Capitals

Caps Recap 1/18/10

What a busy week for the Caps; they played four games and went 3-1-0 this past week. Washington has now scored 4 or more goals in it’s last seven straight games and are 6-1-0 during that stretch. This week saw the re-emergence of Jose Theodore, as Michal Neuvirth’s confidence seems to have left him. The Caps have also regained their position as #1 atop the Eastern Conference, ahead of New Jersey by 1-point. The Caps are having arguably their best season, and this is the latest in the season that the Caps have ever held the top spot in the Conference. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Brooks Laich, Bruce Boudreau, Caps Recap, Capstronaut, Florida Panthers, Jose Theodore, Mike Knuble, Tampa Bay Lightning, Ted Leonsis, Toronto Maple Leafs, Washington Capitals

Caps Recap 1/11/10

So, when last we discussed the Capitals, they had slid into a bit of a slump. They rebounded this week after naming Ovechkin their new team Captain. More importantly, we saw the team starting to get comfortable again. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alex Ovechkin, Bruce Boudreau, Caps Recap, Nicklas Backstrom, Thomas Flieschmann

Caps Recap 12/14/09

For Caps’ fans, this week was a roller coaster. They started off by shutting out the Lightning in Tampa; then went to Buffalo and got shut out themselves. They came home for a victory over Carolina, and travelled to Toronto for a loss to the Leafs.

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Tags: Alex Ovechkin, Alex Semin, Caps Recap, Washington Capitals

Caps Recap – Filler Edition

My Caps recap articles will resume this Monday, but with the way the Caps played last week, I really felt I needed to acknowledge a few things.

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Tags: Alex Ovechkin, Caps Recap, Semyon Varlamov, Washington Capitals

Caps Recap 11/30/09

I want to start out by apologizing to you, my loyal reader; there will be no Caps Recap next week as I will be travelling on business. The unfortunate part is that I will be in Miami, which is about five hours east of Tampa Bay when the Caps travel to Tampa to face the Lightning.

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Tags: Alex Ovechkin, Buffalo Sabres, Caps Recap, Eric Fehr, Montreal Canadiens, Nicklas Backstrom, Ottawa Senators, Washington Capitals

Caps Recap 11/23/09

Y’know, sometimes I think teams tend to play different when they are missing a star player. I know that seems like an obvious statement and you may be thinking “well of course they play different; they are missing their star player.” Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alex Ovechkin, Caps Recap, John Carlson, Matt Bradley, Michal Neuvirth, Quintin Laing, Semyon Varlamov, Washington Capitals