For their first game without their captain, Thursday’s tilt against the Colorado Avalanche looked promising for the Caps. After outshooting the Avs through the first 17 minutes of the game, Pierre-Luc Dubois was able to find the scoresheet for the second time this season (and his first with a goalie in net) after he buried a centering pass from Tom Wilson in the slot to put the … [Read more...] about Capitals vs Avalanche: How the Game Was Lost
Capitals vs. Avalanche Game Thread 11/21
The Caps took care of business out west, taking a clean sweep of their three-game road trip including a trip-opening win in Denver; now they return home, sans Ovechkin, to face the Avalanche again. They’ll look to keep things rolling without their captain tonight. First, some admin stuff: Obviously the team was going to look a little different tonight without Ovechkin – the … [Read more...] about Capitals vs. Avalanche Game Thread 11/21
McMichael, Vrana, Caps Showing You How It’s Done
The other day we noted in the Mailbag how the Caps are creating more/better scoring chances: Since, there have been two great examples of what we talked about, so we thought we’d highlight them here. First, Connor McMichael’s first goal against the Avs: We could show the video, but NHL.com’s “Goal Visualizer” is perfect here to see the off-puck movement. Source … [Read more...] about McMichael, Vrana, Caps Showing You How It’s Done
Capitals Temperature Check: Week 5
Opponents: Maple Leafs (4-3 OTL), Avalanche (5-2 W), Golden Knights (5-2 W), Utah (6-2 W) Throughout the season, we’ll check in on the Washington Capitals to see which players, positions, and/or systems are hot and who is…well, not. Today we’re looking at how the team has done in their games between November 11 and November 18 (extending to include Monday’s game in Utah because … [Read more...] about Capitals Temperature Check: Week 5
Capitals-Golden Knights: How the Game Was Won
There was a point last season where it felt like, maybe, that all-time goals record would be out of reach for Alex Ovechkin – or at least take him a much longer time than expected to beat. These days, however, it feels like he could have the damn thing by January, and last night’s game is just one reason why. The Capitals’ win over the Golden Knights last night came about for a … [Read more...] about Capitals-Golden Knights: How the Game Was Won