The Washington Capitals’ 2019-2020 season will bring lots of intrigue and hope for another Stanley Cup but nothing is guaranteed. These are the keys to the Caps making that Cup run possible. Nicklas Backstrom and Braden Holtby’s Contracts Let’s start off addressing the giant elephants in the room. Nicklas Backstrom and Braden Holtby are both […]
For the past few years, disappointment and collapse defined the Capitals’ postseason performances; that is until last year. Entering the 12th game seven of the Ovechkin/Backstrom era, the energy around and inside of Capital One Arena on Wednesday was one of anxious excitement. Despite the team being 4-7 in such games during that span, the […]
Washington D.C.- The Capitals dropped the slogan of “Rock the Red” a few years back in favor of the current theme “ALL CAPS” but the energy in Capital One Arena Thursday night might have reminded you of that red radar color at the eye of a hurricane; it was electric. A RED HOT START Fans […]
The Capitals went 9-2 in the 11 games T.J Oshie missed with his concussion. While that is an amazing record; way better than one would expect; the power play unit has struggled over the past few games without Oshie or Tom Wilson (concussion) in the middle. Washington defeated Detroit just a couple weeks ago at […]
The month of November was good to the Washington Capitals as they only dropped 5 of their 15 games; a span that ended with a seven-game win streak that the boys in red ushered into the month of December. In the first game of the last month of the best year in franchise history, the […]
Wednesday night’s Thanksgiving Eve matchup against the Chicago Blackhawks marked the 21st game of the season for the Washington Capitals. Originally that meant Tom Wilson would have been making his season debut. Instead, Wilson won his final appeal to a neutral arbitrator and had his suspension reduced to 14 games. After already missing 16 games, […]
The first 11 days of November brought along a five-game homestand for a Capitals team that played an extremely inconsistent first month of the season. After losing back to back games to start the month, Washington rattled off back to back wins for the first time this season. GOALTENDER PLAY In those back to […]
The Washington Capitals and Vegas Golden Knights are both seeking their first Stanley Cup in franchise history; granted the Golden Knights are in their first year of existence. In order for Washington to accomplish that feat, they must follow these five keys early and often throughout the series. SCORE FIRST The Capitals are 10-4 […]
Thursday night’s mission was simple for the Capitals; get back to the D.C. Saturday with home-ice advantage again. After committing a hooking penalty 34 seconds into Thursday night’s contest; Evgeny Kuznetsov got his first assist of the playoffs on a Tom Wilson tip-in that gave the Washington Capitals a 1-0 lead at the 6:16 mark […]
For the first time since 2011, a goaltender not named Braden Holtby will start in goal for the Washington Capitals to begin the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Philipp Grubauer started the regular season as the backup goaltender for the Washington Capitals, but after Holtby had a rather up and down regular season Grubauer saw an increase […]