Matt Bradley tied his career high with his third period marker, but more importantly, the goal broke theCaps’ three-game losing streak. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)When Matt Bradley put the puck in the net in the third period of Thursday’s game against Atlanta Thrashers goalie Ondrej Pavelec, he accomplished two things: his team had their first game-winning goal in four games, and Bradley tied his NHL career high of nine goals in a season. Bradley joins an…

Caps right winger Matt Bradley is seriously content to let his work on the ice and his role asa locker room character take the spotlight. Photo by clydeorama. Capitals forward Matt Bradley wants you to know he’s a serious kind of guy. “I’m a very, very serious person,” is how Bradley, with a face any poker player would kill to have, describes his locker room demeanor. Then he gives an actual, serious answer. “Part…

Jose Theodore was excellent last night, making 44 saves in a statementwin for the Caps against the Red Wings. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)Even injury-plagued, the Detroit Red Wings are the Nick Sabans of hockey — they are to be taken seriously at all times. As a new powerhouse, the Washington Capitals view games against Detroit as chances to measure themselves against a decade-plus gold standard of the NHL. “It’s a good way to gauge where…

It’s getting hard to keep track of what to think about the Capitals this year. At the beginning of the year, they won three straight games, and even spent an hour as the league’s first place team. Then they lost a few, won one, and tried losing again. Last night, in what should have been a hopeless battle against a hot team, they put together a seven to one victory over the grammatically challenged…

The Capitals have assigned Ben Clymer to their farm team. For two years, Clymer has provided the Caps with leadership, toughness and first hand knowledge of what it’s like to win a Stanley Cup. This year and next year, he’ll take that knowledge to the American Hockey League’s Hershey Bears. Clymer joins Stanley Cup winner Joe Motzko, whom the Caps signed this summer as a free agent and demoted over the weekend, in giving the…

Written by DCist contributor Eli Resnick The Capitals are on a “mostly winning streak.” Why? How? What’s a “mostly winning streak?” Who cares! They’re doing good. But first there’s some bad news: Alexander Semin left the ice late in the third period doubled over with pain. A possible shoulder injury could make it painful for Semin to shoot. We don’t want to see Semin’s shots dribble weakly to the crease, do we? No! We want…