The Capitals’ hopes of going up 3-2 against the Rangers crumbled in matter of seconds after a late penalty to Joel Ward. And Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo is declaring war on the Phillies.
This one really hurt. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)I have to admit, I didn’t expect to be writing this story in April. As a crowd of reporters waited outside the Capitals locker room for post-game interviews following last night’s Game 7 loss, it felt like waiting for the dentist. We could hear the cheers from the Montreal Canadiens as they celebrated their 2-1 win on their way to the dressing room. And they had reason to. The…
Mike Knuble was hardly the only Cap stifled by Jaroslav Halak last night in Montreal.(AP Photo/The Canadian Press,Ryan Remiorz) Canadiens 4, Capitals 1:For playoff hockey fans, it was easy to be impressed with the play of Montreal Canadiens goalie Jaroslav Halak last night — in a must-win game, in front of over 21,000 demanding and fired up fans, Halak produced a once in a lifetime performance between the pipes, standing on his head to even…
Semyon Varlamov wasn’t really to blame, but the Caps’ effort wasn’t good enough to put away Montreal last night. Photo by choofly. Washington Capitals head coach Bruce Boudreau stopped just short of actually naming a laundry list of guilty parties after his team lost the chance to wrap up their first round series against the Montreal Canadiens on home ice Friday night. Not even the officials were spared. Boudreau wasn’t pleased when a faceoff…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjanicki/ / CC BY 2.0There’s a place on the ice where the NHL’s brightest stars like Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby struggle to match the skill of Washington Capitals center David Steckel: The face-off circle. The 2009-2010 season saw several Capitals dominate the league’s statistical charts and set personal bests, and Steckel was no exception. Along with posting the best plus/minus of his NHL career, Steckel finished second overall in the NHL this season in…
Skates? Ovie don’t need no stinkin’ skates. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press,Ryan Remiorz)Capitals 5, Canadiens 1: Most NHL early-round playoff series usually turn on one particular moment. As much as one can diagnose after but three games, the obvious choice for the Washington Capitals in their opening matchup with Montreal is Nicklas Backstrom’s inspiring Game 2 hat trick, which seemed to shake a mini-slump for the powerful Caps. But could it be that we’ll remember this…
The Verizon Center exploded as Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin and Mike Knuble celebrateBackstrom’s winning goal, which capped an incredible comeback to keep the Caps from falling into a2-0 hole against Montreal. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)During a second period Saturday that Nicklas Backstrom called “embarrassing,” the Washington Capitals found themselves down 4-1 against the Montreal Canadiens and waiting for a referee review of an earlier play. Eric Fehr, who had the only Capitals goal at that point,…
Photo by clydeorama.No power play goals, no shots on goal by Alex Ovechkin, and some uncharacteristic moves from Nicklas Backstrom: not much else needs to be said about the Washington Capitals’ 3-2 overtime loss to the eighth-seeded Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. It’s hardly a death knell. But the Capitals were sober enough in the locker room that Boyd Gordon, who had four hits against the…
