The Caps had to stretch for it, but they got their tenth straight win on Sunday. Photo by clydeorama. You’d have to be a Vulcan to begrudge Alex Ovechkin his Wayne Gretzky arm pump after scoring what turned out to be the game-winning goal against Tampa Bay on Sunday. The Caps had just blown a 2-0 lead late in the third. With 8:28 left in the game, the clock paused to give the ice…

Simeon Varlamov’s long trip from Hershey, PA meant he didn’t arrive in time to back up Brent Johnson when the puck dropped Friday against the Ottawa Senators. Instead, the Caps had to rely on team Web Producer and former Division III goalie Brett Leonhardt as their backup goalie for ten minutes of nail-biting NHL action. The Senators took every possible opportunity to try to hurt Johnson and get to Leonhardt, the only Division III goalie…

The Washington Capitals signed NHL MVP Alexander Ovechkin to hockey’s first hundred million dollar contract last season, so the Capitals once again boast the league’s leading scorer. Welcome back fast-skating, obscenely talented left winger Ovechkin, who likes to warm up for games by playing soccer in Crocs, falls to the ice with joy when he scores, and ignores jellyfish postings when he goes for a swim. Even casual fans know by now that the…