If the Caps were going to win a game in this series, it felt like maybe this was the one they would win…alas, that was going to be hard enough to do with a fully healthy, and seemed nearly impossible with the ongoing absences of Rasmus Sandin and Nick Jensen, and eventually the loss of Trevor van Riemsdyk. (More on that in a sec…) At five on five, the Caps were actually not bad – they… Source ..read more

Your savory breakfast links… Source ..read more

Plus: Umm… John Carlson scored a goal? Minus: The Caps had six power play chances and somehow came out -1 in goals-for with the man advantage. It doesn’t help their own penalty kill let up a goal as well, so they went -2 in special teams. Key Moment: Right before the Rangers took a 3-1 lead, the Caps had a couple grade-A chances but Igor Sheshterkin came up huge. So instead of it being… Source ..read more

Down 2-0 in their opening-round series to the Rangers, the scene now shifts to the friendly (we hope) confines of Washington, DC, where the Caps will host their New York neighbors in Game 3. First, some admin stuff: Both Sandin and Jensen skated with the team this morning in regular jerseys…so we’re sticking to the positivity and hoping that at least one, if not both… Source ..read more

The Capitals had an outside chance of making the playoffs at the end of January; by the middle of April, they had made it, largely on the backs of performances by three players: Charlie Lindgren, John Carlson, and Alex Ovechkin. Now that the team is in the postseason, however, that previously stalwart trio has fallen off a bit (relatively speaking, in one case; less relatively in the others)… Source ..read more

Three things we’re talking about today when we’re talking about the Caps… 1. Fight for Ol’ D.C. As the cliché goes, a series doesn’t really begin until someone loses at home. Absurd as that is (and it is), for all the hemming and hawing over Games 1 and 2, all the Rangers have done is hold serve. Theoretically, if the Caps do the same and can steal a game at MSG, they win the series. Source ..read more

As you know, our pals at FOCO releasing a new Alex Ovechkin “Gr8 Chase” bobblehead every week to commemorate every hundredth goal Ovi has scored in his illustrious career. This week, we’re up to goal #800, from back on December 13, 2022. On the ice, it looked like this: As a bobblehead, it’ll look like this: Remember – each of these will be individually numbered out of only 308… Source ..read more

Your savory breakfast links… Source ..read more

Three things we’re talking about today when we’re talking about the Caps… 1. Is it Ov-er? Two games into this series, Alex Ovechkin has registered just one shot on goal, which is the same total as the number of soul-crushing power play turnovers that he’s made that have ended up as game-winning shorthanded Ranger goals. And so, as is so often the case when the Caps have trailed in a… Source ..read more

Your savory breakfast links… Source ..read more