Japers Rink

Throughout the season, we’ll check in on the Washington Capitals to see which players, positions, and/or systems are hot and who is…well, not. We’ll kick things off with a look at how the team has done in their games between October 12 and October 19. Connor McMichael. Preparing-to-be-a-dad strength, activate! Shortly after scoring two goals against the Flyers… Source … [Read more...] about Capitals Temperature Check: Week 2

So far this season, the Capitals’ defense has been much like the proverbial little girl with the curl in the middle of her forehead. When they’re good, they’re very, very good; when they’re bad, they…run around in their own zone and give up goals in an extremely annoying fashion. We might be paraphrasing a bit there. That dichotomy was on display last night in Tampa, where the … [Read more...] about Capitals-Lightning: How the Game Was Lost

Five games, five wins – can the Caps make it six? They’ll do their best as they head south to Tampa to take on the Lightning in their first Atlantic Division standoff. First, some admin stuff: Expect to see the same lineup once again tonight…and, yes, flip-flopping goalies again, as well. Charlie Lindgren, you’re up! Protas – Strome – Ovechkin McMichael – Dubois – Wilson … [Read more...] about Capitals @ Lightning Game Thread 10/26

The Washington Capitals are off to a red-hot start, having rattled off five wins in a row after their opening-night loss to New Jersey and looking relatively good (although not without areas for improvement) in the process. They’re also scoring goals at a pretty decent clip. Through six games, they have 26 goals for a 4.33 G/GP rate – third-best in the league right now… Source … [Read more...] about A Balanced Attack

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