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Analyzing the Canes’ OTGWG: The Capitals Make Way Too Many Mistakes
Photo credit: Rob Carr In overtime, unless you’re a really bad hockey team or extremely good at shootous, you play to win the game. A minute and fifteen seconds into overtime, the Washington Capitals...
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Michal Neuvirth on His Return to the Lineup: “I Was Nervous as Hell”
Neuvirth salutes the crowd after being named the first star of the night. (Photo: Rob Carr) Michal Neuvirth had been left behind in the Capitals goalie controversy. While Braden Holtby has struggled...
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Caps Get Chances, But Not Goals, Against Sharks
Photo credit: Rob Carr Washington Capitals head coach Adam Oates has been searching for five-on-five production all season. While Alex Ovechkin has thrived, other members of top six have been less...
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Adam Oates on the Blowout in Columbus: “It’s Not Right”
Photo credit: Brace Hemmelgarn The Caps need points. They didn’t get them tonight. After a moral victory against the Penguins, Washington dropped Friday’s game against Columbus in pathetic fashion....
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Not Again: Rangers Slam Caps 4-1
Photo: Scott Levy Coming into Friday night, the Caps had been playing well. On Tuesday and Wednesday, they nearly beat two of the league’s best teams. But then they played Columbus. It was a disaster,...
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Capitals Searching for Answers After Fifth Straight Loss
Photo: Scott Levy For the second game in a row, the Capitals got blown out. The same things were to blame for Friday’s 5-1 defeat to Columbus and Sunday’s 4-1 loss to New York: dumb penalties and...
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Philipp Grubauer’s Demotion Creates an Opening in Washington’s Net
Grubauer’s vacant locker at Kettler (Photo: Chris Gordon) Photo: Mike Carlson For nearly two months, the Capitals have had a logjam in net. Called up in place of the injured Michal Neuvirth at the end...
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Columbus Blue Jackets Fan Gives Adam Oates Moose Antlers (Photo)
Photo via: @CapsRBetter Here’s what Adam Oates would look like if he was a moose. That is all. Thank you, Columbus.
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Alex Ovechkin: “I Was Today Worst Player”
Photo: Greg Bartram After winning two straight games against weak teams, the Capitals returned to their losing ways on Thursday with a 5-2 defeat to Columbus. That means we’re in for another edition...
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Adam Oates Defending Alex Ovechkin’s Sochi Performance is One of His Finest...
We’ve sometimes lobbed criticism at Washington Capitals head coach Adam Oates, but one thing we can agree on is that his handling of Alex Ovechkin since being hired has been excellent. Oates has...
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Report: Marcus Johansson Will Be Delayed Coming Home, Must Renew Visa in Sweden
Photo: gp.se On Sunday night, a large number of NHL stars will board NHLPA chartered flights from Russian to North America. One player who will not be on that flight is Washington Capitals forward...
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Adam Oates Defends Nicklas Backstrom, Says “It’s a Shame” He Couldn’t Play in...
When Team Sweden came out to play for gold this morning, they did so without Nicklas Backstrom. We were told then he had a migraine, which has kept him out of games in the past before. Later we...
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Adam Oates on Alex Ovechkin’s 800th Career Point: “That’s Not a Milestone”
Ovi celebrates his 800th career point. (Photo: Alex Trautwig) Alex Ovechkin is hitting a lot of milestones lately. So far this season he’s tallied his 1000th professional points, become the franchise...
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The Risk and Reward of Dmitry Orlov and Mike Green
Photo: Evan Vucci Thursday night, defense partners Mike Green and Dmitry Orlov were on the ice for two goals against. On Florida’s first goal, Jesse Winchester torched Orlov, blowing past him on the...
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Evgeny Kuznetsov To Make NHL Debut on the Caps’ Fourth Line
Photo: John Walton Per The Washington Post’s Katie Carrera, the Washington Capitals’ brand new toy, Evgeny Kuznetsov, will make his NHL debut tonight on the Capitals’ fourth line tonight. As we...
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Adam Oates’ Crown Jewel: Pairing Jay Beagle and Alex Ovechkin
This photo of Beagle and Ovi celebrating a goal is from 2012. (Photo: Molly Riley) As reported by Adam Vingan, Alex Ovechkin failed to get a single even-strength point in March. He finished the month...
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The Arguments For and Against Firing Adam Oates
Photo: Alex Brandon In Adam Oates’ fourth game as head coach for the Washington Capitals, he put Alex Ovechkin on the top line with Joey Crabb and Jay Beagle. We should have seen trouble coming then....
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Adam Oates Explains His Coaching Style, Why He Doesn’t Yell, and How He...
Photo: Geoff Burke After one of the most successful West Coast road trips in franchise history, the Washington Capitals lost four straight games — three of which at home. They’ve been outscored 16-9...
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The Nail: Devils Beat Caps 2-1
Photo: Bruce Bennett Tuesday’s Caps game was ugly. The days that followed didn’t get much better. Adam Oates kinda sorta maybe called out Alex Ovechkin on Wednesday for being Alex Ovechkin. The...
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Jaroslav Halak Not “100% Comfortable” Playing Against Former Team
Photo: Alex Brandon The Washington Capitals have less than a 5% chance of making the playoffs. Tonight, they take on the best team in the Western Conference, the St. Louis Blues, in what is...
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