Danny Briere celebrated his 32nd birthday with a game winning goal in overtime, and gave the Philadelphia Flyers a 6-5 win over the Washington Capitals. The Flyers’ home opener looked like it might be a pretty conservative affair after a scoreless first period, but seven goals in the second frame turned it into a barn burner.
Mark Solway
Varlamov To Start
In the PreCap broadcast at 2pm today, the official pregame show of the Washington Capitals, Mike Vogel revealed that Semyon Varlamov will be getting the start tonight against the Philadelphia Flyers. It is Varlamov’s second consecutive start, after Jose Theodore started in the season opener against the Boston Bruins. They also talked about Jeff Schultz … Read more
Game Recap: Washington 16 Tampa Bay 13
The Game Was Over When…
Jeremy Jarmon forced a Clifton Smith fumble with less than a minute to go in the game, and Chris Horton recovered.
Caps Continue To Impress
Turning point…
Alex Ovechkin scored just over a minute into the game. While the Toronto Maple Leafs may have had 59 minutes to get back into the game – they never did. The Capitals were able to capitalize on the home crowd energy right from the start, and their three unanswered first period goals were the difference in the 6-4 win.
By The Numbers: Week 4
Here are some of the numbers from the Redskins narrow, hard-fought 16-13 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 277 – Total net yards for the Washington Redskins offense. 229 – Total net yards for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers offense. 170 – Yards passing for Jason Campbell, who was 12 of 22, with 2 touchdowns and … Read more
Redskin Fallacies and Misconceptions
I really don’t understand some of the backwards logic that Redskin fans tend to use some of the time… actually, make that a lot of the time. Here are some of the biggest fallacies that I see being repeated lately:
Twitter Me That
Last week I wrote a blog called Twitter Me This, that detailed three separate incidents in the NFL last week. It was of particular interest to Redskin fans, because of the involvement of rookie Robert Henson – a now retired Twitterer..er.
By The Numbers
Here is a look at some of the interesting, and often painful numbers from the Redskins’ 19-14 loss to the Detroit Lions: 644 – Days since the Detroit Lions last won a game. That’s 92 weeks, or 15,456 hours, or 927,360 minutes, or 55,641,600 seconds – in other words – an awfully long time. 55,641,600 … Read more
Twitter Me This
Twitter and the NFL shared a lot of news headlines this week. It was inevitable; things like Twitter and Facebook updates, bring the world to Joe Q. Public in almost real time. There’s good and there’s bad with that.
By the Numbers: Rams
Here is a look at some of the numbers from the Redskins 9-7 home opener victory over the St. Louis Rams on Sunday at Fed Ex Field. 362 – Total yards offense from the Redskins – a much better effort than last week (272), despite their obvious red zone struggles. 242 – Yards passing for … Read more