Turning Point…
Alexander Ovechkin’s two goals less than thirty seconds apart early in the second period.
It Was Over When…
Matt Bradley stretched the Caps lead to 4-1 early in the third.
Washington Capitals
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Caps Recap 10/12/09
Wow, what a difference a week makes, huh?
The Caps, who came out swinging in their first two games, went down flailing in their last three going from 2-0-0 to 2-2-1.
What is in a Name?
While traversing the web today reading up on the Washington Capitals, I stumbled across a piece by Chris Needham on NBCWashington.com. The article was mainly a response to a blog written by our friends at OnFrozenBlog.com, regarding the possibility that the Caps’ current top line of Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin and Alexander Semin could be one of the greatest of all time.
Caps Clipped In Overtime
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.
Comcast is making me miss the Caps’ Game.
Comcast.
My hatred of Comcast is now complete.
It all started when Comcast got in a tiff with the NFL Network. Comcast removed NFL Network from it’s lineup. I was annoyed; but not upset. NFL Network’s Thursday night games were usually lousy match-ups, and at the time Bryant Gumble’s voice doing play-by-play grated on my nerves. He sounded like Kermit the frog…only not as intelligent.
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
Caps Recap 10/5/09
It’s Monday, it’s a new Hockey season, that means it’s time to break out the Caps Recap!
The Caps had two games last week facing the Northeast Division Champion Boston Bruins in their season opener followed up by the familiar face of Ron Wilson and his Toronto Maple Leafs in their home opener. The Caps came out of the gate swinging scoring 10 goals in their first two games. Alex Ovechkin having three goals in his first two games is hardly a surprise, but for him to be tied with Brooks Laich certainly may raise some eyebrows.
The race for the cup starts here, so lets get to some recapping!
Post Game Audio – Ted Leonsis and Mike Knuble
Below is a link to the audio from last night’s post game interviews with new Capital Mike Knuble, and owner Ted Leonsis.
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.
Maple Leafs @ Washington Capitals 10/03/09
1st period Overview:
The Capitals opened up the season against the Boston Bruins on Thursday night where they left off the 2008-2009 season with a 4-1 victory. Their fire didn’t stop during their home opener tonight against the Maple Leafs as reigning back-to-back NHL MVP Alexander Ovechkin ignited the raucous Verizon Center crowd with his third goal of the season just 1:17 into the contest. Chants of MVP quickly ensued from the home fans.