Canadiens Down Caps 4-1

The Montreal Canadiens earned their sixth consecutive home win, and consequently handed the Washington Capitals their seventh straight road loss, in Montreal on Saturday night. Montreal got two goals from Alexei Kovalev, and goaltender Jaroslav Halak stopped 27 shots, for a 4-1 victory in front of 21,273 people at the Bell Centre. Washington Capitals captain … Read more

Redskins Free Agency Updates

The Washington Redskins re-signed veteran offensive lineman Todd Wade on Tuesday. Wade was originally allowed to test the free agent waters so that he could go somewhere where he would get an opportunity to start. With Jon Jansen and Chris Samuels on the roster, the opportunity in Washington seemed limited. When Derrick Dockery left for … Read more

Sabres Too Much For Caps

The Washington Capitals were no match for the powerhouse Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night in a 5-2 loss. The Sabres ended a three game losing streak at home, and took over top spot in the National Hockey League with 101 points. Washington failed to get a point for the first time since Olaf Kolzig returned … Read more

Goals, Goals, Goals!

A lethargic Tampa Bay Lightning team showed up for their game at the Verizon Center, and the Washington Capitals took full advantage. Washington got three goals from Alexander Semin, and two from rookie Tomas Fleischmann en route to a 7-1 drubbing in a Sunday matinée match. Fleischmann is affectionately known to his teammates as ‘Flash’ … Read more

Alexander, Alex, and Alexandre?

The Washington Capitals beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 at the Verizon Center, and ended the team’s longest losing streak in twenty five years. Night in and night out, the Capitals count on Alex and Alexander to carry them to victory. In a much needed victory on Friday night, Washington added an Alexandre. Alexandre Giroux … Read more

Natural Not Enough

Chris Clark’s three-goal performance against the Boston Bruins was not enough to earn his team a victory on Thursday night. In what has become a familiar outcome this year, the Caps could not take the extra point in the shootout, and lost 4-3. It was Washington’s league-worst eleventh shootout loss of the season, and extended … Read more

Kolzig Returns Against Bruins

The Washington Capitals will be trying to avoid their ninth straight defeat tonight when they face off against the Boston Bruins. The Capitals are coming off a 4-2 loss in Atlanta on Monday, and will be looking to end this three game road trip on a winning note at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston. … Read more

Redskins Free Agency News

The Washington Redskins appear to be taking a slow-and-steady-wins-the-race approach to the off season. Good for them. With the exorbitant contracts signed league wide so far, it was the wrong off season to jump in with both guns blazing. After filling their two biggest needs early in free agency, all of their most recent signings … Read more

Team Needs: Pittsburgh Steelers

Between now and the 2007 NFL Draft, THN will be taking a look at all of the NFL teams’ off-season needs. Up next is the team with the fifteenth overall pick in the draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers. 2006 Results: 8-8, 3rd in AFC North 2007 Projected Cap Status: $ 105,900,000 ($3.1 million in cap space) … Read more

Leafs Blank Caps

The Washington Capitals couldn’t solve Toronto Maple Leafs’ goaltender Andrew Raycroft, and Darcy Tucker and Yanic Perreault both scored their twentieth goals of the season to pace Toronto to a 3-0 victory at the Air Canada Center in Toronto. Raycroft only had to make 24 saves to earn his second shutout of the season. It … Read more