As the second overtime period began on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden, I couldn’t help but believe that the Washington Capitals would find some way to win. After the disastrous second period, I never felt like the Caps were out of it and following the glorious third period, I felt as if momentum was on their side. The only real surprise was the unlikely hero.
Montreal Canadiens
Caps have Montreal Backed in a Corner
With Washington having a 2-1 advantage in the series entering game four, Montreal finds itself staring into the abyss. Montreal dominated Washington for the first 111 minutes of this series holding the highest scoring team in the league to a paltry three goals while scoring seven of their own.
The last 82 minutes however have been quite a different story as Washington has scored ten goals to Montreal’s two.
Canadiens-Capitals Post Game Video – 01-05-2010
Below are links to videos from last night’s Post Game Interviews and Press Conference’s featuring Tom Poti, Coach Bruce Boudreau and Alex Ovechkin, who addressed the media for the first time since being named Capitals team captain.
Montreal Canadiens @ Washington Capitals 01-05-2010
Ovechkin named Captain before Capitals play first home game of the decade.
For the first home game of the new year, the Washington Capitals are looking to avenge a dreadful two-game trip to the West Coast that saw them lose their respected matchups by a combined score of 7-3. The Caps had their work cut out for them, facing two of the of the top teams in the Western Conference in the San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles Kings. The road trip proved that there is plenty of work to do if they truly want to make a Stanley Cup run.
Caps Recap 11/30/09
I want to start out by apologizing to you, my loyal reader; there will be no Caps Recap next week as I will be travelling on business. The unfortunate part is that I will be in Miami, which is about five hours east of Tampa Bay when the Caps travel to Tampa to face the Lightning.
Eastern Conference Playoff Picture Shaping Up
With Washington’s win over division rival Tampa Bay last night, the playoff picture is starting to come into focus. Your top-3 seeds in the East are 1 – Boston 2 – Washington 3 – New Jersey Seeds 4, 5, and 6 will be determined this weekend but will include Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Carolina Seeds 7 … Read more