Forwards: Ovechkin-Backstrom-Wilson Vrana-Kuznetsov-Oshie Hagelin-Eller-Panik Leipsic-Stephenson-Hathaway Boyd Defense: Siegenthaller-Carlson Orlov-Jensen Fehervary-Gudas Lewington Goalies: Holtby Samsonov After a Stanley Cup victory in 2018, the Capitals found themselves in a familiar situation in 2019, up two games in the first round, then losing in game 7 in overtime to the underdog. One thing is for […]
It excites me to do this preview, considering, for as long as I’ve had this blog, I haven’t been able to do a Carolina playoff series preview. That being said, I was more than ready to pick Washington to win this series. That changed after looking at the numbers from the method I use to […]
Forwards: Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Wilson Vrana-Backstrom-Oshie Burakovsky-Eller-Connolly Stephenson-Dowd-Smith-Pelly -Walker, Megna Defense: Siegenthaler-Carlson Orlov-Niskanen Djoos-Orpik -Bowey Goalies: Holtby Copley Washington is, of course, coming off their Stanley Cup victory and will be looking to repeat in 2019, or, as Ovechkin calls it, “try not to suck two years in a row”. While I’m sure they’ll have […]
Vegas versus Washington: a Finals matchup nobody saw coming. I will honestly be satisfied whoever wins. I am not betting against Vegas, though. Looking at the numbers, Washington clearly looks like the better team. If it’s a puck possession series, Vegas might have a hard time with Washington. The Capitals allow only 28.8 shots per […]
Washington did it. They finally did it. They defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in a seven game series. Now they face the Tampa Bay Lightning as they have reached the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 1998. You know what? I think they have a chance, and now that they have broken the curse, […]
Here we go again. For this preview, I’m not going into the statistics I usually do. I really want to predict Washington for this series. We’ve seen this story before, though. Pittsburgh and Washington have met ten times in the playoffs over the course of their history. Washington has won one of them. That was […]
Quick note: Right now, as I write this, Grubauer is in net for Washington as they lead 2-0 in the first intermission.Now I picked Columbus to win the series with Holtby in net. Grubauer has been better than Holtby by far. If Grubauer stays in net with his .923 save percentage over the course of […]
Washington did better than they were expected this season, once again snatching first in their division. Now it’s the playoffs, though, and I have no faith in them. First, I want to say that I don’t get Brayden Holtby. In 2014, I said he was nothing more than a fringe starter. The next season, he […]
The Washington Capitals have been a strong regular season team for the last nine years, only missing the playoffs once in 2013-2014. Still not having seen the Conference Finals during the Ovechkin era, this season seemed to be their last chance to make that leap. Nobody is getting any younger, and cap issues could take […]
Here we are in round two, a dreaded point in almost every Caps season since 1998. They are facing the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins, who look very capable of repeating, something that hasn’t been done since the last time the Capitals did see the Conference Finals. It will again be tough for the […]
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