Capitals take home ice against Maple Leafs on Sunday - March 11, 2012.
Photo is by The Associated Press.
It's time to start catching up with the
Washington Capitals.
Junior's Eyes looks back at the first week-and-a-half of March 2012 through a sampling of game reviews, highlights videos and other Capitals related updates.
They had a busy schedule, playing six tough teams in ten days. During that time Washington eventually worked their way back up the standings, from tenth place in the
NHL's Eastern Conference, to eighth. Also, by the time the game on Sunday March 11th was done, the Caps had put themselves four points ahead of teams in ninth place (at the time) -
Buffalo Sabres and the
Winnipeg Jets.
The following list is in reverse chronological order.
March 11, 2012Caps To Leave Verizon Center for Five Game On A High NoteBy Mark at
Mark's MusingsIt's been a four (4) point weekend for "our" Washington Capitals and that will enable the team to leave the friendly confines of Verizon Center where they are 23-10-3 (0.681) so far on the 2011 - 2012 NHL Season. Now they go on the road...
POSTGAME NOTEBOOK: Capitals 2, Maple Leafs 0By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at
WashingtonCaps.comFour-Point Weekend – For the second time in three weekends, the Caps have taken a perfect four points out of a weekend home—and-road set of back-to-back games. With Sunday’s 2-0 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Verizon Center, the Caps have solidified their hold on eighth place in the Eastern Conference standings...
Capitals-Maple Leafs highlightsPosted at
CSN - Washington, DC Two In A Row On The Road – Washington scored twice in the first period and twice in the second to earn a 4-3 road win over the Bruins in Boston on Saturday afternoon. Coupled with a 4-2 win over the Maple Leafs in Toronto two weeks ago today, the Caps have their first pair of consecutive road victories since Dec. 7-15 when they won in Ottawa and Winnipeg, respectively...
Capitals-Bruins full-game highlightsPosted at
CSN - Washington, DC OrloveBy Mike Vogel at
Dump 'N ChaseRookie Caps defenseman Dmitry Orlov has quietly put together an impressive freshman campaign. With his two assists in Saturday’s 4-3 win over the Bruins in Boston, Orlov notched the first multiple-point game of his NHL career. Orlov also now has points in three straight games for the first time in his NHL career...
March 9, 2012Mike Green suspended three games for hit on Brett ConnollyBy Katie Carrera at
Capitals InsiderMike Green received a three-game suspension for his hit to the head of Tampa Bay forward Brett Connolly in the second period of the Capitals’ 3-2 overtime win on Thursday night. The play was ruled an illegal hit to the head by the NHL’s department of player safety...
The Good Ol’ Hockey Game: Sizing up the Eastern Conference
playoff raceBy Tarik El-Bashir at
Capitals InsiderAnything can happen once you’re in the NHL playoffs. Sometimes, the trickiest part is just getting there.
With less than a month remaining in the regular season, the New York Rangers, Boston Bruins, Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers, New Jersey Devils and Ottawa Senators are in solid standing in the Eastern Conference. That leaves two openings for everyone else...
March 8, 2012POSTGAME NOTEBOOK: Capitals 3, Lightning 2, OTBy Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at
WashingtonCaps.com March 7, 2012Three Segments of 22 GamesBy Mike Vogel at
Dump 'N ChaseWashington is now 66 games into the 2011-12 NHL season with just 16 contests remaining. The Caps are two points behind eighth-place Winnipeg for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, and they own a game in hand on the Jets as well.
The Capitals are four points behind Florida for the top spot in the Southeast Division...
March 6, 2012POSTGAME NOTEBOOK: Hurricanes 4, Capitals 3, OTBy Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at
WashingtonCaps.comHurting at Home – Washington’s current five-game homestand offered the club an opportunity to pile up some points where the Capitals have thrived at piling up points for the better part of five seasons. But for whatever reason, the Caps have struggled on the Verizon Center sheet for several weeks now...
Hurricanes-Capitals game highlightsPosted at
CSN - Washington, DC March 4, 2012A NO-point night -- Game 65: Flyers 1 - Capitals 0By The Peerless at
The Peerless PrognosticatorNow, you can start to feel it. The season wasting away. With yet again another helping of home cooking on their plate to take over a top-eight spot in the Eastern Conference, the Washington Capitals pushed themselves away from the table...
POSTGAME NOTEBOOK: Flyers 1, Capitals 0By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at
WashingtonCaps.comTimely Timeout – It’s not often that you see an NHL head coach burn his only timeout in the middle of the second period of a scoreless game without an icing call against his club. But give Flyers’ bench boss Peter Laviolette credit. He clearly has his finger on the pulse of his team, and he used that timeout wisely in Sunday’s 1-0 Philadelphia win over Washington...
Special Non-DeliveryBy Mike Vogel at
Dump 'N Chase...The Washington power play has been particularly vexing. The Caps’ extra-man unit has allowed more goals (four) than it has scored (two) in the team’s last 10 games. In the aforementioned 22-game stretch, Washington has surrendered five shorthanded goals while scoring just six goals of its own...
March 2, 2012POSTGAME NOTEBOOK: Devils 5, Capitals 0By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at
WashingtonCaps.com...Twenty-four seconds after Hendricks was seated, the Devils had their second shot and their first goal, a Zach Parise power play goal. It would prove to be all the offense the Devils and goaltender Johan Hedberg would need on the night as they shutout the Caps 5-0.
The Caps could never quite get themselves back into the game, and their first 10 minutes were probably their best 10 minutes on this night...
Devils Caps Highlights, tough to watch but here they are!Posted at
CSN - Washington, DC
