Get One for the Sarge

After looking to have the series under control, the Caps lost another game in OT tonight to go down 3-2 to the Penguins.That's 7 straight playoff overtime losses for Washington. Also, after winning 5 straight games, they've dropped the last 3.Other than Ovechkin and Varlamov, the Caps don't seem to have anyone who can step up when they need it. They're reeling now, and need to...

The Caps are now down 3-2 in a series they once led 2-0. They've had two overtime losses and now need to win the last two games of the series to advance. Otherwise, the hated Sid Crosby and his whiny batch of Penguins will advance. My theory on this series, the Caps need the drama to motivate them. After coming back from being down 3-1 to the Rangers, they...

Look, if you've come here seeking me to divine trendings and karma for tonight, leave now. This is Caps-Pens, and if you've signed up for it this spring, understandably wishing-believing that Alexander Ovechkin and Bruce Boudreau possessed fresh, unscarred karma relative to the history of this series, rendering us magically free from past agony, that's understandable and all well...

Interesting quote by Matt Cooke of the Pittsburgh Penguins but he is right if he had kneed Alex Ovechkin or one of the Capitals skilled players Cooke would be looking at a 1-3 game suspension from the league office. I think there is a double standard when it comes to league discipline of its players. I predict nothing will be done to Ovechkin because he is a star player and he is...

Over the first three games in the Eastern Conference Semifinal series between the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins, rookie Caps goalie Simeon Varlamov not only kept his team in the series, but helped them build a 2-1 lead in three one-goal games. He was spectacular in front of the net bailing out a Capitals defense that broke down more often than a Chrysler LeBaron.On...

The Washington Capitals notified the police when they discovered there was a death threat made against Alexander Ovechkin on a Pittsburgh Penguins message board. The post read: "I'm killing Ovechkin. I'll go to jail. I don't care anymore.""We became aware of an inappropriate comment on a message board and referred it to the appropriate authorities," according to a statement...

In one of the most controversial plays of the NHL playoffs last night, Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin made a knee-to-knee collision with Pittsburgh defenseman Sergei Gonchar. Gonchar went flying and had to be helped off the ice, while Ovechkin earned a two-minute minor penalty. (Gonchar, seen here not enjoying having experienced the equivalent of getting [...]

The NHL, as fans are probably aware, is just getting into the swing of what’ll probably be its best series of the playoffs: the Washington Capitals vs. the Pittsburgh Penguins. The two teams each favor one of the top two players in the league, Washington with Alex Ovechkin and Pittsburgh with Sidney Crosby, and they [...]

My roommate and I watched game one of the Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals playoff series last Saturday. Not because we care about Ovechkin or Crosby or hockey in the slightest...but because we found out that NBC was carrying the game. More precisely, we found out that if the game were to go to overtime, NBC would be handing it off to the Versus network so that they could show the

Partly Cloudy at Fenway Park: Jonathan Lester was stunned and frustrated today upon leaving the hill after a mere 4 and two-thirds innings. He was cracked around pretty good this afternoon for 10 hits and a career high 8 runs.  Once again Evan Longoria single-handedly beat the Red Sox with his 1st inning home-run and bases loaded double off the very top of the Green Monster...

((HT: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/Shelley Anderson))Top defenseman Sergei Gonchar ((pictured, thanks Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)) sustained an apparent right knee injury in the first period tonight at Mellon Arena as the Penguins beat the Washington Capitals, 5-3, in Game 4 and tied their second-round playoff series, 2-2.Game 5 of the best-of-seven series is tomorrow night in Washington...

Published Blog: Penguins ExperienceTitle: Top Ten Reasons Your Team Lost to the Pittsburgh PenguinsAuthor: PenguinsExperience 10. The referees fixed the game9. Gary Bettman fixed the game8. Gary Bettman instructed the referees to fix the game7. The International Conspiracy to Ensure Crosby...

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have recalled forward Jay Beagle from the American Hockey League’s (AHL) Hershey Bears and assigned defenseman Karl Alzner to Hershey, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced ...

Being a new hockey enthusiast, every part of me wants to believe that the Washington Capitals will mount up the comeback caravan, and take this thing in Game 7. But I’ve been protected by cynicism for far longer than I have been elated by hope when it comes to area sports, and the nagging feeling [...]

Alexander Ovechkin joins the Capitals fans in there singing of Rock'N Roll Part II and the "Hey You Suck!" chant in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.