Washington Capitals
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 12: (L-R) Goalie Henrik Lundqvist #30, Dan Girardi #5, Ryan McDonagh #27 and Brad Richards #19 of the New York Rangers celebrate after they won 2-1 against the Washington Capitals in Game Seven of the Eastern Conference Semifinals during the 2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Madison Square Garden on May 12, 2012 in New York City.
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Can Rangers finally win a Game 2 to take control of series?
Square Garden .Two weeks later, on April 30, the Rangers had a 3-1 home victory in Game 1 under their belts against the Washington Capitals , but Alex Ovechkin 's power-play goal in the third period of Game 2 gave the visitors a hard-earned split on the road.In Read more »
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Rangers beat Capitals in Game 7
made 22 saves, and the New York Rangers advanced to the Eastern Conference finals with a 2-1 victory in Game 7 over the Washington Capitals .Richards scored less than two minutes in, and Del Zotto doubled the lead in the third period to help the top-seeded Read more »
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Caps regroup, look ahead to Game 6 at home
action-movie suspense was hardly what the Washington Capitals wanted in the dying seconds of regulation Monday night. And, once they had been thrown over the cliff, by Brad Richards ' tying goal with 6.6 seconds to go in the third period and Marc Staal 's Read more »
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Ovechkin enjoying Rangers fans' taunts
the Rangers got a nose in front of their Eastern Conference semifinals with the Washington Capitals . But, ultimately, that scornful new countdown chant their strident fans repeatedly hurl at Washington headliner Alex Ovechkin is an honorific, and Ovechkin Read more »
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Capitals beats Rangers 3-2 to knot series at 2
Mike Green 's power-play goal with 5:48 left in regulation Saturday lifted the Washington Capitals to a 3-2 victory over the top-seeded New York Rangers , tying their Eastern Conference semifinal series at two games apiece.On the go-ahead goal, Rangers captain Read more »
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Boston GM: Thomas may skip next season
Capitals forward Mike Knuble (22) throws his arms in the air after teammate Joel Ward (off camera) scored the game-winning overtime goal against Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas (30) in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal at TD Garden in Boston, April 6/1/12 from United Press International Read more »
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Fast Chat: Ted Leonsis
Ted Leonsis became master of the D.C. sports universe—his company Monumental Sports & Entertainment owns the Washington Capitals, Washington Wizards, Washington Mystics and the Verizon Center—he served as president at a then-little-known startup called America 6/1/12 from AdWeek Read more »
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Bruins re-sign Paille to 3-year contract
and 55 penalty minutes. He was originally drafted by the Buffalo Sabres. Bourque was acquired by the Bruins from the Washington Capitals for forward Zach Hamill. Bourque has played 33 career NHL games with Washington and Pittsburgh, with one goal and three 6/1/12 from Sportsnet.ca Read more »
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Bruins’ goalie Tim Thomas considering sabbatical: Report
Bruins goalie Tim Thomas makes a save against the Washington Capitals during the third period in Game 7 of their NHL Eastern Conference quarterfinal hockey playoff series in Boston in April. JESSICA RINALDI/REUTERS FILE PHOTO Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas 6/1/12 from Toronto Star Read more »
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2011-12 Washington Capitals Usage Charts
The chart above comes from Rob Vollman's latest gift to the hockey world, his , which you can download - for free - here (PDF). But what is it? You've seen us discuss "Oz Coke" before, and that's what this is. As Vollman describes it, "Player Usage charts 6/1/12 from Japers Rink Read more »
