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Yay Braden Holtby! 44 saves!
This series is going at least six and heads back to Boston for game 5.

Yesterday, three D.C. teams played concurrently and all won — two over Boston area teams. The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 in the second overtime in the game 2 of the NHL playoffs to take home ice advantage.
Just minutes earlier, the Washington Nationals beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-1 behind Edwin Jackson’s complete game [...]

Tough game, tough ending for Braden Holtby. Alex Ovechkin needs to get some shots.

Tonight, the (7) Washington Capitals face the (2) Boston Bruins in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. The Caps took the season series 3-1. The last time, they (especially Matt Hendricks) made Bruins goalie Tim Thomas (Capitals Insider, The Post) look really bad in the shootout. Of course, that isn’t in play in the postseason, nothing but [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Recently I started putting pennants up in my son’s room. My alma mater and my father’s alma mater are represented on one wall. On the opposite wall, I have started putting up D.C. team pennants, starting with the Washington Nationals and Capitals. I’ll eventually get a Redskins pennant for him [...]

Capitals vs. Panthers: Washington clinches a playoff berth with win over Florida – The Post
The Washington Capitals (41-32-8, 90 points) won their penultimate regular season game last night to clinch their fifth consecutive playoff berth. That was in doubt for sometime as they have played inconsistent all year long and have a mediocre record to [...]

The Washington Capitals have the best showing of D.C.’s five major pro teams in terms of league ranking, coming in 10th. They are below all Original Six teams, plus the two Pennsylvania teams and the Vancouver Canucks. The New York Islanders, who won the Stanley Cup 4 times in the 1980s are last.

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Detroit Red Wings
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Boston [...]

There is a big game in Chinatown tonight as the Washington Capitals host the Buffalo Sabres at Verizon Center. The two teams are battling for 8th place in the NHL’s Eastern Conference. This isn’t what we expected this year. Third star of the week LW Alex Ovechkin will probably need to get at least once [...]

A few weeks ago, a rather scathing profile on Alex Ovechkin ran in The Post — Alex Ovechkin: What’s wrong with the Washington Capitals superstar?
There were sources, named and unnamed, who offered their assessments of why Ovechkin wasn’t the 60 goals a year superstar of the past. The Caps poor playoff performances and lackluster 2011-2012 [...]

Washington most volatile city for pro coaches – USA Today
In news that isn’t exactly shocking to Washingtonians, the teams that call the Nation’s Capital home (Washington Nationals, Washington Capitals, Washington Redskins and Washington Wizards) go through coaches quicker than any other city. MLS and the WNBA were not included in the analysis, though I don’t [...]