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A few days after complaining about not starting Opening Night, Tomas Vokoun went out and gave up 5 goals. It was a 2 point night though.

So, my son picked a heck of a morning to want to wear his Washington Capitals t-shirt…
Once again, the Caps underachieved, this time getting completely embarrassed by the Tampa Bay Lightning in a sweep.
One way of looking at it — Washington lost to an estuary.
There is going to be a a lot written over the [...]

Wow. This has gotten ugly fast. The Washington Capitals lost their third consecutive Eastern Conference semi-finals game to the Tampa Bay Lightning last night. They’ve played three games by the way and it would not be surprising if they only play one more. Head coach Bruce Boudreau’s job is probably in jeopardy. The series resumes [...]

I was not surprised when the Washington Capitals lost game 1 of the Eastern Conference semi-finals to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Now, losing the second games surprises me a little. Ack.
Game 2

Game 1

The second round of the NHL Eastern Conference playoffs pits the Washington Capitals against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The two Southeast division teams met in the playoffs in 2003 and I watched the young Bolts come back from a 2-0 defecit to take the series. Games 3 and 4 that year are the only NHL [...]

The Washington Capitals finally know who their second round opponent will be — the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Caps overtook the Bolts in the latter months of the season to win the Southeast division. Tampa Bay finished off the Pittsburgh Penguins last night to advance.
Here is how the series looks:
Friday, April 29 – 7 p.m. [...]

Olie Kolzig returned to Washington for the first time as a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning and promptly allowed the first two shots in. Sounds about right to me. Olie was great here for a long time and the end was handled poorly, but the team needed to move on. The Capitals played the [...]

Caps Snap 4-Game Losing Streak – The PostI caught most of last night’s Caps game. Good to see Captain Chris Clark get a couple of goals and Dave Steckel his NHL first. Alex Ovechkin had two primary assists and an empty netter. Final score, 5-3.
The new uniforms have really grown on me — they [...]

Last night’s Caps game was pretty crazy. After going up 3-1 in the second period, Tampa Bay got a late goal to head to intermission behind one. Naturally, the hated Martin St. Louis and Vincent Lecavilier (I don’t care about the spelling) put the Lightning ahead. With only a few minutes to go, it [...]