Monday Caps Clips
Daily Washington Capitals news and notes: A look at the silver lining that is AO (no, the other one), a glance back at Karl Alzner's campaign and more.
Last Game
| Final - 5.13.2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Rangers | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Washington Capitals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stories
Weekend Caps Clips: French Toast
Daily Washington Capitals news and notes: Complaining about the Caps' complaining, Hershey makes a change behind the bench and more.
The Noon Number: 6
Today's Number takes a look at George McPhee's tenure as Capitals General Manager
Friday Caps Clips
Daily Washington Capitals news and notes: Roster ruminations, the Captain's fractured foot, and more.
Southeast Standings
| GP | W | L | OTL | PT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Florida
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
|
Tampa Bay
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
|
Winnipeg
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
|
Washington
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
|
Carolina
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
(updated 1.20.2013 at 3:12 AM EST)
Capitals vs Rangers: A Series in Review
We hesitantly emerge from the miasma of hatred, anger, and dejection of the past several days, and delve into the series that was.
The Losingest Losers that Ever Lost. Or Not.
As the song goes, even the losers get lucky sometimes... but not this time, apparently.
Did the refs really kill Ovechkin?
Slava Malamud of Sport-Express envisions a bright future for Alex Ovechkin in this translation of an article from the Russian sporting press.
Thursday Caps Clips: Breaking Down Breakdown Day
Daily Washington Capitals news and notes: Checking in with the team one last time before they scatter for the summer, GMGM chimes in on officiating and more.
Ribeiro wants long-term deal
Mike Ribeiro reiterated on Wednesday afternoon that he is looking for a long-term deal and that he is open to taking less money to get it.
Erat injury update
Martin Erat sustained a dislocated elbow during the Washington Capitals the first round of the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs.
Wednesday Caps Clips: "Nobody Remembers Losers"
Daily Washington Capitals news and notes: The Captain checks out, the blame gets apportioned and more.
Ovechkin says NHL wanted Game 7 'for the ratings'
The Capitals didn't get one power play in Game 6 and Alex Ovechkin is none too pleased.
Schedule
2012 Schedule
Pre-Season
Regular Season
| January | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| @ Tampa Bay Lightning | Saturday, January 19 2013 | loss 3 - 6 | coverage |
| Winnipeg Jets | Tuesday, January 22 2013 | loss 2 - 4 | coverage |
| Montreal Canadiens | Thursday, January 24 2013 | loss 1 - 4 | coverage |
| @ New Jersey Devils | Friday, January 25 2013 | OT loss 2 - 3 | coverage |
| Buffalo Sabres | Sunday, January 27 2013 | win 3 - 2 | coverage |
| @ Ottawa Senators | Tuesday, January 29 2013 | loss 2 - 3 | coverage |
| @ Toronto Maple Leafs | Thursday, January 31 2013 | loss 2 - 3 | coverage |
| February | |||
| Philadelphia Flyers | Friday, February 01 2013 | win 3 - 2 | coverage |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | Sunday, February 03 2013 | loss 3 - 6 | coverage |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | Tuesday, February 05 2013 | loss 2 - 3 | coverage |
| @ Pittsburgh Penguins | Thursday, February 07 2013 | loss 2 - 5 | coverage |
| Florida Panthers | Saturday, February 09 2013 | win 5 - 0 | coverage |
| @ Florida Panthers | Tuesday, February 12 2013 | OT win 6 - 5 | coverage |
| @ Tampa Bay Lightning | Thursday, February 14 2013 | win 4 - 3 | coverage |
| @ New York Rangers | Sunday, February 17 2013 | loss 1 - 2 | coverage |
| New Jersey Devils | Thursday, February 21 2013 | loss 2 - 3 | coverage |
| New Jersey Devils | Saturday, February 23 2013 | win 5 - 1 | coverage |
| Carolina Hurricanes | Tuesday, February 26 2013 | win 3 - 0 | coverage |
| @ Philadelphia Flyers | Wednesday, February 27 2013 | loss 1 - 4 | coverage |
| March | |||
| @ Winnipeg Jets | Saturday, March 02 2013 | win 3 - 0 | coverage |
| Boston Bruins | Tuesday, March 05 2013 | OT win 4 - 3 | coverage |
| Florida Panthers | Thursday, March 07 2013 | win 7 - 1 | coverage |
| @ New York Islanders | Saturday, March 09 2013 | loss 2 - 5 | coverage |
| New York Rangers | Sunday, March 10 2013 | loss 1 - 4 | coverage |
| Carolina Hurricanes | Tuesday, March 12 2013 | loss 0 - 4 | coverage |
| @ Carolina Hurricanes | Thursday, March 14 2013 | win 3 - 2 | coverage |
| @ Boston Bruins | Saturday, March 16 2013 | loss 1 - 4 | coverage |
| Buffalo Sabres | Sunday, March 17 2013 | win 5 - 3 | coverage |
| @ Pittsburgh Penguins | Tuesday, March 19 2013 | loss 1 - 2 | coverage |
| @ Winnipeg Jets | Thursday, March 21 2013 | win 4 - 0 | coverage |
| @ Winnipeg Jets | Friday, March 22 2013 | win 6 - 1 | coverage |
| @ New York Rangers | Sunday, March 24 2013 | SO win 3 - 2 | coverage |
| New York Islanders | Tuesday, March 26 2013 | loss 2 - 3 | coverage |
| @ Buffalo Sabres | Saturday, March 30 2013 | SO win 4 - 3 | coverage |
| @ Philadelphia Flyers | Sunday, March 31 2013 | OT loss 4 - 5 | coverage |
| April | |||
| @ Carolina Hurricanes | Tuesday, April 02 2013 | win 5 - 3 | coverage |
| New York Islanders | Thursday, April 04 2013 | SO win 2 - 1 | coverage |
| @ Florida Panthers | Saturday, April 06 2013 | win 4 - 3 | coverage |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | Sunday, April 07 2013 | win 4 - 2 | coverage |
| @ Montreal Canadiens | Tuesday, April 09 2013 | win 3 - 2 | coverage |
| Carolina Hurricanes | Thursday, April 11 2013 | win 3 - 1 | coverage |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | Saturday, April 13 2013 | OT win 6 - 5 | coverage |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | Tuesday, April 16 2013 | win 5 - 1 | coverage |
| @ Ottawa Senators | Thursday, April 18 2013 | loss 1 - 3 | coverage |
| @ Montreal Canadiens | Saturday, April 20 2013 | win 5 - 1 | coverage |
| Winnipeg Jets | Tuesday, April 23 2013 | win 5 - 3 | coverage |
| Ottawa Senators | Thursday, April 25 2013 | OT loss 1 - 2 | coverage |
| Boston Bruins | Saturday, April 27 2013 | OT win 3 - 2 | coverage |
| May | |||
| New York Rangers | Thursday, May 02 2013 | win 3 - 1 | coverage |
| New York Rangers | Saturday, May 04 2013 | OT win 1 - 0 | coverage |
| @ New York Rangers | Monday, May 06 2013 | loss 3 - 4 | coverage |
| @ New York Rangers | Wednesday, May 08 2013 | loss 3 - 4 | coverage |
| New York Rangers | Friday, May 10 2013 | OT win 2 - 1 | coverage |
| @ New York Rangers | Sunday, May 12 2013 | loss 0 - 1 | coverage |
| New York Rangers | Monday, May 13 2013 | loss 0 - 5 | coverage |
Roster
Washington Capitals Roster
| # | Pos. | DOB | W | H |
|---|
Stats
Offense
| GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ovechkin | 48 | 32 | 24 | 56 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 220 | ||
| Mike Ribeiro | 48 | 13 | 36 | 49 | -4 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 63 | ||
| Nicklas Backstrom | 48 | 8 | 40 | 48 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 82 | ||
| Troy Brouwer | 47 | 19 | 14 | 33 | -5 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 111 | ||
| Mike Green | 35 | 12 | 14 | 26 | -3 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 96 | ||
| Martin Erat | 45 | 5 | 19 | 24 | -7 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 69 | ||
| Marcus Johansson | 34 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 40 | ||
| John Carlson | 48 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | ||
| Joel Ward | 39 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 52 | ||
| Eric Fehr | 41 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 72 | ||
| Mathieu Perreault | 39 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47 | ||
| Jason Chimera | 47 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | ||
| Wojtek Wolski | 27 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | ||
| Jack Hillen | 23 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | ||
| Steven Oleksy | 28 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||
| Matt Hendricks | 48 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54 | ||
| Jay Beagle | 48 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | ||
| Tomas Kundratek | 25 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | ||
| John Erskine | 30 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | ||
| Karl Alzner | 48 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | ||
| Brooks Laich | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Jeff Schultz | 26 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Joey Crabb | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Aaron Volpatti | 33 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | ||
| Braden Holtby | 36 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Poti | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Dmitry Orlov | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Michal Neuvirth | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cameron Schilling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Philipp Grubauer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
| GP | MIN | W | L | EGA | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braden Holtby | 36 | 2089 | 23 | 12 | 90 | 2.58 | 1123 | 1033 | .920 | 4 | |
| Michal Neuvirth | 13 | 723 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 2.74 | 367 | 334 | .910 | 0 | |
| Philipp Grubauer | 2 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3.57 | 59 | 54 | .915 | 0 |
