Tag Archives: Washington Capitals

Let Lord Stanley’s Wild Rumpus Begin! (Hot Goalie Edition)

For a Stanley Cup playoff team, there’s no greater blessing than a Hot Goalie, and the Washington Capitals have one in spades. During the Caps’ series with the Boston Bruins, Braden Holtby was compared to the 1971 Ken Dryden, which … Continue reading

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Let Lord Stanley’s Wild Rumpus Begin! (Rangers’ Lazarus Edition)

Just 6.6 seconds from going down to the Washington Capitals three games to two in their Eastern Conference semifinals series, the New York Rangers rose from the dead to force an overtime period, thanks to an ill-timed high-sticking penalty on … Continue reading

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Let Lord Stanley’s Wild Rumpus Begin! (Triple Overtime Edition)

Say, that was some game between the New York Rangers and the Washington Capitals last night, yeah? (Oh wait – you’re a Bruins fan. You don’t give a damn about the Stanley Cup playoffs anymore.) Regardless, the hardworking staff is … Continue reading

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Let Lord Stanley’s Wild Rumpus Begin! (Overtime Edition II)

Three more OT beauties in the Stanley Cup bakeoff. #1 (via the Boston Globe): Capitals get one back from Bruins BOSTON — At 2:56 of double overtime, Washington’s Nicklas Backstrom winged a shot through Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference that beat … Continue reading

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Let Lord Stanley’s Wild Rumpus Begin! (Overtime Edition)

Part of the best part of the Stanley Cup playoffs is the plethora of overtime games. Tonight’s Exhibit A: The Boston Bruins’ OT win over the Washington Capitals (via boston.com). Kelly ends it in overtime as Bruins beat Caps 1-0 … Continue reading

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Verizon’s Ovechtrick Or Treat

During the second intermission of Wednesday night’s Red Wings/Sharks game on Versus, this Verizon Rule the Air commercial lionizing Washington Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin popped up: Too bad the next report was that Alexander the Grate’s Capitals had just been … Continue reading

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Why We Love The Stanley Cup Playoffs

Over the course of the past three hours, the hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider has watched two Stanley Cup Game 1 overtime tilts: 1) The #8 seed Montreal Canadiens’ deeply satisfying 3-2 dispatch of the insufferable #1 seed Washington Capitals … Continue reading

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