Capitals

The Washington Capitals are one loss from a postseason exit after a 5-2 defeat to the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday night. Game 4 followed a familiar pattern at the Lenovo… … [Read more...] about 2 Takeaways From Capitals’ Game 4 Loss to the Hurricanes

Mikko Rantanen upped his NHL-leading playoff total to 19 points (nine goals) with the primary assist on Granlund’s second goal that broke a 1-1 tie with 2:08 left in the second period and put the Stars ahead to stay. … [Read more...] about Mikael Granlund gets first career playoff hat trick as Stars beat Jets for 3-1 series lead

Pete Buttigieg returned to Iowa on Tuesday with some subtle and not-so-subtle messages about what's changed since he ran in the state's 2020 Democratic presidential caucuses. … [Read more...] about Buttigieg delivers a strident anti-Trump message in Iowa

In this second-round playoff series against the powerful Hurricanes, the Caps are just trying to hang on. … [Read more...] about The Capitals are chasing the Hurricanes. They may not catch them.

Too Little Over the course of the 82-game regular season, only the Tampa Bay Lightning scored more goals than the Capitals, who averaged a positively robust 3.49 lamp-lighters per outing. In the playoffs, that number has dropped to 2.67 overall (padded with five empty-net goals and lowest among teams still in the tourney) and a woeful 1.50 in the second round (which includes an … [Read more...] about The Narrative: Too Little, Too Late, and Two-Game Hole