08 February, 2012

Category Archives: New Jersey Devils

Size, of Body and Heart, Matters — Especially in 2012

31 December, 2011

Instructive moment: Rangers’ captain Ryan Callahan, made captain at so tender an age partly out of his affinity for playing December hockey games like they’re game 7s in May, blocked a John Carlson slapshot at the point the other night, and the selfless sacrifice led to a Rangers goal in transition seconds later. The block [...]

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Caps Rock the Rock: Caps 3 / Devils 1

11 November, 2011

Caps Rock the Rock: Caps 3 / Devils 1

Also filed in 2 Points, Washington Capitals | Comments (0)

A Sort of Homecoming & Neuvy Shines: Caps 3 / Devils 0

18 March, 2011
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Uninspired and Unwatchable

29 January, 2011

Like many in the region, I lost power in my home during Wednesday night’s storm. But I’ve a four-wheel drive and a flatscreen-laden Chili’s nearby, and I really wanted to watch the Capitals’ final game before the All Star break. Bruce Boudreau had identified Wednesday night’s game in Atlanta as a big one. (Like those [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Bruce Boudreau, Front Office, George McPhee, Jonathan Warner, Lisa Hillary, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Vancouver Canucks, Washington Capitals, Washington the hockey town | Comments (22)

Identity Crisis (cont’d.): Greyhounds, Masquerading as Huskies

5 January, 2011

If you have a kennel full of greyhounds, can you make sled-pullers out of them? And: should you? An individual NHL game in midseason is but a proverbial snapshot in time — a single frame in a long-running motion picture. Macro-meanings about it aren’t there for the divining. Generally. But some games are bigger than [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Bruce Boudreau, George McPhee, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Nicklas Backstrom, Southeast Division, The Red Army, Trap hockey, Washington Capitals | Comments (16)

The Frenchie That Saved Washington

22 December, 2010

Weeks or months hence, perhaps even during a springtime parade, will we look back at the 34-second mark of period two in Ottawa December 19, and of that night’s second stanza more generally, both of which belonged to Matty, and say: at what was perhaps the most crucial moment this franchise has faced in the [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, American Hockey League, Andrew Gordon, Bruce Boudreau, Eastern Conference, HBO's 24/7, Hershey Bears, John Carlson, Mathieu Perreault, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Washington Capitals, Winter Classic 2011 | Comments (5)

Sealed With A Kiss: Capitals 5, Devils 1

21 December, 2010
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Schadeunfreude in Sopranos-land

25 October, 2010

To be fair, the New Jersey Devils own nothing in the way of the postseason pantheon of torment against the Caps as do a couple of their Atlantic Division brethren. Really, you have to go back to the late ’80s to find a springtime torment they’ve authored against our guys. The teams first met in [...]

Also filed in Eastern Conference, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Washington Capitals | Comments (9)

A Mixed Bag on Special Teams; More Gr8 Late Heroics

12 October, 2010

The Caps have played Ottawa in games like Monday’s before, where Ottawa is clearly the better team, and they are usually rewarded. A fairly poor Caps’ performance turned into an unlikely and undeserved win. But really good teams do that. The Gr8 authored his eighth overtime game-winner. Ovechkin’s third shot of the game was the [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Marcus Johansson, National Hockey League, Nicklas Backstrom, Ottawa Senators, Washington Capitals | Comments (6)

OFB TV: We Watched ‘Jersey Shore’ and a Hockey Game Broke Out

10 October, 2010

Andrew and Lis recap the Capitals’ 7-2 win over the Devils in their home opener Saturday night. Lis discusses some of the notables and quotables from inside the Verizon Center.

Also filed in National Hockey League, OFB TV, Verizon Center, Washington Capitals | Comments (1)

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