A Redskins fan in a Sav Rocca jersey
With a shortage of football heroes, one brave fan turns to the Australian punter.”
Stars pull away from Capitals
(Toni L. Sandys / WASHINGTON POST)
Visiting Dallas rattles off three goals in the first 8:05 of the final period, handing Washington its second straight loss and fourth in the past six games.
Boudreau talks bag skates
Coach Bruce Boudreau shares some of his decision process when he opted to put the Capitals through a day of bag skates and battle drills.
‘The typical rink rat dad’
For Mike Knuble, a father of three and 15-year NHL veteran, hockey is both a job and a lifestyle.
NHL
Panthers continue stellar start
Surprising Florida routs Toronto and continues its best start since the 1999-2000 season.
DC Sports Bog
Capitals opening video riffs on Dallas theme
Just about the only good thing that happened at Tuesday night’s Caps game came on the big screen before the puck was dropped.”
‘It was never a benching’
Bruce Boudreau has a different take on Tuesday’s move and expresses surprise at media reaction.”
Redskins and Caps walk the fashion runway
Brian Orakpo, Jeff Schultz, Karl Alzner, DeAngelo Hall, Jeff Schultz and Troy Brouwer were among those going high-fashion for charity this week. ”
D.C. sports Halloween images
Ovechkin costumes, Jayson Werth pumpkins, and Maryland linemen in funny outfits.”
Capitals fade into a loss to Islanders
After staking a two-goal lead, Washington looks like a team playing the second of back-to-back games, giving up five goals in the the final two periods.
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Capitals galleries
For Capitals’ Mike Knuble, ‘hockey is a lifestyle’
Fifteen-year NHL veteran Mike Knuble spends most of his time at Kettler Capitals Iceplex, where he juggles the hectic schedule of being both a professional athlete and a hockey parent.
NHL power rankings: Nov. 4
Tarik El-Bashir assesses the top teams in the NHL. (records through Nov. 3).
Capitals halt slide with overtime win over Ducks
The Washington Capitals defeated the Anaheim Ducks 5-4.
D.C. celebrities & D.C. sports
From presidents and politicians to media members and entertainers, D.C. celebrities love their local sports teams.
Washington Capitals vs. Detroit Red Wings
The Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings, 7-1, to move to 7-0-0.
NHL power rankings: Oct. 21
Tarik El-Bashir assesses the top teams in the National Hockey League this week.
Capitals-Penguins rivalry
A look back at the latest chapter — the 2010-11 season — of hockey’s most exciting rivalry.
Bruce Boudreau’s hockey camp
The Capitals’ head coach has owned and operated the week-long Golden Horseshoe Hockey School in St. Catharines, Ont., for nearly three decades.
Capitals videos
Capitals' Knuble is raising new crop of athletes
When Mike Knuble isn't scoring goals for the Washington Capitals in front of thousands of fans he's making sure that his own children are on time for their lacrosse and hockey games.
Post Sports Live: Does 7-0 matter for the Capitals?
The Post Sports Live crew debates which Capitals' victory last week was more impressive, at Philadelphia or vs. Detroit, and argues whether or not the team's franchise-best 7-0 start ultimately matters.
The Washington Post's Mike Jones joins LaVar Arrington, Dan Steinberg and host Jonathan Forsythe to break down the injury-plagued Redskins' loss in Carolina, assess the play of quarterback John Beck, preview the Bills game and discuss the unbeaten Capitals' record-setting start to the season.
Alex Ovechkin poses alongside his wax figure replica at Madame Toussauds in Washington on Monday.
‘We’re from here, we root for here’
VIDEO: D.C. area sports fans talk about why they will always root for the home team.
Post Sports Live: Goaltender plot thickens for Caps
The Post Sports Live crew discusses the Capitals' first two wins of the year and debates which goaltender, Tomas Vokoun or Michal Neuvirth, will get more starts this season.
Capitals players react to season opening, OT win against Hurricanes
The Capitals won their grueling season opener against the Carolina Hurricanes in overtime. Ovechkin, Chimera, Ward, Laich and Neuvirth share their thoughts post-game in the lockerroom.
Bruins raise banner, lose to Flyers
Jaromir Jagr returned after three years in Russia and scored his 1,600th career NHL point on Thursday night, leading the Philadelphia Flyers to a 2-1 victory over Boston and spoiling the Bruins' Stanley Cup banner-raising celebration. (Oct. 6)
Post Sports Live: Capitals season preview
The Washington Post's Tarik El-Bashir joins the Post Sports Live crew to describe the major offseason changes to the Captials and preview the upcoming season.
The Washington Post's Mark Maske, Dan Steinberg, Tarik El-Bashir and Jonathan Forsythe break down the Redskins' loss to the Dallas Cowboys, preview Sunday's game at St. Louis and provide a season outlook for the Capitals.
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The Caps played a great second period in Game 3, but collapsed in the third and find themselves on the brink.
COLUMN | Goaltender Michal Neuvirth, just 23 years old, is the man of the moment for the Caps.
New York sports fans are supposedly the smartest around. That makes beating their teams special.
COLUMN | If the Capitals are to overcome their recent wretched playoff history, they need to end this series against the Rangers soon.
New York drew eight penalties and took plenty of pokes at goalie Michal Neuvirth to disrupt the Caps’ successful formula from Games 1 and 2.
Rangers Coach John Tortorella is a specialist at muddying a game, but against the disciplined Capitals, it isn’t working.
Capitals archives
- Ryder scores 2 goals, leads Stars over Capitals 5-2 for 4th straight win
- ‘The typical rink rat dad’
- Rangers acquire RW Bouchard from Capitals for D Kundratek in swap of minor leaguers
- Capitals fade into a loss to Islanders
- Capitals leave little doubt in Carolina
- Parenteau breaks 3rd-period tie, Islanders snap 6-game skid by beating Capitals
- Friday's NHL Capsules
- Rookie Cody Eakin has 1st career goal, assist to help Capitals beat Hurricanes 5-1
- With Wideman, a smooth transition
- Boudreau was right to bench Ovechkin
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The Post set out to answer this question: What kind of sports town do we live in?
2011 preview: Redskins/NFL
From the rubble of the team he inherited, Mike Shanahan builds his team of the future.
Summitt’s toughest foe yet
Hall of Fame coach talks to The Post’s Sally Jenkins about diagnosis of Alzheimer’s.
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