Bruce Boudreau

Last season, the Washington Capitals won the Southeast Division for the fourth year in a row. They also suffered a disappointing, premature playoff loss for the fourth year in a row.

Once again, the Capitals followed up their playoff defeat with a big summer. The team improved a lot, remodeling the squad and changing the look of the organization.

Deuces are wild in the Nation’s Capital these days. In Game 1 of the 2011 Stanley cup Playoffs, it was the Washington Capitals' two Alex's, Ovechkin and Semin, that propelled the Capitals to a 2-1 victory.

On the eve of the NHL's 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs, many fans and talking heads in Washington D.C. were fixated not on Game 1 against the New York Rangers, but on the job security of Bruce Boudreau.

Never has a coach with a .679 regular-season winning percentage faced such criticism from the fanbase.

The Washington Capitals must love playing hockey this late in the season. For the fourth straight game, the Capitals needed more than regulation to decide their game.

Thankfully, this one ended with a 3-2 shootout victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Caps clinched their fourth consecutive Southeast Division title in the process while also eliminating the Leafs from playoff contention.

It is this simple, Caps fans. A win in Toronto tonight and the Washington Capitals will clinch their fourth straight Southeast division title. If it loses, Washington can still finish anywhere from first to fifth in the NHL's Eastern Conference.

Since the beginning of March, the Washington Capitals have taken the NHL by storm by winning 13 of their last 15 games, solidifying their grasp on the top spot in the Southeast Division. Like many other successful teams in today's NHL, they've been winning with multiple goaltenders. However, unlike many other teams, they don't have a clear cut starting goalie entering the final six games of the regular season.  

The Washington Capitals have assigned 21-year-old goaltender Braden Holtby to the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League (AHL), vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today.

The move should not be a surprise. Holtby was magnificent in his latest stint with the big club. In fact, Holtby was named the National Hockey League's first star of the week last week.

Stop the season and let the playoffs begin.

Last night, Michael Neuvirth earned his fourth shutout of the season and his young career, leading the Washington capitals to a 3-0 victory over the surging but desperate New Jersey Devils.

The four shutouts are now tops among all rookie goalies in the NHL, as the 22-year-old Neuvirth now seems the likely choice to begin the postseason as Washington’s starter.

I can speak for all Washington Capitals fans in saying that last year’s first round exit from the playoffs was upsetting—no, it was gut-wrenching. Sickening. Enraging. Depressing.

These are more accurate words to describe feelings that Game 7 and the whole series embedded into our minds.

It was a nightmare. How could the Caps have lost to No. 8 seed Montreal after the Capitals put up their best season in team history, obliterating the franchise record books along the way?

It's a monumental time of the year in the Nation's Capital, as sports teams in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area are eying down championship opportunities. Needless to say, The Georgetown Hoyas and The George Mason Patriots have a lot to look forward to as we enter the later part of March.