After Rod Brind'Amour gave the Caps some bulletin board material following TJ Oshie's injury, the Caps answered back in a big way, lighting up Petr Mrazek and the Hurricanes for six goals while also punishing them physically with 48 hits. The complete, 60-minute effort has the Caps one win away from advancing to the Second Round, while the Hurricanes will face elimination on Monday night.

The Caps outshoot the Hurricanes 31-24 in Game 4 but lose 2-1, and so the series is tied coming back to Washington for Game 5. Also, TJ Oshie is expected to be sidelined for "quite some time" after a scary crash into the boards following a cross-check from behind by Warren Foegele, and Hurricanes' coach Rod Brind'Amour may have just poked the sleeping bear when he blames TJ Oshie's injury on none other than Oshie himself, whom Brind'Amour says was "not ready for the hit". It's hard to be "ready" for a hit from behind, and the Caps really didn't like the hit and likely won't appreciate these comments much either so thanks for the bulletin board material, Rod.

The Caps stink up the joint in Game 3, and now lead their series against the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1. But more importantly: Rod Brind’Amour has lost his mind, is talking out of his ass, and needs to be set straight. We discuss his seemingly increasing lack of understanding of how this thing called the ‘Stanley Cup Playoffs’ normally works, as his postgame comments just keep increasing in stupidity as the heat in the series gets cranked higher and higher. Then, we take a look at what’s happening around the league, including two self-proclaimed “favourites” in the East being swept out of the First Round.

The Caps win again, this time in overtime, in Game 2 to take a 2-0 series lead over the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference First Round. And while as fans, we expect the Caps to win, it’s safe to say that most of us did not expect Brooks Orpik to be the guy scoring the game-winning goal in overtime. And yet, that’s exactly what happened. Legen- wait for it- DARY! Let’s discuss, friends.
And while we’re at it, we also take a look at what’s happening elsewhere around the League, including Nazem Kadri’s continued antics and the Pittsburgh Penguins hanging out at death’s door.

The Capitals get a 4-2 win over the Hurricanes in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference First Round series thanks to two goals by Nicklas Backstrom, the game-winning goal by Alex Ovechkin and 27 saves by Braden Holtby. Special teams were big in this one as the Caps went 2-for-4 with the man-advantage while killing off all three Hurricanes' power plays.

Bird cellys & storm surges aplenty in an Eastern Conference First Round battle of the jerks that is sure to make Don Cherry’s head explode. We preview the first-ever playoff matchup between the Washington Capitals & the Carolina Hurricanes and take a look at which team has the edge in all of the important categories.

With the Capitals’ First Round opponent still to be determined, we take a look at the potential matchups for the Caps and how they stack up against each one, as well as how Caps’ players and their coaching staff are preparing themselves over these final days of the regular season. Fine-tuning a championship machine largely the same as the one that won the Cup last season, is there anything they can do over these final days of preparation in order to help their chances of repeating?

Our weekly wrap-up of Washington Capitals hockey, and we play 18 rounds of a totally inappropriate game... 18 rounds, which is coincidentally how many holes of golf the Tampa Bay Lightning were playing on May 24th of last year after the Capitals eliminated them the day before. #NeverForget

Join us as we play hockey's version of 20 Questions, answering everything from what's been "off" about the Capitals' power play this season to who has the best hair in the league.

Week in review: Recapping the last seven days for the Caps, which included zero losses & four wins over four Metropolitan Division foes by a combined score of 14-6, vaulting the Caps past the Islanders for first place in the division. The Caps are currently riding a six-game winning streak.