As the Stanley Cup Playoffs draw ever nearer, it's shaping up to be a wild goaltending picture in the Eastern Conference. Jenaya breaks it down for you and also takes a closer look at the Caps' own personal goaltending battle between Ilya Samsonov & Vitek Vanecek; Who should be starting for the Caps in Game 1 of the playoffs?

Alex Ovechkin, Tom Wilson, John Carlson all have big weeks for the Caps as they beat the Tampa Bay Lightning, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Boston Bruins to go 3-0-0 for the week and gain on the Penguins in the Metropolitan Division race.

The Caps' play at even-strength has been terrific this season despite an onslaught of injuries, but they're finding new & exciting ways to lose games on special teams. Jenaya breaks it down for you.

The Caps go 3-for-3 in their mini-series against the New York Islanders, including 2 shutouts (1 by Ilya Samsonov & 1 by Vitek Vanecek) ... The Caps outscored the Isles 7-0 at even-strength over the 3-game set.

Alex Ovechkin & Justin Schultz remain day-to-day with lower-body injuries. The Caps will play the Pittsburgh Penguins on both Thursday & Saturday.

The Caps complete a massive trade to get a behemoth of a forward from the Wings, the Boston Bruins try to solve their scoring issues by trading for Taylor Hall, the New York Islanders hope they've found their Anders Lee replacement, and more from around the East Division & the rest of the NHL.

In this week's episode, we take a look at what's fuelling the Caps' NHL-best 17-3-1 record over the last month and a half, as well as breaking down just how dominant Alex Ovechkin really is (Hint: Very, very dominant). Then, we play 'Onside/Offside', answering your questions from around the league --- today's topics: the complete train wreck that is the Buffalo Sabres, and referee Tim Peel getting the axe from the league after a hot mic outs his not-so-good intentions toward the Nashville Predators.

Alex Ovechkin climbs to 6th all-time on the NHL goals list, the Caps see their 7-game win streak snapped ON MY BIRTHDAY!, people are being unnecessarily mean to Brenden Dillon, and, in this week's Onside/Offside segment:
-Sidney Crosby's never-ending whining
-Quinn Hughes & a complete lack of defense
-How long until the Rangers are contenders?

In today’s episode, we’re talking Caps’ domination in the city of brotherly love and an overall dominant run from the Caps over the last month (9-1-1 record), as well as milestones for Alex Ovechkin & Nicklas Backstrom, and then to close the show we have our new Onside/Offside segment where we take questions from listeners and try to determine if they’re Onside or Offside. Let’s Go Caps!

In today's episode, we serve up a good old-fashioned Positive Sandwich:

-The top bun, beginning at 1:35, is what's fuelling the Caps' NHL-best 8-2-1 record over the last month.
-The meat in the middle, beginning at 13:25, is a little chat about the NHL Department Of Player Safety's vendetta against Caps forward Tom Wilson.
-And the bottom bun, beginning at 30:40, is our heartfelt congratulations to Nicklas Backstrom for having now dished out 700 tasty apples in his already legendary career.

In today's episode:
-Caps stepping up in absence of Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Orlov, Samsonov
-Where are the power plays?
-Who won the Laine/Dubois trade?
-Matthew Tkachuk with another accidentally-on-purpose play that has Leafs fans upset
-The Vancouver Canucks are a nuclear level of terrible