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- Brian Pinho Scores Two Goals in Bears 5-4 Shootout Victory Over Sound Tigers; Garrett Pilon, Brett Leason Also Score
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- Capitals To Honor Alex Ovechkin Reaching 700 Career Goals With Pre-game Ceremony Tuesday, February 25 Versus Winnipeg
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- Countdown Complete! Alex Ovechkin Scores 700th Career Goal Against New Jersey Devils
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- A Look At The Remaining Schedule For The Capitals And Penguins As They Battle For Top Spot In The Metro
- Bears Fall To Penguins, 2-1 On Controversial Goal; Axel Jonsson-Fjallby Scores 12th Goal Of the Season
Tag Archives: Justin Trudel
A Deeper Dive on Brenden Dillon
Photo: @Capitals On Tuesday, February 18th, the Capitals traded the 2020 second round selection from Colorado, and a conditional third round pick to the San Jose Sharks for defenseman Brenden Dillon. The fact that MacLellan went after a defenseman near … Continue reading
Held Together By Holtby – Are the Last Four Games an Indication That Braden Holtby is “Back” ?
Photo: Zak Krill/NHLI via Getty Images It’s been no secret that the Washington Capitals have struggled over the past few months, stumbling to a 10-10-0 record over their last 20 games. While the Caps as a team are still slumping, … Continue reading
Posted in Data and Analytics, News, NHL, Players, Washington Capitals
Tagged Braden Holtby, Justin Trudel, Players, Shot Data, Statistics, Washington Capitals
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Eller Elevated: How Lars Eller Has Made an Impact While in a Top-Six Role
As Evgeny Kuznetsov recovers from his upper body injury sustained against the New York Islanders on February 10th, Lars Eller has been slotted into his vacancy on the second line with TJ Oshie and Jakub Vrana. Earlier this season, Eller … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Teams: The Capitals’ Drastic Regression Started Earlier Than One Might Think
Patrick Smith/Getty Images For the past seven games, since they returned from the NHL All-Star bye week, the Capitals have struggled to rekindle the momentum the team had earlier in the season, going 3-4-0 since coming off the week-long break. … Continue reading
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Tagged Justin Trudel, Metrics, NHL, Record, Shot Data, Statistics, Washington Capitals, Washington Capitals Data and Analytics
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Reviewing The Nick Jensen and Madison Bowey Trade One Year Later
On February 22, 2019, the Washington Capitals acquired defenseman Nick Jensen from the Detroit Red Wings, sending Detroit defenseman Madison Bowey and a 2020 second-round draft pick. Shortly after announcing the trade, Capitals General Manager Brian MacLellan announced that the … Continue reading
How Martin Fehérváry Fared In His Return To The Capitals
After a relatively surprising call-up yesterday, Martin Fehérváry entered the Caps lineup, purely for evaluation purposes. The match-up against the rebuilding Los Angeles Kings seemed to make the most sense, as Fehérváry subbed for Jonas Siegenthaler on the third pairing … Continue reading
Statistical Ranking of the Goaltending Tandems in the Metropolitan Division
Through the season thus far, we’ve gathered enough of a sample size to rank the performances and quality of goaltending for each team in the Metropolitan Division by goaltending tandem. We’ll be taking into account a myriad of statistics to … Continue reading
Postgame Analysis: Caps Fall to Penguins in First Matchup of the Season
Scott Taetsch/Getty Images In their first matchup against the Pittsburgh Penguins this season, the Caps fell behind in the second period and were unable to retake the lead. After a relatively flat first two periods, the Caps came out roaring … Continue reading
Tracking Gr8ness: The Path To 895 Goals For Alex Ovechkin
Capitals’ captain Alex Ovechkin has been on a scorching-hot scoring pace recently, recording 11 goals and notching an assist in his last five games. This was the first time in Ovechkin’s career that he’s accomplished this feat, and it comes … Continue reading
A Look at Potential Trade Deadline Acquisitions For The Washington Capitals
Photo: NHL via Getty Images As the Capitals start to make their way down the stretch of the 2019-20 regular season, there are opportunities to improve the roster as it stands, and likely opportunities to improve the roster’s depth at … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020 NHL Trade Deadline, Blake Coleman, Brendon Dillon, Craig Smith, Justin Trudel, Tim Heed
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