Tag: Capitals Playoffs 2017

Saturday Caps Clips: Capitals vs. Penguins Game 5 Game Day

By Japers' Rink Team | May 6th 2017 | 1 min read |

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The Noon Number: Top Gunshy

By Japers' Rink Team | May 5th 2017 | 1 min read |

0 – Number of scoring chances credited to the Caps’ top trio of Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom and T.J. Oshie in Game 4 (per Corsica). That ...

The Afternoon Narrative: Line Changes, Sid Skates and No Place Like Home?

By Japers' Rink Team | May 5th 2017 | 3 min read |

1. After calling out his top line for their lackluster Game 4 performance (but not in reaction to it?), Barry Trotz looks to be shuffling his deck cha...

Japers’ Rink Radio Episodes 47 and 48: Accountability and Reality

By Japers' Rink Team | May 5th 2017 | 2 min read |

We’ve got a double-dose of Japers’ Rink Radio for you today. First up, in episode 47 Alan May joins Adam to talk about some of the big questions s...

The Morning Narrative: Desperate Times, Power-Play Woes and Holtby’s Glove

By Japers' Rink Team | May 5th 2017 | 3 min read |

1. There’s a notion that this Caps team is at its best when desperate, so let’s take a look at the Ovechkin Era (with shakers of salt as to the ex...

Friday Caps Clips: Uphill Climb

By Japers' Rink Team | May 5th 2017 | 1 min read |

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The Noon Number: Schmidt Happens

By Japers' Rink Team | May 4th 2017 | 1 min read |

60.8 – Nate Schmidt’s score- and venue-adjusted five-on-five Corsi-For percentage, tops among defensemen with 110 minutes played in these play...

Rink Rank: Capitals vs. Penguins Game 4

By Japers' Rink Team | May 4th 2017 | 1 min read |

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The Afternoon Narrative: Quantity vs. Quality, O-Zone Discipline and a Crosby Update

By Japers' Rink Team | May 4th 2017 | 5 min read |

1. Let’s talk about shot differential. Sorry, Dan, we have to. Per Natural Stat Trick, the Caps outshot (attempts) the Pens 56-28 at five-on-five, a...

The Morning Narrative: Down in a Hole, Flower Power and Outshined Stars

By Japers' Rink Team | May 4th 2017 | 3 min read |

1. For the second time in this series, the Caps find themselves in a two-game hole, this time without even the minimal wiggle room they had at 0-2. We...