Michal Neuvirth

• 5/31 Editor In Leaf: Is There A Correlation Between Regular Season And Playoff Success In Goaltending?: In my last post, I compiled regular season even strength save percentage (ESSV%) numbers among NHL goaltenders over the last three...

• 4/21 SenShot: Alex Ovechkin’s Gotta Have Hart: The debate around the Hart Trophy will be ongoing from now until the award is handed out, probably in late June or early July....
• 4/18 starsandsticks.com: Role Reversal: Capitals At Jets Preview: If you just came back from a trip to outer space for the last few months and saw that the Washington Capitals and Winnipeg Jets...

• 3/8 Causeway Crowd: Chris Bourque Clears Waivers; Bruins Recall Jordan Caron From Providence: At least for now anyway, the Chris Bourque experiment appears to be over for the Boston Bruins. At noon on Friday, Bourque cleared...
• 3/5 starsandsticks.com: Bear Trap: Bruins at Capitals Preview: The Washington Capitals really need to start putting a winning streak together if they want to make the playoffs, and it would...

• 2/27 starsandsticks.com: Bullied On Broad Street: Flyers 4 – Capitals 1: Playing in their second game in as many nights and facing one of the NHL’s most inconsistent teams, the Washington Capitals...
• 2/27 StoopSports.com: Flyers and Caps Duel in Philly: Anthony Pucik-  The Philadelphia Flyers and the Washington Capitals may not be bitter rivals, but this matchup is certainly going...
• 2/27 starsandsticks.com: No Lead Safe: Capitals At Flyers Preview: The Washington Capitals have made a habit out of scoring first. The Philadelphia Flyers have been almost as reliable at digging...
• 2/25 starsandsticks.com: What Re-Signing Braden Holtby And John Erskine Means For The Washington Capitals: The immediate future of the Washington Capitals got a little bit more clear on Monday as the team announced that it had re-signed...
• 2/23 starsandsticks.com: Revenge or Repeat: Devils at Capitals Preview: It’s got to be payback time for the Washington Capitals. The team has to be angry after blowing a third period lead (not...
• 2/20 starsandsticks.com: Which Capitals Would Be Most Likely To Leave At The Trade Deadline?: Thinking about the Washington Capitals becoming sellers at the NHL trade deadline is something no fan really wants to do. The...
• 2/12 starsandsticks.com: Sticks Versus Cats, Round 2: Capitals at Panthers Preview: Seeing as they’re still in last place in the NHL standings, there aren’t too many teams who want revenge against the...
• 2/10 The Canuck Way: Canucks’ Gillis: Teams Will Have to “Pay a Price” to Acquire Luongo: Vancouver Canucks general manager Mike Gillis says teams will have to “pay a price” if they wish the acquire goaltender...
• 2/10 starsandsticks.com: Did The Real Washington Capitals Just Stand Up?: Hopefully all of those other Caps were just imitating (thanks Marshall!), because what happened Saturday in their 5-0 shellacking...
• 2/9 starsandsticks.com: Apparently The Washington Capitals Are Just Fine, Thanks: Two days ago, Corey Masisak wrote a piece for NHL.com laying out seven reasons why the Washington Capitals are having such a dismal...
• 2/7 starsandsticks.com: Pittsburgh Penguins 5 – Washington Capitals 2: Game Recap: If one period of one game can be a microcosm of an entire season, the Washington Capitals experienced it in the second period...
• 2/7 starsandsticks.com: Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins: Preview: If there’s one thing the Washington Capitals probably don’t need right now, it’s a road trip to face one of...
• 2/6 starsandsticks.com: Washington Capitals News And Links: Around The Beltway, No Answers Edition: Another day, another disappointing loss for the Washington Capitals. At least this one was different. The Caps outplayed the Maple...
• 2/5 starsandsticks.com: Toronto Maple Leafs 3 – Washington Capitals 2: Game Recap: If the Washington Capitals are going to pull out of their funk, games like Tuesday night’s home meeting with the Toronto...
• 2/3 starsandsticks.com: Are The Washington Capitals Getting Ready To Trade For Roberto Luongo?: Since the Penguins-Capitals game was on national TV on Sunday afternoon, the whole country got to see that Vancouver Canucks general...
• 2/1 SenShot: NHL Recap: Jan 31, 2013 – Sharks Stay Perfect, Leafs Win, Vanek Rolls On: There were 9 games on the NHL schedule on a busy Thursday night, including wins by the Toronto Maple Leafs as well as the San...

• 1/31 starsandsticks.com: Game Recap: Toronto Maple Leafs 3 – Washington Capitals 2: Oops, they did it again. For the second straight game, the Washington Capitals took a 2-1 lead into the third period, looking...
• 1/31 starsandsticks.com: Preview: Washington Capitals at Toronto Maple Leafs: The Caps have already proven that they’ve figured out all kinds of ways to lose games in this shortened season. Now it’s...
• 1/30 starsandsticks.com: Around the Beltway: Washington Capitals News and Links: Last night was the kind of game the Washington Capitals can build on. People other than Joel Ward were scoring goals, coach Adam...
• 1/30 SenShot: Senators Steal 3-2 Win Over Washington Thanks To Anderson, Zibanejad: Every once in a while, you need to win a game or two that you have no business winning if you want to be successful.  Well, that...
• 1/29 starsandsticks.com: Preview: Washington Capitals at Ottawa Senators: With a win finally in the bag, what can the Caps do for an encore? Well, a first road win tonight in Ottawa would be great, especially...
• 1/29 Sabre Noise: Mikhail Grigorenko Plays Against Toronto Maple Leafs: He has’t gotten his first NHL goal yet, nor has he registered a point – but those first will come this year in an...
• 1/28 SenShot: NHL Recap: Jan 27, 2013 – Players Work Overtime: Of the 8 NHL games played on a busy Sunday, 5 required extra time to declare a winner.  In addition to the Ottawa Senators shootout...
• 1/27 Sabre Noise: Game Recap: Buffalo Sabres vs. Washington Capitals: Ah, those streaky Buffalo Sabres. After kick-starting the ’12-13 season with victories over Philadelphia and Toronto, the...
• 1/14 starsandsticks.com: Jason Chimera Joins Czech Extraliga And Other Caps Abroad News: Jason Chimera signing with HC Chomutov (in the Czech Extraliga) makes him the 7th Capital to cross the Atlantic. If I had to guess...