Category: Aliaksei Protas
Caps beat Penguins 4-1, but Logan Thompson gave up a goal, so what’s the point
Jakob ChychrunThe Washington Capitals handily defeated their hated adversaries, the Pittsburgh Penguins, on home ice on Saturday night. Probably would’ve felt nicer if the Pens weren’t on pace to get like 80 standings points. They suck. Jakob Chychrun scored from approximately the same place he always scores from...
Read moreSpencer Carbery to move Dylan Strome back on line with Alex Ovechkin after reuniting the two late in last game
Tom WilsonThe Washington Capitals are going back to a familiar top-six forward group against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night. After a two-game experiment saw Pierre-Luc Dubois center Alex Ovechkin on the team’s top line, head coach Spencer Carbery is reverting back to how Washington started the 2024...
Read moreLive updates: Washington Capitals vs Vancouver Canucks at Capital One Arena
Connor McMichaelFresh off a shootout loss to the Buffalo Sabres, the Washington Capitals are back home to take on the Vancouver Canucks, Spencer Carbery’s hometown team. As the Caps continue to scuffle at five-on-five, Carbery is changing up the lines and going back to his top six that made so much hay earlier in t...
Read moreBring on 2025: Caps beat Bruins 3-1
Justin BrazeauThe Washington Capitals finished off 2024 with a narrow win over the Boston Bruins on home ice. It wasn’t pretty, like me in high school, but at least they scored, unlike me in high school. Justin Brazeau got a miracle bounce off Logan Thompson’s pads to put the Bruins up early. Aliaksei Protas retu...
Read moreAliaksei Protas sets new career high in points in 43 fewer games
Toronto Maple LeafsAliaksei Protas set a new career high in points with his assist on Alex Ovechkin’s empty-net goal against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night. The big Belorussian’s 16th helper was his 30th point in 35 games this season. Protas found a wide-open Ovechkin at the center line after Pierre-Luc Dub...
Read moreLive updates: Washington Capitals vs Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena
Dylan StromeNow that the holidays are over, the Washington Capitals are back on the ice and they have a shiny new toy in the lineup. The game’s greatest goal scorer, Alex Ovechkin, is back after a 40-day stay on the injured list. Notoriously lethal in Toronto and on Hockey Night in Canada, it could be a
Read moreCaps beat Kings 3-1 but needed real good luck to do it
Aliaksei ProtasThe Washington Capitals took on the road-weary Los Angeles Kings for a Sunday afternoon date, except it’s December 22 so it was pitch black outside before the puck even dropped. It was a good game, and the deciding factor was just a couple blue-line beef-ups. A broken Kings stick along the blue line...
Read moreThe Charlie Lindgren game: Caps beat Canes 3-1
Jakub VranaThe Washington Capitals got back to winning ways with a walloping of the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night, which is like Mega-Friday if you think about. Like, if you can get some time off, today was basically the last real workday of the year. But anyway: hockey. Aliaksei Protas tipped Andrew Man...
Read moreCaps beat Blue Jackets 2-1 in overtime to extend the road winning streak
Washington CapitalsThe Washington Capitals roused themselves from an endless slumber (four days) to visit the Columbus Blue Jackets with a chance to extend their road win streak to ten games. They did, but it was a struggle. In the second period, Zach Werenski, on one of Columbus’s many power plays, beat Charlie Lindg...
Read moreAliaksei Protas is scoring at a higher rate five-on-five than all but one player in the NHL
CapitalsMany members of the 2024-25 Washington Capitals are off to hot starts, but perhaps no player has been more impressive than Aliaksei Protas. Protas, a Capitals’ third-round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft, is nearing a new career high in points despite being only a third into the season. After notching 29...
Read moreDylan Strome’s chipped tooth helps Capitals complete comeback against Lightning: ‘It’s all good, we got the win’
Andrew MangipaneThe Washington Capitals were not themselves in the first period and fell into a two-goal hole against the Tampa Bay Lightning early on Thanksgiving Eve, watching helplessly as Brayden Point scored twice. “Tough start to the game,” Spencer Carbery said. “Just felt like we were overwhelmed a little bi...
Read moreSpencer Carbery discusses several options to replace Alex Ovechkin on Capitals first line
CapitalsThe Washington Capitals are set to have a giant hole on their first line for as long as captain Alex Ovechkin is out with his lower leg injury. While no player can fill the big shoes of Ovechkin, the Capitals will need to find a temporary solution for the empty wing position next to Dylan
Read moreTop-line trio stays scorching hot with two more goals: Capitals beat Predators 3-2
Washington CapitalsThe Washington Capitals and Nashville Predators squared off in the first of two meetings this season on Wednesday night. Washington was looking to bounce back from a rough night in North Carolina while the Predators were just looking to bounce back in general. Juuso Parssinen put Nashville in front...
Read moreStickless Aliaksei Protas nearly scores goal-of-the-year candidate after borrowing twig from Capitals bench on shorthanded breakaway
RangersWASHINGTON, DC — Aliaksei Protas scored the game-winning goal Tuesday against the New York Rangers, but that arguably wasn’t even his biggest moment of the night. After Protas broke his stick during a Capitals’ penalty kill, a failed Rangers pass sent the puck into the neutral zone. Protas, undeterr...
Read moreAlex Ovechkin admits he was ‘uncomfortable’ at times playing right wing: ‘First couple shift was kind of like, ‘Whoa”
Vegas Golden KnightsAlex Ovechkin notched two assists against the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday, becoming the sixth player to join the exclusive 700 goals and 700 assists club. But talk after the Capitals’ 4-2 win focused just as much on his milestone as his position change for the night. Ovechkin skated with Dylan S...
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