Category: Capitals
Hunter Shepard makes 33 saves, tallies first career point in Hershey’s 4-1 win over Springfield
StinHershey Bears’ goaltender Hunter Shepard made 33 saves and registered his first pro career point in Hershey’s 4-1 victory over the Springfield Thunderbirds Wednesday night. Shepard received credit for a secondary assist on an empty net goal from Ethen Frank with 1:49 left in the game. Shepard’s firs...
Read moreLive blog: Capitals finish back-to-back with tough test against Avalanche
Minnesota WildSpencer Carbery sounded alarm bells after the Capitals latest blowout loss on Tuesday – a 5-3 loss to the Minnesota Wild that was never close. “I genuinely believe in our leadership and they know we’re in playoff mode right now,” Carbery said. “(They know) this is our season, and how tight, and all...
Read moreTrevor van Riemsdyk latest Capitals defender set for healthy scratch: ‘It’s difficult on those guys but they gotta seize their opportunity’
CapitalsWashington Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery revealed a few lineup changes in his pregame media availability on Wednesday. The Capitals are set to take on the Colorado Avalanche in Denver after losing to the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night. Defenseman Ethan Bear was scratched against the Wild but...
Read moreCapitals find out that you need to play for more than one period: numbers for the morning after
Minnesota WildThe Washington Capitals have not had a great start to the four-game road trip that will take them into the All-Star break. The Minnesota Wild took it to them early on Tuesday night and despite a late charge from the Capitals, hung on for a 5-3 win. Is the whole little too late thing becoming
Read moreEvgeny Kuznetsov should win the Lady Byng Trophy just for this one play
CapitalsEvgeny Kuznetsov recently went viral on Hockey Twitter after one fan advocated for him to win the Selke Trophy as the NHL’s most elite defensive forward. While I love this persons’s enthusiasm towards one of my favorite Capitals players of all time, I think there’s a trophy he’s more deserving of: t...
Read moreSimply not enough volume and no finish yet again: numbers for the morning after
Washington CapitalsThe Washington Capitals were shut out for the fifth time this season on Saturday night. The St. Louis Blues went up early in the matchup and the Capitals did little to nothing the rest of the game to try and even things up. Just a poor, poor showing. Not a fun watch in the slightest.
Read moreAliaksei Protas on signing extension with Capitals: ‘I have to keep working to prove that I deserve to wear this jersey’
St. Louis BluesThe Washington Capitals locked up one of the few young roster pieces they have long term on Friday night. Aliaskei Protas, 23, became just the second player on the team to be under contract through the 2028-29 season when he put pen to paper on a five-year extension with the team. Saturday night’s m...
Read moreNew York Islanders fire Lane Lambert halfway through second season as head coach, hire Patrick Roy
IslesThe New York Islanders are moving on from Lane Lambert. Lambert, an assistant coach on the Washington Capitals’ 2018 Stanley Cup champion team, was fired by general manager Lou Lamoriello on Saturday after posting a 61-46-20 record in parts of two seasons as Islanders head coach. Losers of eight of...
Read moreCapitals lock up forward Protas with 5-year deal
Washington CapitalsThe Washington Capitals have signed forward Aliaksei Protas to a five-year contract extension, ensuring he will further cement his place in the club's long-term plans.
Read moreTop 5 Players From France in NHL History
Washington CapitalsWhen André Peloffy suited up for the expansion 1974-75 Washington Capitals, he became the first player born in France to play in the National Hockey League. Originally selected by the…
Read moreCapitals reportedly in market for center if they ‘stay in the mix,’ listed as potential suitor for Sean Monahan
Washington CapitalsThe Washington Capitals have made it no secret that they’ve been in the market for a forward for almost an entire year. With the NHL trade deadline less than two months away, talks about what exactly they’re looking for have begun. On a recent episode of TSN’s NHL Insider Trading, hockey insider Dar...
Read moreTwo former Blues help Capitals make quick work of their old club: numbers for the morning after
TJ OshieThe Washington Capitals went up 1-0 halfway through the first period against the St. Louis Blues on a goal from TJ Oshie and didn’t look back from there. After Nathan Walker found a lucky deflection tally off of several bodies in front of Charlie Lindgren, the Capitals responded with three straight...
Read moreSpencer Carbery presents TJ Oshie with goal pucks and cowboy hat after Country Music Night hat trick
CapitalsTJ Oshie had a memorable night against the St. Louis Blues — the team that originally drafted him. Oshie scored his sixth career hat trick. And he did so on the Capitals’ Country Music Night, yee-haw’ing his way to his first multi-point game of the 2023-24 season. Postgame, Capitals head coach Spenc...
Read moreTJ Oshie scores hat trick on Capitals’ Country Music Night
TJ OshieTJ Oshie is back and in a big way. Osh scored a hat trick against the St. Louis Blues, leading the Capitals to a huge 5-2 victory on Thursday. The winger has five goals in four games since leaving the team and receiving treatment for an injury in Minnesota. Oshie’s hat trick came on the
Read moreLive blog: Capitals take on Blues at home before long road trip
Craig LaughliThe Washington Capitals will play their last game at home tonight for a bit before a long road trip takes them into the All-Star Break. The Capitals host the St. Louis Blues in the first game of a home-and-home against the team. Alex Ovechkin is back in the lineup after three games out due to
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