Category: Caps
Nicklas Backstrom scores first goal since returning from major offseason hip surgery
The Washington Capitals and Toronto Maple Leafs were deadlocked at 0-0 late in the first period on Sunday. Then the Leafs’ Alex Kerfoot tripped TJ Oshie and gave the Capitals the first power play opportunity […]
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Maple Leafs to start Ilya Samsonov for third time this season against Capitals
The Washington Capitals are making the trip up to Toronto to take on the Maple Leafs in the first of their last two games before the All-Star break. Waiting for them in Toronto will be […]
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Caps secure two points with sweet shootout success: numbers for the morning after
The Washington Capitals took on the Pittsburgh Penguins in a key Metropolitan Division battle on Thursday night. The Caps couldn’t prevent the Pens from grabbing a loser point but did take them down in a […]
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Alex Ovechkin skates at optional morning practice, will be a game-time decision against Avalanche
Alex Ovechkin took the ice on Tuesday morning for his second straight day of practice after missing Saturday’s morning skate and the team’s game later that night against the Vegas Golden Knights. It was Ovi’s […]
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Alex Ovechkin returns to Capitals practice after missing game with lower-body injury
Alex Ovechkin was on the ice at Ball Arena in Denver for the Capitals’ Monday practice. It’s the first time that The Great Eight has skated since the Caps took down the Arizona Coyotes last […]
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Listless losers in Las Vegas: Golden Knights beat Caps 6-2
The Capitals were in Sin City on Saturday night to take on the Golden Knights in an arena that sparks fond memories for all Caps fans. No Stanley Cup on the line this time but […]
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Alex Ovechkin will not play against Golden Knights due to lower-body injury
Alex Ovechkin missed the Capitals’ morning skate on Saturday and was officially listed as a game-time decision for the team’s game against the Vegas Golden Knights. Ovechkin was officially ruled out for the game before […]
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Alex Ovechkin misses morning skate before game against Vegas Golden Knights
The Washington Capitals took the ice at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for their morning skate on Saturday before a matchup with the Golden Knights. The Caps are amid a three-game Western Conference swing that […]
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Tom Wilson knows ‘for a fact’ that Christian Djoos drove his car into a pole at MedStar Capitals Iceplex
Christian Djoos started his career as a member of the Washington Capitals with quite a bang. The 2012 seventh-round pick defied the odds and not only made his debut with the Caps during the 2017-18 […]
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Peter Laviolette on player reactions to healthy scratches: ‘If somebody is upset they’re not in the lineup, I don’t have a problem with that’
Peter Laviolette has gotten very creative with his lineup decisions of late. The Caps got back both Nicklas Backstrom and Tom Wilson from injury at the same time and that has forced talented regulars out […]
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Anthony Mantha to be healthy scratch, Nicolas Aube-Kubel will skate on first line against Wild
Washington Capitals forward Anthony Mantha is set to be a healthy scratch for the third time in the last five games when the Caps take on the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night. Mantha previously sat […]
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Capitals credit Alex Ovechkin’s big hit on JG Pageau as turning point in comeback win over Islanders
Early in the second period, the Washington Capitals fell behind 3-0 to the New York Islanders and were facing something uncomfortable: a three-game losing streak to Metropolitan Division opponents during a close playoff race. The […]
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Caps beat Islanders 4-3 after super-bad start
Weird that the Washington Capitals hadn’t played the New York Islanders until today, January 16. This long-awaited, intra-divisional matchup started real, real ugly. It got better. Sebastian Aho got credit for a point shot that […]
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Flyers beat Caps 3-1 to sweep home-and-home series
The Washington Capitals’ rematch with the Philadelphia Flyers went much like the first one, which is to say: not great! Scott Laughton tipped Tony DeAngelo’s shot to put the Flyers up in the first, but […]
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Friday Morning Fly By: Hopping the train
Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes… *The boys will be heading down to Washington D.C. to face the Capitals tomorrow night, after what could definitely be called a “statement...
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