Category: Matt Roy
Wild beat Caps 4-2 as power play nears absolute zero
Brandon DuhaimeThe Washington Capitals played well visiting the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night, but playing well doesn’t guarantee goals. Star power did not factor into first period scoring. Minny’s Jon Merrill scored first, his second of the season and which Charlie Lindgren really oughtta have stopped. A simil...
Read moreJohn Tortorella, attorney at law: Caps beat Flyers 3-2
Philadelphia FlyersThe Washington Capitals defeated the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night, and if they hadn’t I’d have been steamed. There should be no such thing as a trap game in March. The first goal of the game was Alex Ovechkin’s and also the 888th of his career. In the second period, Matt Roy hit up Brandon
Read moreEthen Frank scores first NHL goal, the game-winner, in Capitals’ 4-1 victory over Predators: ‘I just love being here’
NashvilleEthen Frank scored his milestone first NHL goal against the Nashville Predators on Saturday night. The 26-year-old winger used his speed to get behind the Nashville defense and slipped a shot through the pads of Predators goaltender Juuse Saros. Frank’s milestone tally came as he pivoted around defe...
Read moreEthen Frank scores first NHL goal, the game-winner, in Capitals’ 4-1 win over Predators: ‘I just love being here’
Matt RoyEthen Frank scored his milestone first NHL goal against the Nashville Predators on Saturday night. The 26-year-old winger used his speed to get behind the Nashville defense and slipped a shot through the pads of Predators goaltender Juuse Saros. Frank’s milestone tally came as he pivoted around defe...
Read moreVladislav Gavrikov Interested In Extension With Kings
Matt RoyHistory could repeat itself next summer with the Los Angeles Kings organization. The team saw defenseman Matt Roy head for greener pastures in the form of a six-year, $34.5MM deal with the Washington Capitals and that’s not a scenario they’ll want to see play out again with another shutdown defensem...
Read moreNo Ovi, no offense: Devils beat Caps 3-2
Dougie HamiltonThe Washington Capitals missed Alex Ovechkin’s offense as they fell to the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night in DC. Matt Roy had a long bomb to give the Caps the initial lead, but Tomas Tatar responded a few minutes later by cleaning up a loose puck near the goal line. In the second period,
Read moreAvs beat Caps 2-1, Caps stunned by existence of second, third periods
ColoradoThe Washington Capitals missed their leader on Thursday night as they hosted the Colorado Avalanche. Following his example, the Caps disappeared from the back half of this game. In the first period, Pierre-Luc Dubois got off the shneid with a pretty net-crashing tap-in. The lone goal of the second p...
Read moreCapitals activate Matt Roy off injured reserve, send Vincent Iorio back to Hershey
Washington CapitalsThe Washington Capitals made roster moves this afternoon to accommodate Matt Roy’s return back to the lineup. The team officially activated Roy off injured reserve and sent 21-year-old rearguard, Vicent Iorio, back to the American Hockey League’s Hershey Bears. Iorio was promoted to Washington on No...
Read moreCapitals To Activate Matt Roy From Injured Reserve
Vincent IorioCapitals defenseman Matt Roy was a full participant in practice Wednesday and projects to return tonight against the Predators after missing the last 10 games with a lower-body injury, Sammi Silber of The Hockey News reports. Washington has a full 23-player active roster and must make a correspondin...
Read moreMatt Roy and Jakob Chychrun will not play this weekend, could dress against Predators on Wednesday
Jakob ChychrunThe Washington Capitals will play back-to-back games against the Columbus Blue Jackets and Carolina Hurricanes this weekend without two of their top defenders. Head coach Spencer Carbery revealed that neither Matt Roy nor Jakob Chychrun would dress for either matchup before the game against Columbus...
Read moreMatt Roy and Jakob Chychrun skate in non-contact jerseys, status unknown for weekend back-to-back
New Jersey DevilsThe Washington Capitals are without top-four defensemen Matt Roy and Jakob Chychrun. Roy has been out of action since suffering a lower-body injury in the first game of the season against the New Jersey Devils, and Chychrun sustained an upper-body injury in the team’s last game against the New York...
Read moreSpencer Carbery reveals Capitals lineup against Canadiens after injuries force changes on defense
Alex AlexeyevThe Washington Capitals will be down a few defenders when they host the Montreal Canadiens on Halloween. Neither Matt Roy nor Jakob Chychrun will dress, which has forced head coach Spencer Carbery to shift around his normal pairings. Alex Alexeyev will be deployed for the first time this season afte...
Read moreCapitals Recall Michael Sgarbossa, Place Matt Roy On IR
AHL HersheyThe Capitals have recalled veteran center Michael Sgarbossa from AHL Hershey, per general manager Chris Patrick. Defenseman Matt Roy, absent since the season opener after sustaining a lower-body injury, was placed on injured reserve to open up a spot for Sgarbossa on the active roster. The news does...
Read moreDylan McIlrath grateful for Capitals’ support after first multi-point night in NHL at age 32: ‘It’s just wild that [Ovi] knows who I am’
Capitals’With Matt Roy knocked out of the lineup due to injury in the Capitals’ first game of the season, reserve defenseman Dylan McIlrath was the next man up, jumping onto the second pairing with Martin Fehervary. Through five games — all Capitals victories — McIlrath’s play has stabilized Washington’s D c...
Read moreLive updates: Washington Capitals vs. Vegas Golden Knights at Capital One Arena
New Jersey DevilsThe Washington Capitals lost Game 1 of the regular season to the New Jersey Devils, but looked faster and more skilled than last year’s team. Now in Game 2, against the Vegas Golden Knights, they’ll try to capture their first victory with a slightly different lineup. Matt Roy, who got injured on Sat...
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