Category: Spencer Carbery
Logan Thompson will make fifth straight start against Oilers despite Charlie Lindgren being healthy
Logan ThompsonLogan Thompson won the NHL’s First Star of the Week honors on Monday and will be right back in the Washington Capitals’ crease on Tuesday night. Head coach Spencer Carbery confirmed that Thompson will start for the Capitals on the road against the Edmonton Oilers. The game will be Thompson’s fifth-s...
Read moreSpencer Carbery to move Dylan Strome back on line with Alex Ovechkin after reuniting the two late in last game
Alex OvechkinThe 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 Anaheim Ducks at Capital One Arena
Pierre-Luc DuboisThe Washington Capitals’ offense has disappeared lately, but the schedule makers may have found their tonic. The lowly Anaheim Ducks are in town, sporting the fifth-worst record in the Western Conference and surrendering the twelfth-most goals (135) in the NHL. Spencer Carbery gave the lines a total...
Read moreLive updates: Washington Capitals vs Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena
Capitals’A night after falling to the Montreal Canadiens, the Washington Capitals are in Nashville to take on the Predators. To be blunt: the Capitals’ five-on-five play has been stinky since returning from the holiday break. Tonight is another opportunity to get back on track, but after playing 25 hours pre...
Read moreSpencer Carbery the early front-runner to win Jack Adams Award for NHL’s Coach of the Year
Washington CapitalsSpencer Carbery has the Washington Capitals out to a 27-10-4 first half of the 2024-25 season. The team’s leap to the top of the Eastern Conference comes just a season removed from barely sneaking into the postseason with the worst goal differential, minus-37, of any playoff team in the salary cap e...
Read moreLive updates: Washington Capitals vs Vancouver Canucks at Capital One Arena
CapsFresh 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 moreSpencer Carbery ‘impatient’ with Capitals’ recent play after hot start: ‘We have to be careful of resting on what we accomplished at the beginning of the year’
Washington CapitalsARLINGTON, VA — After a stellar start to the 2024-25 season, the Washington Capitals have looked mortal in recent games. Washington has a record of 5-4-2 in its last 11 games, including losses to the bottom-feeding Chicago Blackhawks and Buffalo Sabres, and has not strung together consecutive wins s...
Read moreSpencer Carbery suggests major line changes coming as ‘Stromer and O have struggled’ together and Capitals battling injury and illness
Buffalo SabresAfter a 4-3 shootout loss to the Buffalo Sabres, the Washington Capitals will likely see major changes to their forward lines against the Vancouver Canucks, Wednesday night. Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery would not reveal the changes Wednesday morning, but admitted he has not been pleased with...
Read moreSpencer Carbery on Ryan Leonard and Cole Hutson winning gold with Team USA: ‘Those two guys stepped up in a big moment’
Capitals’Ryan Leonard and Cole Hutson had an important observer as they took home gold medals for Team USA in the 2025 World Juniors on Sunday night. Washington Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery watched his organization’s top prospects play huge roles in the final, which saw the Americans win 4-3 in overti...
Read moreSpencer Carbery praises Capitals video coaches after successful offside challenge: ‘That’s arguably a game-changing challenge right there’
New York RangersThe Washington Capitals had plenty of heroes in their 7-3 win over the New York Rangers Saturday afternoon, including two major contributors who never touched the ice. When Rangers forward Will Cuylle appeared to bring New York within one midway through the second period, Capitals video coaches Emil...
Read moreLive updates: Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins at Capital One Arena
WashingtonA little less than 12 hours before the New Year, the Washington Capitals will take on the Boston Bruins in a rematch from 8 days ago where they lost 4-1. Ivan Miroshnichenko will sub in for Jakub Vrana as Spencer Carbery hasn’t “liked V’s last two games.” Logan Thompson will oppose Jeremy Swayman in...
Read moreSpencer Carbery spends off day holding youth hockey clinics at MedStar Capitals Iceplex
Kenny McCuddenSpencer Carbery answered the question of what he does on a day off: serve the local hockey community. Monday morning, after a busy back-to-back over the weekend, Carbery returned to the ice at MedStar Capitals Iceplex to hold three different coaching clinics for youth hockey players (10U, 12U, and 1...
Read moreLive updates: Washington Capitals vs Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena
Alex OvechkinNow 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 moreAlex Ovechkin will make his return from injury against Maple Leafs tonight
Alex OvechkinAlex Ovechkin is back. The Washington Capitals will see the legendary goal scorer return against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena on Saturday night for the first of two back-to-back road games this weekend. Washington went 10-5-1 without their captain over the past five weeks as Ovechkin...
Read moreCapitals send Henrik Rybinski back down to Hershey Bears
Hershey BearsThe Washington Capitals loaned center Henrik Rybinski back to the Hershey Bears following last night’s 4-1 loss to the Boston Bruins. Rybinski was called up to the team after Lars Eller was placed on injured reserve due to illness on Saturday. He did not end up making his NHL debut during the Caps’...
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