Category: Washington Capitals
Juan Soto betrays Capitals by wearing New York Rangers jersey in Yankees clubhouse
MLB.comJuan Soto, a 2019 World Series champion with the Washington Nationals, betrayed the Washington Capitals on Sunday. According to MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch, Soto, after helping the New York Yankees defeat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4, donned an Artemi Panarin New York Rangers jersey as he exited the clubhouse. T...
Read moreAndrew Cristall joins Hershey Bears ahead of Calder Cup playoffs
Hershey BearsThe Washington Capitals announced Monday that they have re-assigned 2023 second-round draft selection Andrew Cristall to the AHL’s Hershey Bears. Cristall saw his season with the WHL’s Kelowna Rockets end on Friday night after the Prince George Cougars, led by fellow Capitals prospect Zac Funk, elim...
Read moreThe New York Rangers’ crowd went absolutely bonkers when Matt Rempe was named third star after first-ever playoff game
Rangers’They went bonkers when he was third star The post The New York Rangers’ crowd went absolutely bonkers when Matt Rempe was named third star after first-ever playoff game appeared first on The Hockey Beast.
Read moreSpencer Carbery calls Alexis Lafrenière hit that injured Vincent Iorio ‘borderline’
New York RangersThe Washington Capitals finished Game One against the New York Rangers with only 17 skaters after losing defenseman Vincent Iorio in the second period due to injury. Iorio absorbed a big shoulder-to-shoulder hit from Alexis Lafrenière and slammed hard into the side boards. The Capitals provided a br...
Read moreFourth line drives Rangers to Game 1 win
RangersIn New York, Matt Rempe snapped a scoreless tie at 4:17 of the middle frame, to give the Rangers a 1-0 lead over the Washington Capitals on Sunday afternoon.For Rempe, it was his fist career Stanley Cup Playoff goal. “I’ll … Continue reading → The post Fourth line drives Rangers to Game 1 win first...
Read moreVincent Iorio leaves Game One after hard hit into side boards by Alexis Lafrenière
Washington CapitalsThe Washington Capitals are down another defenseman. The Capitals lost Vincent Iorio 4:50 into the second period of Game One after a hard shoulder-to-shoulder hit by New York Rangers forward Alexis Lafrenière. Iorio slammed hard into the side boards and turned the puck over. The Rangers then scored...
Read moreThings Peter Laviolette is keeping inside the room
Peter LavioletteThe New York Rangers won the Presidents’ Trophy as the league’s best team under first-year head coach Peter Laviolette. Now Laviolette will face his former team, the Washington Capitals, in the first round of the 2024 playoffs. It’s the same team that Lavy led to exactly 0 playoff series victories d...
Read moreCapitals hesitant to reveal why ‘Talladega’ became victory song: ‘I’m going to bite my tongue’
Washington CapitalsWhen the Washington Capitals defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in the final game of the regular season, the team clinched an improbable playoff spot despite sporting a minus-37 goal differential. After hugging victorious goaltender Charlie Lindgren, the pumped-up Capitals walked down the tunnel of We...
Read moreEveryone’s picking against the Capitals. Leading analytics models give them 0 percent odds to win the Stanley Cup.
New YorkThe Washington Capitals are the ultimate underdogs heading into the first round of the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs. Their matchup with the Presidents’ Trophy-winning New York Rangers is lopsided on paper from every angle. New York clinched a playoff spot on March 26 while the Capitals and their minus-...
Read moreZac Funk notches ninth hat trick of season, knocks Andrew Cristall out of WHL playoffs
Kelowna RocketsWashington Capitals prospect Zac Funk and the rest of the Prince George Cougars are moving on to the WHL Western Conference Championship playoff round. Funk helped power the Cougars through a series victory over the Kelowna Rockets by notching his ninth hat trick of the season in the team’s 6-3 clin...
Read moreIslanders Playoff Gameday News: Game 1 tonight, here we go
CarolinaAnother year of Aho vs. Aho. | Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images No one’s picking the Islanders, just the way we like it. This evening, the New York Islanders and Carolina Hurricanes play Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. I’m excited to see what kind of fireworks there wi...
Read moreScouting the Capitals: Charlie Lindgren goaltending style report
Rangers’It’s that time of year again; when I stop by to make my annual cameo and provide deeply valuable insight […]
Read moreRevisiting bayesian priors vis a vis goal sequencing and score effects
Washington CapitalsThe Washington Capitals completed the 2023-24 NHL season with 91 points, earning them the second wild-card spot for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Doing so despite a goal differential of minus-37, they become the team with the worst such number to make the playoffs in the salary cap era. The following te...
Read moreRangers Have Decisive Edge Over the Capitals in Playoff Matchup
Washington CapitalsThe New York Rangers will face off against the Washington Capitals in the first round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs. This will be the first time these two teams…
Read moreMitch Gibson called up to Capitals to serve as depth goaltender
Washington CapitalsThe Washington Capitals announced that they called up goaltender Mitch Gibson from the South Carolina Stingrays on Friday. The 24-year-old netminder will serve as a black ace. Gibson posted a 22-14-3 record in the ECHL this season with a 2.56 goals-against average, a .899 save percentage, and three...
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