Category: Washington Capitals
Flyers excited for meaningful final game of regular season: ‘No one really gave us a chance at the start of the year’
PhiladelphiaThe Philadelphia Flyers and Washington Capitals will cap off their regular seasons against one another on Tuesday night in a game that could decide the fate of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Both teams are still alive in the race despite coming into the year with low expectations...
Read moreNHL Playoff Clinching Scenarios & Storylines – 4/16/24
Washington CapitalsThe NHL has eight games scheduled for the evening of April 16, with two playoff-clinching scenarios, two potential division titles, one potential conference title, and more. Here is a breakdown…
Read moreNHL playoff watch: How the final wild card can be won Tuesday
Pittsburgh PenguinsFour teams remain alive to take on the Rangers in Round 1. Here's what to watch Tuesday, plus the current playoff bracket.
Read moreStanley Cup Playoff clinching scenarios for April 16
FlyersHere are the Stanley Cup Playoff clinching scenarios for April 16: EASTERN CONFERENCE The Washington Capitals will clinch a playoff berth: If they defeat the Philadelphia Flyers in any fashion (7 p.m. ET; MNMT, NBCSP, TVAS2, SNP, SNW) The Detroit … Continue reading → The post Stanley Cup Playoff cli...
Read moreAll the scenarios for the Capitals to win and lose the second wild card spot in the East
FlyersThe Eastern Conference’s second wild card — the eighth and final playoff spot — could be decided as early as Tuesday night. Four different teams are competing for the position — the Washington Capitals, Detroit Red Wings, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Philadelphia Flyers — after three of the four earned...
Read moreNHL playoff watch: How the final wild card can be won Tuesday
Philadelphia FlyersFour teams remain alive to take on the Rangers in Round 1. Here's what to watch Tuesday, plus the current playoff bracket.
Read moreCharlie Lindgren thriving in high-pressure playoff push: ‘I’ve been dreaming of this moment for 20 years’
BruinsWASHINGTON, DC — The Washington Capitals competed for their playoff lives against the Boston Bruins in the penultimate game of the regular season — and they came out on top. Much like the year at large, Monday night’s victory went down to the wire as the Capitals fought to maintain a one-goal lead u...
Read moreCapitals will play New York Rangers and former head coach Peter Laviolette in first round if they make playoffs
RangersThe Washington Capitals are one victory away from clinching the second wild card playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. They’ll make the dance with a win against the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night. Awaiting them in the first round of the playoffs, if they clinch a postseason berth, will be th...
Read moreBeck Malenstyn, injured in win against Bruins, will join Capitals on road trip to Philadelphia
CapitalsThe Washington Capitals defeated the Boston Bruins 2-0 at Capitals One Arena, keeping their playoff hopes alive for another day. But it came at a price. Beck Malenstyn was injured late in the second period by a high, late hit delivered by noted Bruins pest Trent Frederic. After the game, Capitals he...
Read moreBeck Malenstyn leaves Bruins game injured after late hit from Trent Frederic
Boston BruinsThe Washington Capitals will be without Beck Malenstyn for the rest of its game against the Boston Bruins. With 4:20 remaining in the second period, Malenstyn was injured after absorbing a high open-ice hit from Trent Frederick in the Bruins’ defensive zone. Malenstyn laid sprawled out on the ice fo...
Read moreLive blog: CAPS VS BRUINS (WHY AM I SCREAMING???)
CapitalsWelcome to Game 81, friends. And… [pauses to wiggle right hand because it’s nervously shaking] … yeah that’s where we’re at. Our dear Washington Capitals come into tonight’s game in the second wild card spot in the East and in control of their own destiny. If they can beat the Bruins and the Philade...
Read moreCapitals could set NHL record as team with worst goal differential to make playoffs in salary cap era
San Jose SharksThe Washington Capitals are in line to set a new salary cap era record if they can take care of business in their final two games of the regular season against the Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers. The Capitals, who currently sit in the second and final wild card spot in the Eastern Conference,...
Read morePlayoff odds: Capitals control their own destiny but remain a long shot to make playoffs
Peter LavioletteWith two games remaining, the Washington Capitals have an opportunity to do something huge this season. The team can return to the playoffs under rookie head coach Spencer Carbery after floundering down the stretch last year under Peter Laviolette. The opportunity comes despite the team selling at t...
Read moreNick Jensen ruled out of final two games of season but seen walking around Capitals practice facility
Washington CapitalsThe Washington Capitals held an optional practice on Sunday morning after their massive 4-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning vaulted them back into a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. The win was an important one, but the biggest story of the night was Nick Jensen’s scary injury that saw...
Read moreWashington Capitals Recall Dylan McIlrath
Nick JensenAfter last night’s scary event involving defenseman Nick Jensen of the Washington Capitals, the team was put in a position to recall a defenseman to replace his spot in the active lineup. With this in mind, the team announced they have recalled defenseman Dylan McIlrath from their AHL affiliate, the...
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