Category: Washington Capitals
Capitals top prospect, Ryan Leonard, to play in NCAA national championship game after BC’s Frozen Four win
Capitals’Ryan Leonard will play in the NCAA National Championship game after his Boston College Eagles defeated the Michigan Wolverines 4-0 in the Frozen Four on Thursday night. The Washington Capitals top prospect tallied an assist on the game’s opening goal by Will Smith in the first period. Leonard’s appl...
Read moreWorst-case-scenario night knocks Capitals out of playoff spot with 3 games remaining
CapitalsThe Washington Capitals lost to the Buffalo Sabres in regulation 4-2 on Thursday — their seventh L in the last eight games. The untimely defeat could come back to haunt them. Not only did the Capitals fall out of the second wild card playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, but they now no longer con...
Read moreInto the friscalating dusklight: Sabres beat Caps 4-2
Connor McMichaelThe Washington Capitals lost a heartbreaker to the Buffalo Sabres that could cost them the whole season. The lights are dimming. The Caps controlled the first period all the way up until Zach Benson tapped in Jeff Skinner’s shot. Alex Tuch had a bit too much space from Connor McMichael to make it 2-...
Read moreNHL playoff watch: Red Wings-Penguins is Thursday's main event
Buffalo SabresWho is going to win the East's second wild card? Plus, the latest playoff projections, draft lottery standings and more.
Read moreDevils’ Game Predictions: Maple Leafs, Flyers, Islanders
Detroit Red WingsAfter so many negative results, injuries, and changes, the New Jersey Devils mathematically have no chance of qualification, sitting sixth in the wild card with 79 points and seventh in…
Read moreNHL players still hate playing against Tom Wilson
Florida PanthersTom Wilson is still sandpaper to play against, according to the latest NHLPA Player Poll. Wilson finished fourth in voting for Which player do you least enjoy playing against but would like to have on your team?. He was the only Capital to land among the finalists for any question in this season’s r...
Read moreNHL playoff watch: Red Wings-Penguins is Thursday's main event
Detroit Red WingsWho is going to win the East's second wild card? Plus, the latest playoff projections, draft lottery standings and more.
Read moreNHL playoff watch: Red Wings-Penguins is Thursday's main event
Pittsburgh PenguinsWho is going to win the East's second wild card? Plus, the latest playoff projections, draft lottery standings and more.
Read moreIslanders News: Solidifying playoff spot, angering Rangers
Washington CapitalsThe Rangers are angry, hehe. | Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Bunch of babies out on Seventh Avenue. Another huge win for the New York Islanders, this one over their hated rivals across the East River. And it made the New York Rangers mad. It made a once proud Peter Lavi...
Read moreCapitals jump into playoff spot with huge regulation win over Red Wings
Capitals’The Washington Capitals were outplayed by the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena on Tuesday night. But goals from Dylan Strome and Alex Ovechkin — coming just two minutes and five seconds apart — combined with sublime goaltending by Charlie Lindgren (42 saves) were enough to net the Capitals...
Read moreAlex Ovechkin becomes first player in NHL history to have eighteen 30-goal seasons
Connor McMichaelThe Goals 🐐 has another NHL record and he remains as clutch as clutch can be. While on a 2-on-1 break with Connor McMichael, Alex Ovechkin beat goaltender Alex Lyon with a snap shot shortside, giving the Washington Capitals a 2-0 lead over the Detroit Red Wings in a must-win game. The tally, which...
Read moreAlex Ovechkin Scores to Set New NHL Record for 30-Goal Seasons
Washington CapitalsWith his goal against the Detroit Red Wings, Alex Ovechkin has an NHL record with his 18th career 30-goal season. He surpassed the mark set by Mike Garner, who played…
Read moreLive blog: Capitals take on Red Wings IN A MUST WIN GAME
CapitalsThere’s a smell of desperation in the air tonight wafting over from Detroit, MI. That’s where two of the most Mid Teams in the NHL will do battle for the final wild card spot in the East, that prior behavior suggests no team wants. The Washington Capitals, losers of six straight, will take on the
Read moreRed Wings fully aware of the stakes against Capitals: ‘They’re going to be as desperate as us over there’
CapitalsThe Detroit Red Wings and Washington Capitals will cap off their season series on Tuesday night in what has been billed as both teams’ most important game of the season. The shift in playoff qualification odds for either side is massive with a regulation win and a regulation loss could almost doom e...
Read moreCapitals recall defenseman Lucas Johansen from Hershey Bears
Hershey BearsThe Washington Capitals recalled Lucas Johansen from the Hershey Bears on Monday afternoon. Johansen arrives back with the big club after Rasmus Sandin was taken out of action with an upper-body injury in Sunday night’s loss to the Ottawa Senators. Head coach Spencer Carbery revealed that Sandin cou...
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