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David Pastrnak powers Bruins past Capitals in Marco Sturm’s coaching debut
David Pastrnak had a goal and two assists to lead the visiting Boston Bruins to a 3-1 win over the Washington Capitals in Marco Sturm's head coaching debut on Wednesday night.,Pastrnak, who is bidding for his fourth straight 100-point season, opened the scoring in the second period before dishing a ...
Hurricanes' Mark Jankowski injured in Game 1 vs. Capitals
Hurricanes center Mark Jankowski sustained an undisclosed injury in Game 1 of Carolina's Eastern Conference second-round matchup versus the Washington Capitals and will not return.,Jankowski, appearing in his third game of this year's Stanley Cup playoffs, was last on the ice with 4:42 remaining in ...
Quinn Hughes, Canucks end Caps' winning streak
Quinn Hughes scored two goals and the Vancouver Canucks held on to defeat the visiting Washington Capitals 2-1 on Saturday night, ending Washington's six-game winning streak.,Filip Hronek had two assists for the Canucks, who had lost four of five and bounced back from a 6-2 drubbing at the Edmonton ...
Capitals take down Penguins for 4th straight win
Aliaksei Protas and Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and an assist each and Logan Thompson made 18 saves in the Washington Capitals' 4-1 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night.,Defenseman Jakob Chychrun also scored for the Capitals, who won their fourth straight.,Bryan Rust got the ...
Pierre-Luc Dubois scores both goals for Caps in OT win over Canucks
Pierre-Luc Dubois scored twice, including the game-winner with 41 seconds left in overtime, as the Washington Capitals defeated the visiting Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday.,Logan Thompson made 30 saves for the Capitals, who have alternated wins and losses over their last eight games. ,Conor Garland ...
NHL Midseason Shockers: Surprising Teams Dominate Conference Standings
Surprise teams like the Vegas Golden Knights are dominating the standings in the NHL, with overachiever teams like the Washington Capitals making some noise of their own....
Capitals hold off Devils' rally in third period
Taylor Raddysh and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored goals ten seconds apart late in the third period and the visiting Washington Capitals held on to beat the New Jersey Devils 6-5 on Saturday night.,Raddysh deflected a pass from Martin Fehervary past Jake Allen from the slot at 13:54 to make it 5-4 and, aft...
Capitals rout Blue Jackets behind 5 first-period goals
Connor McMichael scored twice to help the Washington Capitals to a 7-2 win over the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday.,Alex Ovechkin and Dylan Strome each had a goal and two assists for the Capitals, who have won three straight. Logan Thompson made 34 saves.,Damon Severson and Kevin Labanc ...
Tom Wilson's 2nd goal of game gives Caps OT win over Devils
Tom Wilson scored his second goal of the game at 4:00 of overtime to lift the Washington Capitals to a 6-5 win against the New Jersey Devils on Saturday in Newark, N.J.,Wilson entered the zone on a two-on-one, kept the puck and fired a wrist shot past Jacob Markstrom. He scored in his fourth straigh...
Tom Wilson's second goal of the game gives Capitals OT win over Devils
Tom Wilson scored his second goal of the game at 4:00 of overtime to lift the visiting Washington Capitals to a 6-5 win against the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night,Wilson entered the zone 2-on-1, kept the puck and fired a wrist shot past Jacob Markstrom. He scored in his fourth straight game to ...
Paul Cotter, Devils get win in Capitals' season debut
Paul Cotter scored two goals as the visiting New Jersey Devils spoiled the Washington Capitals' season opener, courtesy of a 5-3 decision on Saturday.,New Jersey's Tomas Tatar, Dawson Mercer and defenseman Seamus Casey also tallied, and Erik Haula and Stefan Noesen each notched three assists. Haula ...
The New York Rangers are the NHL's hottest team
The New York Rangers are the hottest team in the NHL right now. The Blueshirts currently sit atop the Metropolitan Division with 79 points and hold a six-point lead over the Carolina Hurricanes. ...
The NHL Eastern Conference playoff race is a mess
We’re halfway through the NHL season, which is now meant as a device to make everyone look stupid. Or really, to make me look stupid, which isn’t all that hard, because I’m stupid. After 41 games, we should have an idea of who is what and who’s going where. But in the Eastern Conference, we really d...
Capitals, Wizards moving to the suburbs
Two of Washington D.C.’s teams are likely leaving the city. ...
The Washington Capitals only exist for one reason now
The NHL spent a good decade trying to revolve their league around a Pittsburgh Penguins-Washington Capitals rivalry, and more to the point, a Sidney Crosby-Alex Ovechkin one. Unable to come up with any original ideas, because it’s the NHL, it did its best to copy the Bird-Magic dynamic from the NBA ...
Golden Knights' Stanley Cup win was eerily similar to their championship loss five years ago
As much as the party never stopped outside of T-Mobile Arena, the Las Vegas Golden Knights got to celebrate on The Strip with a Stanley Cup of their own. In Vegas’ inaugural season, a team lifted the Cup in Paradise and it wasn’t the NHL’s 31st franchise. It was the Washington Capitals, who the Gold...
Capitals chose logic over emotion with Spencer Carbery hire
As the NHL’s regular season ended, the coaching carousel opened up. Just like in every other recent instance in every sport, trendy names pop up. Some latch on, some don’t. In college football, it was Brent Venables for a while. In the NFL, Eric Bieniemy will be that guy until he’s a head coach. And...
Jeff Halpern needs to be the Washington Capitals' next head coach
Five years since the Washington Capitals’ Stanley Cup victory. Zero playoff series won since. Two head coaches, one internal promotion, and an experienced outsider since becoming champions didn’t pan out. And with one of the oldest cores in the NHL, combined with the rest of the league outpacing the...
American hero T.J. Oshie’s time in the nation’s capital should come to an end
As the Washington Capitals exited last year’s playoffs in the first round against an upstart Florida Panthers squad, it felt like the end of an era. The core of the team stayed together from their 2018 Stanley Cup victory but hadn’t won a playoff game since and was only growing grayer. And if being ...
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Alex Ovechkin’s leave of absence does little to change his chase of Gretzky [Updated]
Alex Ovechkin has transcended hockey since he entered the league officially in 2005. He had to wait an extra year because of that pesky canceled season after he was drafted the year prior. He also missed three months due to another lockout in 2012. Not to mention the coronavirus pandemic disrupting ...