The Washington Capitals returned home from their short road trip and quickly decided that they were not going to win this game, going down 4-0 in the first period. The later two periods were better, but too little too late and the boys fell 6-3 after an empty netter sealed an Avs win.
The Caps out-shot the Avalanche 32 to 25 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 46 to 44.
By Chris Cerullo 33 mins ago
The 2019 Stanley Cup Champion St. Louis Blues will be visiting the White House on Tuesday. After an early loss to the New York Islanders on Monday, the Blues hopped on a plane to Washington DC and attended Game Three of the National League Championship Series game between the Cardinals and the Nationals.
The Nationals went on to win 8-1 and took a commanding 3-0 series lead.
By Brennin Weiswerda 6 hours ago
The Washington Nationals started the season in a swoon. On May 23, they were 12 games under .500, looking listless without Bryce Harper and without a prayer to make the playoffs. Fast forward to October 14, the Nationals are now one game away from the World freaking Series.
They are also getting cameos at games and shoutouts from famous movie stars.
“I grew up blocks away from this park,” Dave Bautista, six-time WWE champion and Drax the Destroyer in the Guardians of the Galaxy films, said after the Nationals win. “I went to elementary school across the street. Poor kid from DC makes good. I can’t explain how good this feels. #prodigalson welcome. #dreamchaser #DCpride #DCborn”
The Washington Nationals throttled the St. Louis Cardinals 8-1 during Game Three of the National League Championship Series Monday night. The Nationals are now only one win away from going to the World Series for the very first time.
The Nationals scored four runs in the fourth inning, spurred on by an RBI double by huge Capitals fan Adam Eaton. The Nats added four more runs in the later innings to cement the W. Stephen Strasburg struck out 12 batters — none on fastballs — and gave up no earned runs in one of the most dominant starts of his career. Howie Kendrick had three doubles and three RBI.
And looking out on it all was Baby Shark. Gerardo Parra brought a tiny, neon blue, plush shark out to the dugout steps and hung it from the netting. Baby Shark has become as important on this Nationals team as Jobu was for the fictional Cleveland Indians team from the cult-classic movie, Major League.
The Washington Capitals lost to the Colorado Avalanche 6-3 on Monday, but it was a special game for two Caps dads in particular.
Sergei Ovechkin and Kirill Orlov attended their first hockey game with mom!
Monday night, Andre Burakovsky played his first game against the Washington Capitals since being traded to the Colorado Avalanche over the summer.
And before he even entered the arena, Burakovsky got a huge reaction from fans. Many longtime Caps fans welcomed Burakovsky with signs as he walked inside the front doors wearing a suit.
RMNB reader Claire Altman had a giant poster made for the game. The poster is of Burakovsky holding Tom Wilson as if Wilson is his baby. Burakovsky posted Claire’s photoshop to his Instagram Story in May during the summer to tease Tom Wilson and continue his long-simmering social media “beef” with his former roommate.
The Colorado Avalanche stormed into Capital One Arena without a loss. It marked both Andre Burakovsky’s first game back and Phillipp Grubauer’s first start against his former squad. How’d the two teams fare? Glad you asked.
Erik Johnson ripped one past Braden Holtby three minutes into the game. Nikita Zadorov got his first point against the Caps with a spin-o-rama goal. Nazem Kadri caught Holtby sleeping to make it 3-0, and Ilya Samsonov came on in relief. He didn’t fare any better, and Mikko Rantanen potted one on the power-play. Lars Eller gave the Caps some life in the second period, and TJ Oshie added a cheeky back-hand to cut Colorado’s lead to two. But it was all for naught, as Colin Wilson snuck one in off a bad Samsonov turnover. Ovi pounded one in from the blueline, and John Carlson pinged one in 15 seconds later but that was offsides. Nathan MacKinnon quashed the comeback with an empty-netter. Yech.
CAPS LOSE 6-3
By Julia Karron 12 hours ago
The Washington Capitals aired a tribute video for Andre Burakovsky during the first period of the Caps-Avs game. Burakovsky was playing at Capital One Arena for the first time since being traded over the summer to the Colorado Avalanche game.
The Avalanche and the Capitals met in Capital One Arena on Monday, and so did former roommates Tom Wilson and Andre Burakovsky.
The two wingers were toe-to-toe during the opening puck drop, and neither could keep a straight face.
By Brennin Weiswerda 14 hours ago
The boys are home! The Capitals are back at Capital One Arena for a few games and they’ll first host the Colorado Avalanche. The puck drop is going to be at a very strange 5PM on NBC Sports Washington. But the good news, it gives us time to watch the Nationals game later!
Here is your injury report for today.
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By Elyse Bailey 15 hours ago
