Capitals vs Kraken live analysis and updates (Dec. 9, 2022)

This is your place to check for updates and comment along with the Washington Capitals vs. Seattle Kraken game on December 9, 2022.

The Washington Capitals are back home after a six-game road trip where they went 3-2-1. The team is on a modest winning streak (2 games) and will look to make it three against one of the most surprising teams in the league this season.

The Seattle Kraken, who beat the Capitals 3-2 in overtime earlier in the month, are 15-7-3 in the vaunted Pacific Division, sitting six standings points behind first-place Vegas.

The Kraken are led by rookie sensation Matty Beniers who has 10 goals and 21 points in 25 games.

Tonight’s game is on NBC Sports Washington and the Capitals are wearing their Reverse Retro jerseys. Puck drop is a little after 7 pm.

PS – Today is RMNB’s 13th birthday as a blog.

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By Ian Oland 2 hours ago

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Signed Alex Ovechkin Reverse Retro jerseys and hats now available

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Two new intriguing Alex Ovechkin items have hit the NHL’s online store. The NHL Shop released signed Alex Ovechkin Reverse Retro jerseys. The size of the jerseys in the promotional images is 54.

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TJ Oshie details major lessons he’s learned from Capitals’ legends Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom

Washington Capitals winger and fan favorite TJ Oshie was traded to the Caps by the St. Louis Blues in July of 2015. Since then, he has been a part of many legendary moments in franchise history, including the team’s first-ever Stanley Cup victory.

Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom have played alongside Osh during that time. Oshie recently detailed what it was like to suit up alongside those legends and what he has learned from each of them.

Oshie made the comments while speaking to Danny Healey of the Pass The Torch podcast. The interview was conducted over the summer.

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Capitals give free tickets and signed Tom Wilson photo to couple after being sent wedding invite

The Washington Capitals appear to be doing a really kind thing for some fans behind the scenes.

Friday, reader Nick reached out to us about something above and beyond the Capitals did regarding his recent wedding.

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Capital One Arena removes FTX sign

On Friday morning, staff at Capital One Arena took down a placard marking their partnership with FTX.

The removal marks Monumental’s continuing distancing from the disgraced cryptocurrency exchange, which declared bankruptcy on November 11.

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Tom Wilson practices with Capitals in non-contact jersey for the first time this season

The Washington Capitals took the ice for their morning skate on Friday hours before they’re set to match up with the Seattle Kraken in the team’s first home game in two weeks.

The Caps got a sight for sore eyes during the practice as Tom Wilson joined them for the first time since undergoing ACL surgery this past summer. Wilson and alternate captain Nicklas Backstrom both donned non-contact jerseys as they participated in drills.

The Athletic’s Tarik El-Bashir posted video of the burly winger.

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Does it matter if Alex Ovechkin ties or passes Wayne Gretzky’s goals record with empty netters?

ESPN’s John Buccigross posted a controversial opinion on Twitter after Alex Ovechkin scored two empty-net goals against the Philadelphia Flyers, Wednesday. The goals were Ovechkin’s 794th and 795th of his career, bringing the Capitals captain within 99 tallies of Wayne Gretzky. Gretzky owns the NHL’s goal-scoring record with 894.

Buccigross shared, perhaps tongue-in-cheek, that if Ovechkin is able to reach 893 goals, the Capitals should keep him off the ice when an opposing team’s goalie is pulled so that his record-tying and record-breaking goals are not sullied by being empty netters.

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How Alexa Landestoy ended up covering the Capitals and living out her dream as a broadcaster

Alexa Landestoy has been the host of the Capitals’ pregame and postgame live show for the past three seasons. Working with former Capitals player Alan May, the duo has brought personality, interesting guests, and even deeper analysis to the shows than in years past. The pair’s unique chemistry seems built on their genuine friendship off-camera and how they rely on each other’s strengths to carry the show.

Alexa’s energy, intelligence, and mastery of hockey parlance have made the pregame and postgame shows cohesive. While she has vast media experience and star quality that others don’t naturally have, she routinely makes others shine by how she sets up their commentary or analysis with humbleness she has every reason not to have.

As an aspiring journalist myself, I always wondered how Alexa — a Californian who adored football — landed what I would consider a dream role covering the hockey team I love and doing so with exceptional results.

I recently got the chance to talk to her about the journey that brought her to Washington, her job with the Capitals, and what’s next.

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Goblin mode: Alex Ovechkin is all about those empty-net goals

Empty-net goals, as we all know, are the worst kind of goals. They merely turn a likely win into a certain win, and that is a shameful thing done only by shameless stat-padders who care more about their individual stats than about their teams, for whom they have just guaranteed a win.

One such shameless stat-padder is Alex Ovechkin, who scored two ENGs on Wednesday night to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers. He sure has been scoring a lot of empty-net goals lately. One could say, if one were really reaching for timely cultural resonance, that Ovechkin is in goblin mode: “a type of behaviour which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations.”

Okay, he’s not really any of those things, but please play along with the bit as together we explore Ovi and empty-net goals.

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Key offseason additions help Capitals close out road trip in win column: numbers for the morning after

The Washington Capitals are finally on their way back to DC. The Caps wrapped up their season-long, six-game road trip on Wednesday with a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers.

Winning makes everything feel better.

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By Chris Cerullo 2 days ago

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