April 2, 2020, is going to be an epic sports day in Washington DC.
ESPN announced that the Washington Nationals’ home opener against the New York Mets will be aired on national TV at 1 PM. The game will be the Nationals banner raising.
Later that night, at 7 PM, the Washington Capitals will play their final home game of the regular season at 7 PM.
The legend of Tom Wilson continues to grow.
Towards the tail end of the Capitals’ 4-1 loss to the New York Rangers, the top-six winger began throwing his body and engaging in some not-so-friendly post-whistle chats with his combatants – one of which was caught by a hot mic during NBC Sports’ presentation of the game.
The Washington Capitals, riddled with injuries, lost Wednesday’s game in New York. Though a bunch of players missed the game due to injury, the most important guy was there.
Alex Ovechkin played in his 1,108th regular-season hockey game. His career has become special for reasons beyond his demented smile and his absurd goal totals. He is, simply put, the most durable hockey player in the world.
(There really should be a better way to say that. I’ll brainstorm some ideas.)
By Peter Hassett 8 hours ago
The Washington Capitals went into New York to take on the Rangers with quite an interesting lineup, beleaguered by injuries. That shouldn’t be an excuse though for what was a very poor defensive effort in a 4-1 loss.
The shots ended tied at 31 apiece and the Caps took the five-on-five shot attempt battle, 48 to 36.
By Chris Cerullo 12 hours ago
Wednesday night, the Washington Capitals brought their walking wounded lineup into action against familiar foes in the New York Rangers. Another rendition of the handsome goalie battle was upon us.
Artemi Panarin opened the scoring early in the second period on a power play and extended the lead on another man advantage in the third. Pavel Buchnevich added a strike in the third as well. Evgeny Kuznetsov got the Caps on the board with a power play strike of his own. Brett Howden had the Rangers’ fourth.
Rangers beat Caps 4-1.
By Chris Cerullo 20 hours ago
The New York Rangers hosted an emotional military reunion during the second period of their game against the Washington Capitals.
During a contest, a young Rangers fan, Luke, won a new jersey. The delivery was made by his dad who had been in Afghanistan for the last year.
We already knew that the Capitals’ team dog, Captain, was a superstar. But the super-stardom was taken to new heights after Captain got his own feature on CBS Evening News.
The video features quick interviews with Nic Dowd and Captain’s trainer Dina Stone. Of course, there is also plenty of cute Captain content while he chases around a puck on the ice and meets some fans.
By Elyse Bailey 21 hours ago
The Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues are hobbled at the forward position and are without key players like Vladimir Tarasenko, Alexander Steen, and Sammy Blais due to injury.
Last Monday, in an effort to solidify their ranks, Blues general manager Doug Armstrong signed Troy Brouwer and Jamie McGinn to professional tryouts.
Nine days later, the 34-year-old Brouwer has won a roster spot and signed a one-year, two-way contract to remain with the team for the rest of the season. The deal is worth $750k total.
The Washington Capitals will be visiting Madison Square Garden tonight to take on the New York Rangers. The Caps will limp into the action, missing a few vital regulars due to injury.
Puck drop at 8 PM and here are said injuries.
By Chris Cerullo 23 hours ago
The battle damaged Washington Capitals will limp their way into this Wednesday night rivalry matchup with the New York Rangers, brining multiple AHL reinforcements with them. Let us see if this ragtag bunch can still take down their familiar foe.
Puck drop is at 8 PM and your action will be on NBCSN.
By Chris Cerullo 1 day ago
