Caps vs Panthers pregame: Wounded animal

The Washington Capitals’ last home game before their western road swing comes against one of only two teams in the NHL still without a win. That would be the Florida Panthers who have somehow managed to only play four games to this point and have not won any of them. They’re going to be desperate to change that tonight.

Yours truly will have your recap, so get ready for a lot of tweets and bullet points that are only funny to me. Your fantastic game coverage on NBCS Washington starts at 6 PM, and you can stream all of it, including the entire game, online.

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By Chris Cerullo On October 19, 2018  0 Comment
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Alex Ovechkin takes ice before optional skate, does not wear pants

The Washington Capitals take on the Florida Panthers on Friday night. With the Capitals taking part in a full practice on Thursday, they opted to hold an optional skate Friday morning.

Captain Alex Ovechkin was one of the players to take to the ice for that skate, though he was a little underdressed.

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By Donya Abramo On October 19, 2018  1 Comment
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The beer your favorite Capital chooses to drink

On Sunday, the Capitals hosted their annual Casino Night at the MGM National Harbor, raising a lot of money for charity. The Stanley Cup was there as a surprise guest, but so were a wide variety of beers.

While the Capitals do a lot of things together as a team (such as opening their championship ring boxes together), each player has a unique personality of their own. And their beer (or wine) choice gives us even more insight.

I documented what most players drank. Some of the players drink things you would expect (Ovi, Bud Light). Others, like Braden Holtby, choose their beers like they choose their wardrobe: exacting.

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By Cara Bahniuk On October 19, 2018  0 Comment
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The Capitals played a 3-on-3 scrimmage during practice. It required a coach’s challenge and video review to determine the winner.

After their overtime victory over the Rangers Wednesday, the Washington Capitals were in high spirits Thursday morning, ending practice with a 3-on-3 scrimmage between the blue lines which, according to head coach Todd Reirden, was a new addition to practice this season.

After about ten minutes, the scrimmage between the top-six forwards (Red) and bottom-six forwards (White/Blue) was tied. Coaches shouted that the next goal would win, and soon after, Andre Burakovsky of the White/Blue team scored what seemed to be the winning goal against Braden Holtby.

…But! The Red Team protested immediately, saying that there had been an extra man on the ice, and the goal was overturned. Reirden joked in his post-practice media availability that the video coaches would be reviewing the tape to see who was right. Well, we have that video.

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By Elizabeth Kong On October 19, 2018  2 Comments
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After scoring twice against Rangers, Alex Ovechkin has scored more goals on Henrik Lundqvist than any other goaltender

If you’re going to be the best, you have to beat the best and Alex Ovechkin has done just that in his Hall of Fame career.

Wednesday night on national television, the Russian machine scored twice against former Vezina Trophy-winner Henrik Lundqvist to notch his 122nd career multi-goal game. Since the start of 2005-06 season, Ovechkin has 42 more games with two-or-more goals than the next closest skater (Sidney Crosby – 80).

Ovechkin’s two nearly-identical power-play goals gave The King a dubious distinction. Lundqvist leapfrogged Marc-Andre Fleury as the goalie The Great 8 has scored the most goals against. The tallies were Ovechkin’s 23rd and 24th career goals scored on the longtime New York Ranger goalie.

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By Ian Oland On October 19, 2018  0 Comment
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The Ovechkins family photo plus Sergei!

Sergei Ovechkin turned 2-months old on Thursday. In celebration, Nastya Ovechkina posted a photo of the family of three. Alex Ovechkin was holding Sergei while he wore a tiny Nike onesie.

It marks the first photo of the family together on social media.

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By Cara Bahniuk On October 18, 2018  0 Comment
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Tom Wilson’s appeal ends after seven hours, Gary Bettman’s decision expected next week

Tom Wilson’s really, really long hearing is finally over.

Thursday, the Capitals forward met with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman in New York to appeal his 20-game suspension for a head hit on Oskar Sundqvist during the Capitals’ final preseason game.

Details about the appeal are scant, but Wilson’s hearing, according to Sportsnet’s John Shannon, lasted seven hours. Bettman will review the transcripts and issue his ruling sometime next week.

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By Ian Oland On October 18, 2018  2 Comments
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Tom Wilson’s appeal has lasted a really, really long time

Tom Wilson is in New York today to meet with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman about his 20-game suspension, which is costing him nearly $1.3 million of his 2018-19 salary.

The appeal, according to Bob McKenzie, began at 11 am.

Sportsnet’s John Shannon reported that it was still ongoing as of 4:45 pm.

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By Ian Oland On October 18, 2018  0 Comment
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Sergei Ovechkin is wearing knitted skates and a sheep onesie to celebrate his 2-month birthday

Alex Ovechkin‘s son, Sergei, is two months old today. On Instagram, mom Nastya Ovechkina posted a picture of the little one decked out in booties knitted in the shape of skates and a onesie with tiny grey sheep printed on them.

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By Elizabeth Kong On October 18, 2018  2 Comments
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Brooks Orpik inducted into his high school’s Hall of Fame

On October 13, Capitals defenseman Brooks Orpik was inducted into the Thayer Academy Hall of Fame. The news was first reported by Wicked Local Cohasset.

Orpik graduated from Thayer, a private school in Massachusetts, in 1998 after spending two years there. The defenseman earned All-League honors his junior and senior year, All-New England honors his senior year, and was chosen for the US U16 and U18 teams in 1996 and 1997 respectively.

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By Julia Karron On October 18, 2018  1 Comment
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