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Tom Wilson skates in non-contact jersey during first practice back from concussion

Tom Wilson took part in his first practice with the Capitals since sustaining a concussion on Wednesday, December 5 against the Vegas Golden Knights. Wilson wore a light blue non-contact jersey as the Capitals have not yet cleared him for full contact.

Wilson will miss his third-straight game due to injury. This is the 19th game Wilson will miss since the start of the season, the greater part of which was due to suspension.

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Tom Wilson will miss second straight game due to injury Saturday night against the Blue Jackets

The Capitals ruled out Tom Wilson for the second straight game ahead of Saturday night’s tilt against the Blue Jackets. Wilson is day-to-day with an upper-body injury sustained from a Ryan Reaves interference penalty on Tuesday.

Wilson stayed with the team during their road trip but has not been skating. The rest of the forward lines remain the same from Thursday’s 4-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes

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After scoring twice against the Kings, Alex Chiasson has more goals than Sidney Crosby this season

On Sunday, Alex Chiasson scored two goals in the Oilers 5-2 loss to the Kings.

Chiasson, who now has 10 goals, is the third highest goal scorer on the Oilers, trailing only Connor McDavid (13) and Leon Draisaital (13). Chaisson’s 10 goals in 17 games already eclipses his total of 9 goals in 61 games with the Capitals last season.

How crazy is Chaser’s goal-scoring this season? He has more goals than Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Nikita Kucherov, and Jamie Benn. And remember, he missed six games in October as a healthy scratch.

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Hershey Bears forward Riley Barber is on a four-game goal scoring streak

Capitals prospect Riley Barber scored in his fourth-straight game and continued an impressive run in the Hershey Bears’ 5-2 loss to the Cleveland Monsters on Saturday.

Barber leads the Bears in scoring with 14 points and is second in goals with 7 in 15 games. All of his goals in the four-game streak have come on the power play. The Bears are 2-2 in the past 4 games, and they sit in sixth place in the AHL’s Atlantic Division.

Barber’s offensive growth this season can be seen in his goals the past four games. Similar to Alex Ovechkin, he starts on the Bears’ first power play unit and uses an impressive shot from the faceoff circles to rack up the goals.

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Shane Gersich scores twice in Hershey’s 6-1 victory over the Cleveland Monsters

Friday night in Hershey, Shane Gersich scored two goals in the Bears’ 6-1 drubbing of the Cleveland Monsters. Gersich scored his second and third goals of the season on the power play in the third period.

The Bears jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the first period and looked like the better team the entire night. Nathan Walker, Jayson Megna, Michael Sgarbossa, and Riley Barber scored the Bears’ other four goals.

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Nicklas Backstrom told Ted Leonsis ‘you gotta stop giving me gifts, I got the one I need’ during 600-assist ceremony

The Washington Capitals honored Nicklas Backstrom for reaching 600 assists in a pregame ceremony, Wednesday. Backstrom recorded milestone assist number 600 on October 22 in Vancouver on a (suprise, suprise) Alex Ovechkin powerplay goal. The 30-year-old Swede reached 600 assists in only 823 games and is the first player from the 2006 NHL Draft class to reach this threshold.

The Capitals played a tribute video to celebrate Backstrom’s accomplishment that included congratulations from his family, teammates, and Swedish superstars.

Ted Leonsis even presented Backstrom with a golden puck and a Tiffany crystal with “600” engraved on them. After the game, a humble Backstrom revealed that while he was honored, he didn’t need any more gifts moving forward for one big reason.

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Capitals players were asked to draw the Weagle logo. Their drawings went horribly wrong.

Before the season began, the Capitals were challenged to draw the Weagle logo during Media Day.

While in their full gear, players such as Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, and Andre Burakovsky, were given a marker and tried to recreate the team’s shoulder patch from memory on a whiteboard.

Despite the fact that the players are exposed to the logo multiple times a day and it was literally on the gear they were wearing, the results were terrible. Maybe even concerning.

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Capitals’ prospect Alexander Alexeyev named the WHL Player of the Week

Capitals prospect and Red Deer Rebels defenseman Alexander Alexeyev was named the Player of the Week in the Western Hockey League for his performances from October 22 to October 28.

Alexyev scored three goals and added five assists in four games and scored the game-winning overtime goal against the Kootenay Ice on October 22.

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The Capitals will give away Stanley Cup champion mini books at their November 5 game against the Edmonton Oilers

The Capitals will give 2017-18 season commemorative mini books to each fan who attends their game on November 5 against the Edmonton Oilers. You can buy tickets here for the game here.

The mini book is part of the Capitals’ 2018-19 promotional giveaway schedule.

Monday afternoon, the Capitals gave fans a first look of the collectible, and it looks amazing.

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Bad goaltending and a new system make the Capitals’ penalty kill seem worse than it is

The Capitals’ penalty kill made changes to start the 2018-19 season. The team lost their highest and fourth-highest used penalty killers from last season in Jay Beagle and Alex Chiasson and are currently without their second-highest used penalty killer, Tom Wilson, for ten more games due to suspension.

As a result, other players have been forced to step up with Devante Smith-Pelly and Nic Dowd getting lots of time on the kill. Related to those changes or not, the Caps PK is currently ranked 26th in the league with a 72.5-percent kill rate, allowing the second-highest number of power-play goals in the league with 11.

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