Jay Beagle played his 600th NHL game with the Vancouver Canucks last night.
Even though Jay’s family couldn’t be there in person to support him, they still had a presence at the game.
By Eliza Kravitz 3 weeks ago
The Washington Capitals are number one again in the jersey market this year.
The new navy third jerseys with a big white ‘W’ has sold big on the NHL’s official shop.
By Eliza Kravitz 4 weeks ago
Lost in the headlines of Alex Ovechkin’s four-point game against the Flyers on Sunday was another career day for Tom Wilson.
Like Ovechkin, Wilson scored four points. The power forward was a part of all four goals the Capitals put up that day.
The 7-4 loss marked Whip’s first career three-assist game and his second career four-point game.
By Eliza Kravitz 4 weeks ago
Zdeno Chara played the 1,565th game of his career this afternoon against the Philadelphia Flyers.
The 43-year-old surpassed long-time Detroit Red Wing Nicklas Lidstrom for the fifth-most games played by a defenseman in NHL history.
By Eliza Kravitz 4 weeks ago
Evgeny Kuznetsov and Ilya Samsonov remain on the NHL’s COVID-19 Unavailability List and missed their eighth game of the season since entering isolation on January 21.
Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette announced to the media prior to the matinee match-up with Philadelphia, that Kuzy and Samsonov are back with the team, but had a caveat.
By Eliza Kravitz 4 weeks ago
Hey, Caps fans! We’re here with another survey.
This time, we would like your opinions about Washington Capitals jerseys. In light of the two jersey reveals this season, we wanted to see what you like and dislike about the Capitals’ new alternates. We also want to know your general thoughts about the current home and away sweaters and the team’s other recent specialty jerseys.
By Eliza Kravitz and Ian Oland 4 weeks ago
Brandon Tanev went viral on social media for the headshot he took for the Pittsburgh Penguins before the season started.
Tanev isn’t smiling in the picture. Nor does he have his game face on. The Penguins forward looks shocked as if he’s witnessing a crime happen behind the camera.
By Ian Oland and Eliza Kravitz 1 month ago
Last night’s 6-3 victory over the New York Islanders was a rollercoaster of emotions. And once again, the Washington Capitals’ social media leaned on memes to depict the emotions of Caps fans perfectly.
After ending the first period down 3-0, it wasn’t looking good for the Caps, but when they came out for the second period they were ready to show the Isles who was boss. Conor Sheary scored his first pair of goals as a Capital followed by the game-tying goal from Garnet Hathaway. Within three minutes the game was tied.
By Eliza Kravitz 1 month ago
With no fans this season, hat tricks celebrations just aren’t the same. But Braden Holtby recently did his best to make a teammate’s first career hatty feel special.
During Vancouver’s 7-1 victory over Ottowa on Monday, Holtby served as the backup to Thatcher Demko. Late in the third period, Canucks center Brandon Sutter scored his third goal of the game – his first hat trick in 13 seasons as a pro.
That’s when Holtby sprung to action.
By Eliza Kravitz 1 month ago
Guess what Caps fans? The Capitals aren’t the only ones failing to convert on a 3-on-0 breakaway.
The Pittsburgh Penguins botched a gimme goal late in overtime against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday. They paid for it in a standings point a minute later.
By Eliza Kravitz 1 month ago
