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Who did their championship photo better: Alex Ovechkin or NCAA champion Kristen Campbell?

Alex Ovechkin is a trend-setter. He’s iconic for his yellow laces, his gap-toothed smile, and his fountain celebration. He also is known for that sensational picture of himself sleeping with the Stanley Cup in his Northern Virginia home.

On Thursday, University of Wisconsin goaltender and NCAA national champion Kristen Campbell paid homage by snapping her own version of Ovechkin’s photo.

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Washington Capitals can clinch playoff spot with win against Carolina Hurricanes Thursday

The Washington Capitals can be the first Metropolitan Division team to secure a spot in the 2018-19 Stanley Cup playoffs on Thursday night.

If the Capitals can defeat the Carolina Hurricanes in any fashion, regulation or overtime, they will make it into the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year.

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Race for the Rocket Richard Trophy heats up as John Tavares and Leon Draisaitl score hat tricks

You guys, the NHL goals race is getting uncomfortably tight.

A week after Alex Ovechkin was projected to be the only player to hit 50 goals this season, John Tavares and Leon Draisaitl had career-best games on consecutive nights, narrowing the Russian machine’s goal lead.

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By Elizabeth Kong 4 weeks ago

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Carl Hagelin promoted to second line, Jakub Vrana demoted to third

Ahead of a game with major implications for both the Capitals and Hurricanes, Todd Reirden has shuffled his top six forwards.

Carl Hagelin has been promoted to the second line and will skate with Evgeny Kuznetsov and TJ Oshie. Jakub Vrana has been demoted to the third. Despite scoring, Vrana had the second lowest ice time among all Capitals players against the Flyers on Sunday and made a cameo with the third line for 1:37 at 5v5. He has 22 goals this season – second most on the Capitals.

The fourth line of Andre Burakovsky, Travis Boyd, and Nic Dowd stays intact.

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By Elizabeth Kong 4 weeks ago

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The Washington Capitals could clinch a playoff spot Tuesday night

Six teams have clinched their spot in the 2018-19 NHL playoffs thus far, but so far none of them have been in the Metropolitan division.

That might change on Tuesday night, as the Washington Capitals have the chance to secure a playoff berth in a tightly bunched division. With 96 points in 76 games played, the Capitals sit just one point ahead of the NY Islanders and Pittsburgh Penguins and five ahead of the fourth place Carolina Hurricanes.

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By Elizabeth Kong 4 weeks ago

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The full transcription of Donald Trump’s Oval Office speech celebrating the Washington Capitals’ Stanley Cup

The Washington Capitals met with Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Monday, where Trump congratulated the team on the 2017-18 Stanley Cup championship win and wished them good luck in the 2018-19 playoffs.

Team owner Ted Leonsis and team captain Alex Ovechkin also said a few words thanking Trump and the the White House for their hospitality. Trump highlighted the play of defenseman John Carlson and nudged Carlson into making a speech as well.

Here is the full text of their comments.

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By Elizabeth Kong 4 weeks ago

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The Washington Capitals’ White House visit

The Washington Capitals visited the White House on Monday to be honored for their 2018 Stanley Cup Championship. The team reportedly received a private tour of the presidential mansion, and met with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

In a break from previous championship ceremonies, the tour and meeting were private and closed to the press (until the last minute), but that didn’t keep attendees from posting about it on social media.

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Dmitrij Jaskin celebrated his 26th birthday by wearing a crocodile onesie

Dmitrij Jaskin turned 26 on Saturday. The Russian-born Czech forward, who was scratched against the Flyers, had a birthday party at his home Sunday evening with teammates Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, and Dmitry Orlov and family.

Jaskin was dressed in a crocodile onesie.

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Broken chain, cut nose: The aftermath of Jakub Vrana’s first career fight

Developing pugilist Jakub Vrana got into his first career NHL fight last Wednesday night against Tampa Bay’s Yanni Gourde. Vrana was riled up after seeing his countryman Michal Kempny get roughed up by Cedric Paquette, which resulted in a longterm injury to Kempny.

Vrana absorbed one particularly violent uppercut to the face, which opened up a cut on his nose.

At Saturday’s practice, we got a look at his war wounds.

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Josephine Laughlin, ‘Grandma Locker,’ has passed away at age of 97

It is with a heavy heart that we share the news of a death in the Capitals family. Josephine Laughlin, the mother of Capitals broadcaster and color analyst Craig Laughlin, passed away Friday morning at the age of 97.

“Grandma Locker” was a huge Caps fan, vocal about cheering on the team on Twitter, and was adored by the Caps fandom.

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