Vitek Vanecek is a character and some of his personality came out after a Taylor Hall penalty shot.
The Sabres star was allowed to go in alone on Vanecek after being tripped to the ice by a Capitals defenseman on a breakaway.
The game was tied 3-3 and if Hall scored, he would have given the Sabres the lead.
Instead, the post came to the rescue.
Catherine McMichael, Connor McMichael’s mom, may not be at Capital One Arena for her son’s NHL debut, but she’s still feeling the emotion back home in Ajax, Ontario.
Catherine posted a photo of her son as a teenager from Halloween. Connor dressed up as a hockey player and wore an Alex Ovechkin Capitals jersey.
“Not just a costume today! Have fun son and enjoy every minute. We are so proud of you! ❤️,” Catherine wrote.
Connor McMichael got the rookie treatment before his NHL debut against the Buffalo Sabres, Sunday.
McMichael skated a few solo laps before the rest of his Capitals teammates, who paused in the hallway, joined him out on the ice.
Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette announced during his media availability that 2019 first-round pick Connor McMichael will make his NHL debut Sunday against the Buffalo Sabres.
McMichael will replace Tom Wilson in the lineup.
Are you one of the many who hasn’t landed a Capitals’ Reverse Retro jersey yet? Well, I have some goodish news.
Fanatics just released a batch of Capitals’ Reverse Retro jerseys on its website. The jerseys are the special edition Fanatics brand.
The pandemic didn’t stop the Hershey Bears from holding their Teddy Bear Toss or fans donating in droves.
Saturday night, the Bears announced that 31,281 stuffed animals were donated during the team’s drive-thru Teddy Bear Toss outside of Giant Center. The amount was only about 11k off the team’s World Record set in 2019.
The Washington Capitals have struggled defensively early in the season. With a skinnier roster than usual to choose from, Peter Laviolette is making some changes.
Saturday, the coach tinkered with his defensive pairings, promoting Zdeno Chara and bumping Nick Jensen to the extra pairing.
Boston Bruins star Brad Marchand criticized Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov, and Ilya Samsonov after the Russian quadrumvirate broke NHL protocol during a recent road trip. The group congregated together in the same hotel room after Samsonov had tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The NHL placed all four players on the COVID-19 Inactive List — they’ll all miss four games at least — and levied the Capitals a $100,000 fine.
Marchand, speaking on Thursday after the Bruins’ practice, had no sympathy for the Capitals, saying the team’s Russians reaped what they sowed.
Ryan Zimmerman, 36, is returning to the Washington Nationals after opting out of the MLB’s coronavirus-shortened 2020 season.
Zimmerman agreed to a one-year, $1 million deal that will include incentives per MASN’s Mark Zuckerman.
The Washington Capitals are already without Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov, and Ilya Samsonov due to COVID protocol.
Now, the team may be without Tom Wilson, arguably their best forward this season, due to a lower-body injury.
Saturday, Wilson missed practice and is out day-to-day.
By Ian Oland 5 days ago
