Former Capitals goaltender Vitek Vanecek was honored by the team during his return game to Capital One Arena on Thursday night.
The Capitals saluted Vanecek during the first TV timeout in the first period.
The Washington Capitals had a very special guest in the house during their 3-2 shootout loss to the New Jersey Devils on Thursday.
Alex Ovechkin’s beloved mother and two-time Olympic gold medalist, Tatyana Ovechkina, was spotted at Capital One Arena. Ovi wears the number eight in honor of his mom.
It’s the first live Capitals game Tatyana has attended in years. While Ovi was held off the scoresheet, she got to watch her son sweetly grant the wish of 14-year-old Nate Wessel.
The Washington Capitals had an incredible giveaway for season ticket holders and fans who purchased special promotional tickets for the November 23 Capsgiving game against the Philadelphia Flyers. In the past, the Caps have created several special gifts for the holiday game, including the viral ice resurfacer gravy boat.
This season’s brilliant giveaway item was Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom salt & pepper shakers.
But it took a while for fans to actually get their hands on them.
This is your place to check for updates and comment along with the Washington Capitals vs. New Jersey Devils game on March 9, 2023.
Days after their failed attempt for their first three-game winning streak since 2022, the Washington Capitals are back at home and will take on one of the best teams in the National Hockey League – the New Jersey Devils – whom they kinda sorta helped become a super power for years to come.
If we go straight to brass tacks, the Capitals are sitting 12th in the Eastern Conference, five points out of a wild card spot. MoneyPuck has their playoff chances at 5.7 percent. They need to win this game and virtually their remaining 16 games after to make the playoffs, which obviously they will, duh.
From a blog point of view, we are already feeling the waning interest from fans in our analytics (please come back). It’s like preseason numbers here, which I guess makes sense. We’ll try to make this fun, though!
Tonight’s game is on NBC Sports Washington. Puck drop is a little after 7 pm. The Caps will be wearing their cursed W jerseys.
The Washington Capitals have the oldest roster in the NHL this season with an average age of 31 and they’ve also been the most injured. Before the trade deadline, seemingly every time the team could go older it would, playing veterans over prospects like Aliaksei Protas, Connor McMichael, and Alex Alexeyev despite how good at times the kids have looked.
Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette has faced criticism from fans for his decision-making with his lineups and some have wondered if that has partially contributed to the team’s poor season.
During an interview on Monday with 106.7 The Fan’s Grant and Danny, general manager Brian MacLellan was asked a difficult question by Grant Paulsen: Is there a disconnect between him and Laviolette in terms of playing the kids?
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Years in the making, RMNB’s latest collaboration with leading sports-bobblehead maker, FOCO, is now live: a Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin talking bobblehead.
Beninati and Laughlin collaborated and approved the design of the bobble, which has an Odd Couple theme. The two legendary announcers also personally provided sound bites of some of their signature calls, which will garner a laugh, smile, and positive memory every time you hit the play button. And yes, certain Lockerisms made the cut.
The bobbleheads are limited to an edition of 818. Once they’re gone, they’re gone! So grab one now.
Washington Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan continued to make the rounds with media after the Trade Deadline passed.
On Monday afternoon, MacLellan spoke with 106.7 The Fan’s Grant and Danny. During the 15-minute chat, MacLellan covered a variety of topics, including the state of the team and what he thinks the Capitals will try to do over the offseason.
Alex Ovechkin just welcomed former teammate and 2018 Stanley Cup champion, Pheonix Copley, to his exclusive list.
Taking a perfect setup from Rasmus Sandin, Ovechkin clapped a one-timer past Copley from his office.
This is your place to check for updates and comment along with the Washington Capitals vs. Los Angeles Kings game on March 6, 2023.
Good times have hit the Washington Capitals. With a win against the Los Angeles Kings, the Capitals will have their first three-game winning streak since their exemplary December. Their consecutive victories have catapulted their playoff chances to 10.9%, per MoneyPuck.
The Caps will feature much of the same lineup from Saturday, but some of the lines and pairings have changed. You can read about that here.
Tonight’s game is on NBC Sports Washington. Puck drop is a little after 10:30 pm.
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Fanatics bought popular jersey replica maker, Mitchell & Ness, last February.
A year later, the first Capitals’ first Mitchell & Ness jersey has hit the market in the form of Alex Ovechkin’s 2015 Winter Classic sweater.
