Juan Soto is in the house. The Washington Nationals superstar is at Capital One Arena to support the Capitals in Game Four of their first-round series against the Florida Panthers.
“Who’s ready for some @Capitals hockey???” Soto tweeted. “LETS GO!!!!”
The Washington Capitals will look to take a commanding lead in their first-round playoff series with the Florida Panthers tonight two days after an emphatic 6-1 victory at Capital One Arena.
The Capitals will once again be without Tom Wilson due to a lower-body injury. Ilya Samsonov will get his second straight start and has only been beaten once by the Panthers in four periods of play.
Tonight’s game is on NBC Sports Washington locally and TNT nationally.
Excited? Me too. Let’s do this, boys.
The Washington Capitals will be giving away specially designed rally towels again tonight for Game Four.
The Capitals are partnering with WMATA to promote the DC Metro.
Pierre McGuire, a former NBC Sports analyst, was fired by the Ottawa Senators on Monday after only one season with the team.
The news was first reported by TSN 1200’s AJ Jakubec and later confirmed by multiple outlets including Sportsnet.
Early in his career, Alex Ovechkin was criticized by the mainstream media for not showing up big in the playoffs. Now, over a decade later, we can see just how silly that narrative was.
Ovechkin, who led the Capitals to a Stanley Cup in 2018, has scored a goal in every postseason series he’s ever played in. Ovi owns the most playoff goals (72), PPG (28), GWG (10), and points (139) in Capitals franchise history.
Now, The Great 8 has collected his first NHL playoff record. After doling out six hits against the Florida Panthers during Game Three, Ovechkin became the NHL’s all-time hits leader*.
Please note the asterisk, but I’ll explain below.
By Ian Oland 3 weeks ago
Alex Ovechkin is the greatest goal-scorer in NHL history on the power play and yet, sometimes teams still decide to leave the Capitals captain alone in his office.
Saturday, during Game Three, the Florida Panthers paid the price for their absent-minded penalty killing. After losing a battle along the far boards, Florida watched helplessly as Conor Sheary set up Ovechkin wide open for a one-timer on the opposite side.
Ovi’s shot went by Sergei Bobrovsky so fast, the Russian netminder appeared confused where the puck went. The goal gave the Capitals a 4-1 lead, putting the game out of reach for good.
If you had to pick one Capitals player that was the biggest difference-maker on Saturday, Anthony Mantha would arguably be that guy. Known in these parts as Millie’s Dad, the big French Canadian forward played tenacious, fast, and with an edge. Kinda how I imagine Millie Mantha is like when she’s super hungry and getting frustrated that you’re ignoring her barks.
“Our last game pissed us off a little bit,” Marcus Johansson said of the Caps’ 5-1 loss in Game Two.
Those qualities combined to give Mantha one of his most dominant performances since being acquired from the Detroit Red Wings for Jakub Vrana in 2021.
The Washington Capitals and Florida Panthers’ first-round series turns to Capital One Arena after both teams split the first two games in Sunrise, Florida. The Capitals will try to regain the series lead at home, but without one of their best overall players again.
Peter Laviolette will turn to Ilya Samsonov in net for Game Three after Vitek Vanecek followed up his scintillating start in Game One with a bit of a stinker in Game Two. Connor McMichael will get back into the lineup for Brett Leason.
Today’s 1 PM matinee game is on NBC Sports Washington. Here are today’s Daily Deals.
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Washington Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette announced before Saturday’s Game Three that Tom Wilson will miss his second straight game due to a lower-body injury.
When asked if Wilson was available, Laviolette said simply, “no.”
In regards to the lineup overall, the bench boss added, “We’re working on some things in the room. There are some things we’re working on in there.”
By Ian Oland 3 weeks ago
Shop.NHL.com introduced a promotion called Daily Deals. The store puts one or multiple merch items massively on sale for every NHL team. So we’re presenting what’s available for the Capitals.
We figured it’d save you some money on items you want and it’s a small chip in the bucket for us. So why not post it?
