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Sharks admit ‘hockey is not for everyone’ as James Reimer refuses to wear team’s Pride Night jersey

The San Jose Sharks held their annual Pride Night celebration on Saturday evening. The night was supposed to celebrate diversity and inclusion in hockey, but San Jose garnered headlines for a different reason.

Sharks goaltender James Reimer sat out during warmups so he could avoid wearing the team’s Pride jersey. Unlike other recent NHL teams faced with the same predicament, the Sharks continued on with the promotion as their teammate stayed inside the locker room.

The Sharks pride sweaters featured a shark on the crest holding two sticks with rainbow tape inside a heart and Love Wins patches. The jerseys are being auctioned off with a portion of proceeds going to Adolescent Counseling Services, a charity providing support to LGBTQ+ youth and families.

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By Katie Adler 8 months ago

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Nicklas Backstrom on the Capitals playoff chances: ‘It’s do or die, so you’ve just got to go out there and fight’

The Capitals were hit hard by their loss to the St. Louis Blues on Friday night. The Blues took a 4-0 lead through two periods, and the Capitals failed to recover despite two goals in the third. Though the team is attempting to make a desperate last push for the playoffs, they now have a record of 5-4-1 in their last 10 games.

Should they fail to move up in the standings, it would be the first year without playoffs for the Caps since the 2013-14 season. With that outcome looking increasingly likely, Capitals players expressed frustration that they once again failed to secure a win.

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By Katie Adler 8 months ago

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‘Nobody’s healthy in there right now’: Peter Laviolette provides injury updates on Darcy Kuemper, Nick Jensen

The Capitals are once again dealing with injury woes, this time affecting goaltender Darcy Kuemper and defenseman Nick Jensen.

Jensen sustained an upper-body injury Wednesday night against the Buffalo Sabres and did not practice Saturday morning with the team. Kuemper initially came out for practice, but left early following a conversation with Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette.

After practice, Laviolette provided updates on the pair’s status.

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By Katie Adler 8 months ago

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Report: John Carlson suffered a fractured skull and severed temporal artery after taking slap shot to the head

The Washington Capitals have been without star defenseman John Carlson since December 23 when the veteran blueliner took a direct slap shot to the head from Winnipeg Jets rearguard Brenden Dillon.

Carlson immediately left the game, bleeding profusely on the ice. He has not played a game since, leaving the team without their number one defenseman for 34 games and counting. Months after the injury, Carlson has inched towards recovery. He accompanied the team for part of their western road trip, and began to practice with the team in a no-contact jersey last week.

Now, Tarik El-Bashir, via a report in The Athletic, has revealed the extent of Carlson’s injury. The details are pretty scary.

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By Chris Cerullo and Katie Adler 9 months ago

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Former Capitals winger Alex Chiasson riding three-game goal streak in return to NHL with Red Wings

Former Capitals winger Alex Chiasson had a delayed start to the NHL portion of his 2022-23 season but has had quite an explosive first few games since joining the Detroit Red Wings. The 32-year-old forward is currently riding a three-game goal streak, with all three markers coming on the power play.

Chiasson, who played for the Caps’ Stanely Cup-winning team in 2018, joined the Red Wings at the trade deadline after spending most of the campaign in the AHL with the Grand Rapids Griffins.

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By Katie Adler 9 months ago

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Nic Dowd sets new career high in goals with 14 games left to go in season

Nic Dowd continued his excellent season Tuesday night.

The fourth-line center scored his 12th goal of the season setting a new career high.

The milestone goal came in the second half of the third period after Dowd put a shot on net from the left circle just after the expiration of Washington’s power play. Though Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin stopped the initial shot, Dowd caught the rebound to send the puck into the net.

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By Katie Adler 9 months ago

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Peter Laviolette has ‘no idea’ if Alex Ovechkin will play against the Sabres

Alex Ovechkin was notably absent in the Capitals’ 5-3 loss to the New York Rangers on Tuesday, missing the game due to a lower-body injury.

Ovechkin has been absent since Monday, when he missed the team’s practice at Madison Square Garden. At the time, the team cited maintenance as the reason for the absence, but whatever troubled Ovechkin proved severe enough to keep him out of Tuesday’s game.

The Capitals were also short Sonny Milano, who missed the game due to a non-COVID illness.

The missing players will have little time to recover if they want to get into the next game. The Caps will return to DC for the second half of a back-to-back, playing the Buffalo Sabres at home on Wednesday night.

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By Katie Adler 9 months ago

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Lars Eller registers first point with Avalanche, breaking 15-game pointless streak

Former Capital Lars Eller scored his first point on Monday since the trade-deadline deal that sent him to the Colorado Avalanche.

The point, a primary assist, came in his seventh game with the Avs, an 8-4 blowout against the Montreal Canadiens.

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By Katie Adler 9 months ago

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Rasmus Sandin now has a record-setting eight points in four games with Capitals: ‘I’m just having a lot of fun.’

In less than two weeks as a Washington Capital, Rasmus Sandin has greatly impressed. The 23-year-old Swede earned himself another hat trick of assists on Saturday night against the New York Islanders. He grabbed them on goals from Dylan Strome, TJ Oshie, and Nicklas Backstrom.

After a dazzling three-assist debut with the team, Sandin now has two three-point nights in only four games with the Caps. In that span, he has earned one goal and seven assists for eight total points.

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By Katie Adler 9 months ago

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Garnet Hathaway scores first goal with Bruins, tallies game-winner in team’s 50th win of the season

Garnet Hathaway just helped the Boston Bruins make NHL history.

Saturday afternoon, the former Capitals forward scored the game-winner for the Boston Bruins, his first goal with the team. The marker against the Detroit Red Wings came with less than ten minutes to go with the game tied at two goals apiece.

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By Katie Adler 9 months ago

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