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Late-night feeding frenzy: Caps beat Sharks 5-2

For the first fifteen minutes of Tuesday’s late-night game in San Jose, the Capitals seemed a bit rusty. But once the fourth line starting crashing the net, the flood gates opened. This was a clinic.

Melker Karlsson outraced Radko Gudas to put the Sharks up early in the first, but the Caps came back harder. Garnet Hathaway got one up close, then Jakub Vrana exploited some lazy defense, then John Carlson released a danger-close slapshot to make 3-1 after twenty minutes.

Hathaway scored his second goal of the game in the second period, taking a pass from Nic Dowd and paying the price for it. Jakub Vrana got jealous, so he scored his second goal of the game before intermission, making it 5-1 after two periods.

The Sharks pulled Martin Jones for the third period. The Sharks got one more past Holtby, but that was that.

Caps win!

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By Peter Hassett 7 days ago

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Red-hot Garnet Hathaway scores second goal of night, pays for it

The Washington Capitals’ fourth line is look excellent right now. Garnet Hathaway, reformed spitter recently returned from suspension, has notched two goals in Tuesday’s late-night road game in San Jose.

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By Peter Hassett 7 days ago

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Obviously Chandler Stephenson scored in his first game for the Knights because of course he did

This makes total sense. Anti-scoring activist Chandler Stephenson, in his very first game for the Vegas Golden Knights, has scored a goal.

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By Peter Hassett 7 days ago

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New Jersey Devils fire head coach John Hynes

The New Jersey Devils have announced that they have fired head coach John Hynes. The Devils are 9-13-4 and in last place in the division. The interim head coach will be Alain Nasreddine.

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By Peter Hassett 7 days ago

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Not up for debate: The Caps as the cast of the OC

The Washington Capitals are in California right now. We know this because their newly invigorated social media team put out this good good tweet:

🎶 California here we comeeeee 🎶 pic.twitter.com/BbKLzyr1zc

— Washington ☃️ Capitals (@Capitals) December 2, 2019

But now, we’re in a conundrum. Who would the Caps be if the Caps were the cast of The OC? Except we’re not actually asking this question, because we already know the answers. This is actually Not Up For Debate. Special, mid-season edition.

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By Peter Hassett and Elyse Bailey and Brennin Weiswerda 1 week ago

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Chandler Stephenson traded to Vegas Golden Knights for 5th round pick

The Capitals have announced that they have traded forward Chandler Stephenson to the Vegas Golden Knights in exchange for a fifth round pick in 2021.

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By Peter Hassett 1 week ago

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There will never be another Alex Ovechkin

Alex Ovechkin scored a hat trick last night. Sure, it was a weird hat trick with two empty-netters, but it still counted. If anything, I think the flukiness of that hat trick underscores how Ovechkin’s age-34 season has gone so far and how he’s such a special player.

Prior to Saturday, Ovechkin had been scoring on 12.9 percent of his shots, a good clip, but notably below his 14.4 in the last prior seasons. With three goals on four shots on Saturday, Ovechkin is now at 14.8 percent on the season. That hot streak has put him back in the Rocket Richard race for most goals in the NHL.

This accomplishment is, at once, both unremarkable (“there goes Ovi again”) and stupefyingly special. No one at age 34 is supposed to be this productive. Then again, no one else is Ovi.

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By Peter Hassett 1 week ago

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Nathan Walker scores first goal with St Louis Blues, his first in two years

For the first time in more than two years, Nathan Walker has scored an NHL goal. If that sounds bad, keep in mind he’s only played twelve games since the last that happened. The winsome, undersized Aussie has fought for a roster spot in Washington, Edmonton, and now St. Louis. Looks like he’s finally winning that fight.

It is my distinct privilege to introduce you all to Nathan Walker, NHL player and hockey goal scorer.

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By Peter Hassett 1 week ago

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