Ilya Samsonov suffers concussion in game against HK Lada
The injuries plaguing the Caps recently are apparently not constrained by geographic boundaries. In a game against HK Lada on Thursday evening,…
Former Capital Viktor Kozlov named interim head coach of Metallurg Magnitogorsk
KHL's Metallurg Magnitogorsk has fired head coach Ilya Vorobyev, naming former Capital Viktor Kozlov as his interim replacement. This news came just…
November 2, 2017: The day the NHL had no chill
While Capitals fans were witnessing Lars Eller having one of the best nights of his career, the NHL, as if it were…
Retired NHL referee Kerry Fraser announces incurable cancer diagnosis
On Friday afternoon, retired NHL referee Kerry Fraser announced that he has been diagnosed with an incurable form of cancer - a…
Tom Wilson’s big hit on Andrew Ladd was a seismic event
Thursday against the Islanders, Capitals forward Tom Wilson made his presence felt everywhere on the ice. Wilson made the night of a…
Hershey Bears goalie Vitek Vanecek will rehab lower-body injury with ECHL Stingrays
After both he and netminder Pheonix Copley were both injured in training camp, goalie Vitek Vanecek will finally be back on the…
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Tom Wilson meets his match in four-year-old cancer survivor Brock Ludwigson
Thursday was Hockey Fights Cancer night at Capital One Arena. The event allowed a special group of kids, who have all struggled…
A religious pun about Christian Djoos is going viral on Twitter
Capitals defenseman Christian Djoos loves the puns on his last name and there's a new one floating around the Twittersphere. Earlier this…
Alex Ovechkin is launching a political movement in support of Vladimir Putin. Here’s why that’s problematic.
On Thursday afternoon, Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin posted a photo of himself and Russian president Vladimir Putin with the leader's arm…
Caps vs Islanders pregame: Back home
After a rather unimpressive road trip, the Capitals are back home and facing familiar opposition in the New York Islanders. The Caps…
Andre Burakovsky is watching Caps games on TV, doing one-armed pushups while out with fractured thumb
Capitals forward Andre Burakovsky has missed the last three games with a fractured left thumb, but the Swedish forward has kept himself…
Capitals recall Liam O’Brien from AHL Hershey, re-assign Anthony Peluso
Thursday morning, the Capitals announced that they have recalled forward Liam O'Brien and returned forward Anthony Peluso to the Hershey Bears. Peluso…
Marcus Johansson leaves Devils game after falling headfirst into boards
After being a late scratch Saturday night against the Arizona Coyotes, Marcus Johansson returned from injury for the Devils Wednesday against the…
Google labels Buffalo Sabres as AHL team in search listings
The Buffalo Sabres are dead last in the Eastern Conference, and in an interesting development, Google is no longer respecting them as…
Pheonix Copley, Vitek Vanecek return to Bears practice for first time this season
The Hershey Bears have struggled to start the season, compiling a 3-5-1 record through the first month of the season. That mark…
Braden Holtby on the Caps’ communication on the ice: ‘We’re not Ernest Hemingway out there’
The National Hockey League is a melting pot of different nationalities and on Wednesday, ESPN's Emily Kaplan wrote about how certain players…
Nicklas Backstrom takes one-year-old son Vince out onto ice after practice
Nicklas Backstrom's one-year-old son Vince came to practice with dad today. Wearing a tiny grey vest and an even tinier winter hat,…
Eleven-year-old Make-A-Wish recipient Dariush Namin meets Capitals team, watches practice from bench
Dariush Namin, an 11-year-old kid from Bethesda, is fighting more courageous and meaningful fight than anything you will ever see in a…
Caps fan goes trick-or-treating as the DC Sports Curse. It was the scariest thing she could think of.
Weeks ahead of Halloween, Caps fan Emelie Shany was thinking about the scariest costume she could think of. After the Nationals collapsed…
‘All in good fun’: TJ Oshie dresses kids up as President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump for Halloween
For a cross-section of Capitals fans, they may struggle to look at TJ Oshie the same way again. Tuesday night for Halloween,…
