Braden Holtby on the Penguins: ‘Guys are pretty lucky that play here’
During a bitter playoff series last season with rival Pittsburgh, Braden Holtby showed an incredible amount of class when he gave his…
TJ Oshie scores against Finland, Brett Hull calls him a ‘two-headed monster’
After spending two games mixing it up with Team Canada, TJ Oshie has returned to his normal form as a playmaker and…
Philipp Grubauer on dressing in the visitor’s locker room at Kettler, Team Europe’s lack of an anthem
Sure, Nicklas Backstrom wants everyone to cheer for Team Sweden tomorrow night, but we can't let our goaltender Philipp Grubauer go completely unheard. Team…
Andre Burakovsky, Lars Eller, Nate Schmidt, and Tom Wilson will cook you chicken on Saturday
If you just can't wait until the Capitals start their training camp Sept. 23 to get your fix of brobeans and cinnamon…
Caps season ticket packages are arriving
Just when a reasonable person might start to worry that the hockey season will never start, eternally delayed by the meaningless inspiring…
Funko officially announces POP! Hockey line which features two Alex Ovechkin figurines
Funko, an American company that manufactures licensed pop culture toys, just officially announced it's POP! Hockey line is coming in November. We…
Washington Capitals top 10 prospects: honorable mentions
For the purpose of this series, a prospect will be defined as an under-25 player in the Capitals system who was not on…
Karl Alzner signs endorsement deal with Paisano’s Pizza, dances ridiculously in first commercial
Monday night, Paisano's Pizza debuted a new commercial featuring a throng of local DC sports stars. That throng includes Caps defenseman Karl…
Alex Ovechkin given locker beside where Sidney Crosby normally dresses at Pens practice facility
On Sunday, Team Russia arrived at the Pittsburgh Penguins' practice facility in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, to train for several days ahead of…
Matt Niskanen: Braden Holtby will be teased all year about John Carlson goal
Over the weekend, we reported on something that felt gross, weird, and terrific all at once. Caps defenseman John Carlson scored on…
NEW MERCH: Happy Zammy
We've created a new design to take the hockey adorableness level up to 11. Meet Happy Zammy! Happy Zammy is a very cute…
Alex Ovechkin thinks the current NHL playoff seeding format is ‘weird’
Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin likes a lot of things: cars, scoring goals, that one blue suit, the right parenthesis button, celebrating goals,…
Nick Backstrom is hoping the Verizon Center will cheer for Team Sweden (which you probably will because Team Europe is lame)
Sorry, Philipp Grubauer. Coming off of a 6-3 win over Team Finland, Team Sweden made their way to D.C. and held their…
Filip Forsberg dreamed of playing on a line with Nicklas Backstrom
Last week, we wrote about Filip Forsberg and how Team Sweden has him lined up next to Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom for…
Andre Burakovsky and Brett Connolly are on their way to DC
With Caps Training Camp less than two weeks away, two members of next year's club are on their to Washington, D.C.
Brent Burns’ chokehold of Justin Abdelkader causes young Canadian fan to slam glass
This is hockey in its most weird and pure form. At the very end of the second period of the Canada/USA game,…
TJ Oshie and Shea Weber scrap at end of Canada-US game
Washington Capitals forward TJ Oshie is one of the most talented stick-handlers in the NHL, but he's spent his first two games…
Barry Trotz nearly gets hit in the head by deflected puck
Capitals Head Coach Barry Trotz and a deflected puck almost had an impromptu meeting of the minds at Canadian Tire Centre, Saturday.…
John Carlson scores on Braden Holtby and it feels so wrong
Braden Holtby got the start tonight in the second of Canada's back-to-back series with the United States. He got a rude welcome…
Nicklas Backstrom scores in Sweden’s 6-3 victory over Finland
Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom just scored his first World Cup of Hockey goal in Sweden's 6-3 drubbing of Finland. Coming into…
