The Caps-Bolts rematch on Wednesday has been a busy affair. The second period saw six goals in 15 minutes, but after that is when stuff really went down.
As Cedric Paquette took Michal Kempny down to the ice, injuring the Capitals defenseman’s leg, Jakub Vrana got in his first career NHL fight with Yanni Gourde.
Kempny looks real bad.
By Ian Oland 2 days ago
The pre-game routine the Washington Capitals have in the hallway before a game is well-documented and strange. There’s fist-bumps, yelling, invisible saxophones, and cup-checks. All of which serve to amp up the players just before they hit the ice.
That is, as long as they don’t hit the ice face-first.
Saturday evening in Tampa, Braden Holtby almost ate it while leading the team out onto the ice. Holtby was leading the charge when he tripped. That caused Alex Ovechkin to stumble and then there was a chain reaction.
By Elizabeth Kong 3 days ago
The Washington Capitals are back home to host to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Obviously, we’re anticipating seeing a pretty tired team in red since they played in New Jersey only 24 hours ago. It also doesn’t help that the Tampa Bay Lightning will be well rested and they continue to be extremely dominant.
But I get to say, “I guess Lightning CAN strike the same team twice!” At least, in one week! Am I right!? Because the Capitals just faced the Lightning on Saturday too??
Puck drop will be a tad past 7:30PM, giving you a little extra time to grab some dinner or a beverage of your choice. If you can’t watch from a television set, you can always stream the game from your devices using the My Teams App! Website co-founder and Kevin James fanatic Peter Hassett will be bringing you the recap.
By Elyse Bailey 3 days ago
The Edmonton Oilers are in a whole heap of trouble. They’re seven points out of the final wild card spot, have a generational talent in Connor McDavid surrounded by floundering contracts, and fired general manager Peter Chiarelli after he inked 30-year-old goaltender Mikko Koskinen to a three-year, $13.5 million deal that includes a modified no-trade clause. Koskinen’s played in 51 career games in the NHL and has a 3.00 goals against average and a .905 save percentage.
Oilers fans took their concerns to CEO and vice-chairman of the Oilers Entertainment Group Bob Nicholson Monday during a season ticket holder breakfast.
One of those ticket holders, Paul Almeida, took to Twitter to document the event and share his thoughts, and it details some of the inner workings of the Oilers organization.
By Julia Karron 3 days ago
The Washington Capitals beat out 25 other teams to sign college free agent Joe Snively to a two-year entry-level deal.
After speculation Tuesday night that Snively’s attendance at the Hershey Bears game could be an omen of a new contract in the works, the Bears announced that the Hobey Baker Award nominee did indeed sign.
Snively inked an amateur tryout Wednesday afternoon.
By Julia Karron 3 days ago
Wednesday morning, the NHLPA released the results from their annual Player Poll, which surveys roughly 500 NHL players on everything from how good other players are, to skills, and arenas and fans.
This season, Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin received the most love as the player with the best shot at a whopping 50.2 percent of the vote.
Others receiving votes in the category were Shea Weber, Patrik Laine, Auston Matthews, and Steven Stamkos.
By Julia Karron 3 days ago
Capitals fans may have a chance to see their newest prospect in action sooner than they thought.
Joe Snively was spotted at the Hershey Bears’ game at Giant Center. The forward watched the Bears defeat the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins 1-0 in overtime.
Chocolate Hockey’s Kyle Mace first reported the news.
By Elizabeth Kong 3 days ago
The Washington Capitals bested the lowly New Jersey Devils in what was a boring, easy win. The 4-1 victory was the type of victory that I think a team needs to have before facing a back-to-back scenario, especially when the Tampa Bay Lightning are who is awaiting.
The Caps out-shot the Devils 22 to 21.
By Chris Cerullo 3 days ago
Brett Connolly wasn’t the only Capitals player to hit a big milestone Tuesday against the Devils.
Nicklas Backstrom notched a secondary assist on Tom Wilson’s second-period goal. The assist gave Backstrom 50 on the season.
Tom Wilson has become a Bonafide NHL Goalscorer this season, but that doesn’t mean all of his tallies have been pretty.
For instance, Tuesday, during the Capitals’ 4-1 win over the lowly New Jersey Devils, #TomLineTom scored his 21st goal of the season. He muffed it.
It made him giggle. And giggle some more. The entire goal hug was just a Tom Wilson laugh fest.
