Dream-crushing Andre Burakovsky gave out some more bad vibes on Wednesday. This time to the St. Louis Blues.
The former Capital, skating with Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen on the Avalanche’s first line, scored the team’s first goal of the season.
NBC analyst Bob McKenzie is reporting another important milestone in Henrik Lundqvist’s recovery from a heart condition that forced him out of the Capitals’ 2020-21 season.
Lundqvist revealed last week that his open-heart surgery consisting of aortic valve replacement, aortic root, and ascending aortic replacement “went really well” and took five hours to complete.
Now, McKenzie revealed that Lundqvist is nearly well enough to check out of the hospital and return home.
Over the offseason, it was unclear if the NHL would allow mascots to be at games during the 2020-21 season due to the coronavirus pandemic. Mascots aren’t exactly essential (sorry, Slapshot) and with fans unlikely to be at most games, their presence seemed like an unnecessary risk with marginal benefit.
But the mascots fought back! After noticing he was left off Gary Bettman’s initial list, Flyers’ mascot Gritty raised a stink online and started a petition to be allowed at games this year.
The ploy purportedly worked after Gritty got help from Flyers’ forward Kevin Hayes.
Avid gamer and dude that has Wario tattooed on his upper thigh, TJ Oshie, is doing what he can to keep himself entertained and keep His Precious safe on road trips.
Over the offseason, Oshie purchased a very fancy travel case for his Xbox video game console. And tonight, it’s making its season debut as the Capitals fly to Buffalo for their four-game trek to open the 2020-21 season.
“Of course – a travel case so he can game remotely,” Lauren Oshie wrote, seemingly exasperated with her husband’s silly hobby.
By Ian Oland 6 days ago
Fifteen years ago today, Alex Ovechkin gave us another glimpse of just how great of a hockey player he would turn out to be.
During a January 13, 2006, game against the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Ovechkin scored his first career hat trick, which included the overtime game-winning goal.
The goals gave Ovechkin 30 goals in the first 43 games of his rookie season. It also gave him 12 goals in his last 12 games.
The Washington Capitals opening night roster is set as well as their taxi squad.
Here’s who made the team out of training camp.
By Ian Oland 6 days ago
Have you ever wondered what an animated version of your favorite Washington Capitals player might look like if they starred in the latest Disney or Dreamworks hit?
Well using ToonMe, we can find that out.
The results are both somewhat hilarious and somewhat terrifying.
By Chris Cerullo 6 days ago
Our newphew Andre Burakovsky is going viral for his superior outdoor game knowlege.
On Tuesday, Burakovsky and his teammate, forward Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, did a post-practice interview with media and discussed the Avalanche’s upcoming outdoor game at Lake Tahoe. The Avalanche will play the Vegas Golden Knights on February 20 while the Boston Bruins will take on the Philadelphia Flyers a day later.
Bellemare was under the impression that the game would literally be played on the lake. But Burakovsky came to the rescue with his hockey nerdery.
Clearly, he read the NHL’s press release yesterday.
Vitek Vanecek has officially made the Capitals and 2020-21 will be his rookie season in the NHL.
Two of Vaneck’s close friends in the organization, Jakub Vrana and Ilya Samsonov, congratulated their fellow Hershey Bears alum on Instagram Monday night with two huggy photos.
By Eliza Kravitz 7 days ago
Lars Eller is defending the Washington Capitals’ professionalism four months after the team was upset by the New York Islanders in the first round of the 2020 playoffs.
In August, The Athletic’s Michael Russo surmised that the Capitals turned their bubble experience into a vacation, “having pool parties and things like that.” He added, “They had no interest in being there.”
Eller strongly pushed back on that assertion during a Tuesday morning interview with The Sport Junkies on 106.7 The Fan.
