The Capitals organization will be represented at the upcoming IIHF World Junior Championships. On Friday afternoon their AHL farm team Hershey Bears announced that defenseman Tobias Geisser has been chosen to play for Team Switzerland in the tournament.
John Tortorella is his own character, and he proved it again on Thursday night. During a game in Philadelphia, the Columbus Blue Jackets head coach was seen wearing a hoodie on the bench.
Tortorella had good reason to ditch his customary suit. He has been battling against flu-like symptoms for some time and wanted to feel comfortable and warm while on the bench. It didn’t stop Twitter from having fun with the moment, though.
The Washington Capitals have snapped their mini two game losing skid after beating the Arizona Coyotes in Glendale. The 4-2 late night victory featured goals from two young wingers stepping up in the absence of a few key injured teammates and a solid performance in net from a Caps rookie netminder.
The Caps and Coyotes both recorded 29 shots on goal, but the Caps barely edged out the five-on-five shot attempts battle 55 to 54.
Capitals backup goaltender Pheonix Copley recorded a milestone in the team’s 4-2 victory Thursday against the Arizona Coyotes.
The goaltender was credited with a secondary assist on Matt Niskanen’s second-period goal — his first career NHL point.
The Capitals were looking to shake off a two-game losing streak against the Arizona Coyotes, who they lost to just over a month ago 4-1. The redux had a whole lotta weirdness.
After dominating the first five minutes, an Andre Burakovsky turnover led to a Christian Fischer blast past Pheonix Copley. Then the Caps came out slow again in the second period, and Richard Panik failed on his penalty shot after a perplexing throwing-the-stick interference play from Brett Connolly. Jakub Vrana fired an absolute dart past Adin Hill off a loose puck in front. Lawson Crouse then converted off a rebound where three Caps were standing around in front of the net. Matt Niskanen slung a wrister to the front and got a kind deflection in front off Jakob Chychrun to tie the game again. 15 seconds into the third, Jakub Vrana got the second penalty shot of the game, but couldn’t convert. Andre Burakovsky ripped a shot short-side with roughly five minutes left, and the Yotes couldn’t convert with an empty net, but Alex Ovechkin could for the Caps first win in Arizona since 2006.
Caps win 4-2!
Alex Ovechkin is one of the greatest players in NHL history and Thursday against the Arizona Coyotes, he reached another impressive milestone.
With a first-period wrist shot on Adin Hill, Ovechkin tallied his 5,000th career shot.
Ovechkin is now the fastest player in NHL history to reach this mark (1,031 games), besting Hall of Famer Marcel Dionne by 184 games.
Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis was named CEO of the year by the Washington Business Journal in October. Thursday, the publication released its edition for the week of December 7. Leonsis is on the cover and… [temporarily blinded] oh, why hello there.
The Monumental Sports and Entertainment chairman is showing off his Capitals’ Championship ring.
The Washington Capitals stay out west as they look to split their season series with the Arizona Coyotes in Glendale at good ole Gila River Arena. The Caps are riding a two game losing streak heading into Thursday night’s action and they have yet to lose three games in a row this season.
Puck drop is at 9 PM, which I think is even worse than a 10 PM start because at least with the latter you know you’re fully committing to a later work week night. Get your TVs and/or streaming devices tuned to NBCSWA to catch this bad boy live. Julia has graciously taken the recap for me tonight because my mouth is killing me from the dentist.
Vegas Golden Knights forward Ryan Reaves was ejected Tuesday night for a late, blindside hit that injured Tom Wilson. The hit was bad, but somehow, Reaves found a way to make the situation worse.
In a private signing for Inscriptagraphs, Reaves autographed photos of Wilson laying on the ice injured with the caption “He ran into a Lion in the Jungle.”
Wilson is out injured with a concussion.
During Tuesday’s bout with the Vegas Golden Knights, Tom Wilson took a blindside hit from Ryan Reaves in the second period and did not return due to a likely head injury.
Wilson, whose injury status was described by the Capitals as day-to-day, traveled with the team to Arizona, but did not take the ice for the team’s morning skate and is officially out of the lineup for tonight’s game.
