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Capitals bounce back from bad road trip: numbers for the morning after

The Caps were in dire need of a solid, convincing victory after failing to do so for over a week. They got just that against the Minnesota Wild in a 3-1 win at Capital One Arena.

The Capitals out-shot the Wild 43 to 31 and out-attempted them five-on-five 47 to 37.

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The Nationals’ Ryan Zimmerman was at the Capitals game

The Capitals had a special guest in attendance Saturday night.

Longtime National Ryan Zimmerman and his beautiful wife Heather were in attendance for the Caps-Wild game. The lovely couple took a photo from their glass-side seats.

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By Ian Oland On November 19, 2017 0 Comment

Nicklas Backstrom’s funny faces for referee Tim Nowak

Deep, deep down beyond that bashful exterior, Nicklas Backstrom is quite a character.

Saturday night, Backstrom showed off some personality during an Al Koken interview with assistant coach Blaine Forsythe.

The Swedish center made several funny faces as he reacted to what a appears to be a very interesting story from linesman Tim Nowak.

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By Ian Oland On November 19, 2017 0 Comment

Alex Ovechkin on his bloody busted lip: ‘Changing the oil’

About an hour after going down face first on the ice in a pool of his own blood, Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin faced the media with only a few stitches on his upper lip as the only evidence of his scary injury.

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By Chris Gordon On November 19, 2017 0 Comment

Bounce back: Caps beat Wild 3-1

The Caps badly needed a good win and would have to get one facing a hot Minnesota Wild team on a four-game winning streak. Old friend Bruce Boudreau was back in town. Would Bruce and the team with the best logo in the NHL throw the Caps a bone?

Thomas Jehoshaphat Oshie scored his tenth goal of the season on the powerplay to give the Caps a rare early lead. Said lead was quickly erased by Nino Niederreiter on the Wild’s own power play. The lead was restored by Dmitry Orlov after he slammed home a point drive.

Nada in the second.

Alex Stalock stopped a Chandler Stephenson penalty shot. Evgeny Kuznetsov struck on a clutch, late double minor power play drawn by Lars Eller.

Caps beat Wild 3-1!

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By Chris Cerullo On November 18, 2017 0 Comment

Alex Ovechkin takes puck to face, bleeds all over the ice

Midway through the second period of Saturday’s Capitals-Wild game, Washington captain and leading goal-scorer Alex Ovechkin went down face first on the ice in a pool of blood after taking a puck to the face.

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By Chris Gordon On November 18, 2017 0 Comment

Dmitry Orlov scoarlovs for second time in four games with huge slap shot

Dmitry Orlov has a whale of a shot, and Saturday night, he scoarlov’d top shelf on Wild goaltender Alex Stalock.

It’s Dima’s second goal in four games. He’s heating up!

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By Ian Oland On November 18, 2017 1 Comment

After scoring 7th PPG, TJ Oshie is tied for league lead in power-play goals

If Alex Ovechkin’s office is the left circle, TJ Oshie’s cubicle is located in the high slot.

The Capitals sniper, who was signed by general manager Brian MacLellan to an eight-year retirement deal over the summer, is scoring at the same rate he did last season, tallying his tenth goal in 21 games. He sits second on the Capitals in goals, three behind Alex Ovechkin for the team lead.

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By Ian Oland On November 18, 2017 1 Comment

Caps vs Wild pregame: garbage in, garbage out

Now begins a fun stretch of the season in which the Capitals play four home games in a row. Plus Thanksgiving is next week, so that’s gotta be terrifying if you’re …oh I dunno.. a head coach for the Washington Capitals. Speaking of: the home stand starts with Bruce Boudreau (fired November 28, 2011) and his Minnesota Wild, hoping to extend a four-game win streak. For their part, the Caps have suffered back-to-back blowouts and would like that to stop now, please and thank you, though they’re not making any substantial changes to accomplish that.

Puck drops at Capital One Arena at 7:30 PM. If you’re watching from home, might I suggest tuning your cable box to NBCSWAKEUPITSLATERTHANYOUTHINK. Chris from the Comments has your recap.

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By Peter Hassett On November 18, 2017 0 Comment

Barry Trotz declines to say whether Christian Djoos has a concussion; Jakub Vrana back in

Midway through Capitals’ 6-3 drubbing at the hands of the Nashville Predators on Tuesday, rookie defenseman Christian Djoos left the game with what the team later called an upper-body injury. The 23-year-old Swede hasn’t practiced with Washington since bowing out with a mystery ailment. On Saturday morning before the Caps’ game against the Minnesota Wild, Washington head coach Barry Trotz refused to shed light much on the situation.

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By Chris Gordon On November 18, 2017 0 Comment