After the Capitals’ 3-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets, Capitals head coach Todd Reirden gave updates on injured players Braden Holtby, Evgeny Kuznetsov, and Michal Kempny.
Reirden also discussed the hit that injured TJ Oshie late in the game.
Braden Holtby was supposed to be in net against the Winnipeg Jets Wednesday night. But not anymore. According to the Capitals PR, Holtby suffered an upper-body injury and Pheonix Copley will get the start.
With Holtby out, the Capitals will dress an emergency goalie, 31-year-old Gavin McHale, to ride the bench.
This will be a back-to-back for Copley, who let in two goals on 28 shots last night against the Minnesota Wild.
“The bar has been set,” defenseman Nate Schmidt once said to the Washington Post about the Capitals’ fashion. “And the bar is, what is Holts wearing today?”
Braden Holtby takes his suit game very seriously, and Friday night, the former Vezina Trophy-winning goalie arrived at Capital One Arena like he was dressed for an old-timey movie premiere.
The Holtbeast turned heads and electrified Twitter timelines with this lavender-colored outfit for Hockey Fights Cancer Night.
The contrast between Holtby’s fashion and his teammates’ is particularly striking.
If you ever wanted to wear your favorite Capitals player’s face on your feet, now is your moment! At the Capital One Arena store, the Caps are now selling socks with Braden Holtby, TJ Oshie, Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, and Tom Wilson‘s faces stitched into them.
The Washington Capitals dramatically out-attempted the Dallas Stars at five-on-five Saturday night, 58 to 36. But it was the Capitals who ultimately gave up more high-danger chances (8 to 6) and had more devastating turnovers, falling 4-3 to the Stars in overtime.
Despite making several huge saves during the extra session, Braden Holtby gave up the game-winning goal to Jason Dickinson.
The Holtbeast was very frustrated leaving the ice.
During Thursday night’s Capitals game against the Montreal Canadiens, some sharp-eyed viewers noticed that goaltender Braden Holtby was rocking something really interesting under his white away jersey.
Cameras focused on Holtby during a stoppage in play picked up on stars and what appears to be the Capitol Building crest through the fabric.
The design is very, very reminiscent of a retro Caps jersey.
Braden Holtby is a fiery competitor, especially if you come too close to his den.
Thursday against the Canadiens, Charles Hudon learned a valuable lesson: You must keep your hands, feet, and hockey stick outside of the blue crease at all times or a very angry Holtbeast will appear.
Braden Holtby may have given up a goal in the final minute, but he was sensational in the Caps’ 6-4 loss to the Montreal Canadiens.
The only time the Holtbeast wasn’t sharp, at least in my opinion, was this late third-period stoppage in play. As Holtby skated out to the top of the crease for a crucial defensive-zone faceoff, he slipped and fell in spectacular fashion.
Toss some salt out there, you guys. Ice is slippery.
Capitals goaltender Pheonix Copley made 27 saves and stopped three of four shots in the shootout (Matthew Tkachuk, James Neal, and Johnny Gaudreau) to give Washington a 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames. The victory marked Copley’s first NHL win.
The victory sent the 26-year-old backup goalie into a huge celebration; think a mite-on-ice celebrating as if he won the Stanley Cup. Copley skated towards the Capitals bench and received a massive 20-plus-player hockey hug from ecstatic teammates.
Braden Holtby skated the opposite way, but for good reason.
Vezina trophy-winning goaltender Braden Holtby is a man of many talents – a renaissance man if you will. The Holtbeast is a Stanley Cup champion hockey player, a burgeoning fashion icon, a powerful advocate for the LGBTQ community, and a guitar player.
Holtby, an ardent Jack Johnson fan, routinely strums guitar before games to find his zen and Wednesday night, the all-star goalie took his talents up on stage.
At the Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub near Vancouver, Holtby performed a set for his Capitals teammates. Twitter user @CrookBob has the video.
