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Braden Holtby takes fault on Jordan Eberle’s late second period goal: ‘That’s on me’

Braden Holtby was the Capitals’ best and most consistent player during round-robin play, stopping 74 of 80 shots in three games. But, Wednesday, during Game One of the Caps’ first-round series against the New York Islanders, the goaltender was at times a liability. Holtby was at fault for two iffy goals in the second half of the game, including Josh Bailey’s game-winning shorty.

The Capitals initially took a 2-0 lead due to two TJ Oshie second-period, power-play goals. Holtby then surrendered a gaal with 1:07 remaining in the period after Jordan Eberle beat him in the high slot. Holtby tracked the puck and saw it the entire way, but missed stabbing the biscuit out of the air with his glove.

“First goal obviously can’t go in,” a disappointed Holtby said after the game.

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By Ian Oland 2 months ago

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Braden Holtby is a hard no on the 24-team playoff

The 24-team playoff featured six elimination games on Friday that kept hockey fans glued to their seats from noon to 1:30 AM. Elimination Friday saw five teams knocked out of the tournament, including the Pittsburgh Penguins and Edmonton Oilers who feature two of the biggest superstars in the league, Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid. Both 12 seeds in the Eastern and Western Conference advanced adding to the unpredictability and excitement.

With all that good hockey, hockey fans and analysts have become more open to this playoff format replacing what the NHL had before, expanding the number of playoff teams, and permanently introducing a play-in round.

One player who is 100 percent not on board with this is Braden Holtby

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By Ian Oland 2 months ago

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Capitals players and Braden Holtby’s guitar take off for bubble

After saying their goodbyes to their loved ones, the Washington Capitals, 31 players in all, hopped on a plane and left for their bubble in Toronto this afternoon.

The Capitals and several players posted photos and video while boarding their flight. We learned of several important inanimate objects that will be joining the team north of the border.

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By Ian Oland 3 months ago

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Braden Holtby is bringing his guitar to the bubble

The Washington Capitals are a simple crew. This iteration of the team is well-equipped to be in a bubble, quarantined away from the rest of human civilization. To pass time, Alex Ovechkin plays Candy Crush on his phone, TJ Oshie hosts MarioKart battles with his teammates, and Evgeny Kuznetsov watches Family Feud on TV when he’s not ragequitting games of FIFA or NHL20 on his gaming console.

Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby also provides his own original brand of entertainment as well.

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By Ian Oland 3 months ago

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Braden Holtby on his upcoming free agency: ‘Hopefully, everything works out’ with the Capitals

The five-year, $30.5 million contract that Braden Holtby originally signed on July 24, 2015, will expire in the fall after the 2020 playoffs conclude. The Canadian goalie, who has won a Vezina Trophy and led the Capitals to the Stanley Cup in 2018, has stated he’d love to stay in DC. “This is all I know,” Holtby said in August.

But Holtby is 30-years-old, due a pay raise (perhaps hefty), and is backed-up by an extremely talented rookie in Ilya Samsonov. With the NHL salary cap remaining flat next season, Holtby tempered his response to reporters on a potential return Friday but still made it clear he wants to remain in DC.

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By Ian Oland 3 months ago

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How Capitals practices have changed during the coronavirus pandemic: temperature checks, social distancing, and masks

As the first week of the NHL’s Return To Play plan wraps up, it’s clear the steps the Washington Capitals are taking to keep their facility safe during the coronavirus pandemic are working. Friday, I was the first RMNB reporter to attend a practice since the coronavirus pandemic shuttered the rest of the regular season on March 12.

Personally, I was nervous to go. I have been self-isolating since March. Other than grocery store trips, I’ve stayed inside. I’ve only let my family and roommate be in my quarantine bubble.

I’m happy to report the Capitals did everything they could to make media members feel safe. There were big differences in how practices were conducted and how media members could operate than before.

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By Cara Bahniuk 3 months ago

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Braden Holtby gets new tattoo

Braden Holtby recently went viral in Capitals circles for a tremendous social-distancing selfie he took with a fan. Several eagle-eyed readers noticed that Holtby was wearing a pink bandage over his left wrist and wondered if he was injured or wearing gloves.

Thanks to reader Ellen Arantes we now know why. Holtby got a new tattoo.

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By Ian Oland 4 months ago

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Mask-wearing Braden Holtby takes tremendous social distancing selfie with Capitals fan

An incredible selfie a Capitals fan took with Braden Holtby is getting a lot of attention on social media.

Reddit user 14thwitness posted the photo on Caps Reddit after a chance meeting with the Stanley Cup champion goaltender in Adams Morgan. It’s gotten over 570 upvotes on Reddit and the photo has since been re-posted all across Twitter.

“He was waiting for his food and was nice enough to let me take a selfie with him,” 14thwitness said.

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By Ian Oland 4 months ago

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Basically, TJ Oshie is a Braden Holtby stan

Ultimate teammate TJ Oshie might be pandering, but we’re going to give him some dap anyways.

The NHL’s 2020 winner of the Best Pregame Ritual took to Twitter on Saturday to answer a question posed by the NHL.

“One game to win the @StanleyCup. Which goalie are you taking? 🤔” the NHL asked. It then offered five goalies for your consideration: Marc-Andre Fleury, Henrik Lundqvist, Tuukka Rask, Braden Holtby, and Corey Crawford. All but Hank have won a Stanley Cup.

Oshie responded with “@Holts170,” which, if you ask us, is the correct answer.

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By Ian Oland 4 months ago

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On this day in Capitals history: Alex Ovechkin beat Sidney Crosby for the Calder, Braden Holtby won the Vezina, and Tom Wilson got drafted

June 22 is an important day in Washington Capitals history.

Two of the franchise’s greatest players won NHL Awards for the first time while the Caps drafted two bonafide stars in the 2012 NHL Draft – one of which is still with the team.

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By Ian Oland 4 months ago

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