Most of the time the New York Rangers’ Ryan Reaves is a supreme annoyance to Caps fans but on Tuesday night during Game Four he trolled the mess out of Carolina Hurricanes right wing defenseman Tony DeAngelo and then laughed in his face.
Everyone liked that.
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
New York Islanders defenseman and Washington Capitals legend Zdeno Chara is one of the most intimidating and imposing players in the history of the National Hockey League. You do not want to mess with him when he’s angry.
That was on full display in Sunday’s game between the Isles and the Carolina Hurricanes.
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
The Washington Capitals went into Monday night’s action winners of all three prior meetings with the Carolina Hurricanes this season. They did not leave with four wins. The Canes beat up on the Caps in a 6-1 trouncing.
Let’s forget this one.
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
The Washington Capitals hosted the Carolina Hurricanes as the two teams played for the fourth and final time this season. Could the Caps clinch a season-series sweep or did the Canes send the boys home unhappy?
Derek Stepan and Martin Necas slammed home two quick, easy ones to give the Canes an early first period lead. Tom Wilson cut it in half with an early second period goal just as a power play expired. Sebastian Aho and Brett Pesce responded with two more for the Canes.
Necas scored another. Brady Skjei fluttered the sixth in for Carolina.
Hurricanes beat Capitals 6-1.
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
The Washington Capitals take on the on the Carolina Hurricanes tonight at Capitals One Arena. It’s the team’s last game for six days so enjoy it.
The Capitals will be without Nic Dowd, who is missing his fifth straight game. Lars Eller, who skated on the wing of the third line this morning, will center Garnet Hathaway and Axel Jonsson-Fjallby.
Vitek Vanecek will get the start.
The game is on NBC Sports Washington. Here are today’s Daily Deals from shop.nhl.com.
The Washington Capitals went into Raleigh to complete the back half of a back-to-back and thoroughly out-shot an incredibly good Carolina Hurricanes team on the way to victory. The Caps are now 7-0-1 in the month of March and have won four games in a row.
How you doin’, keep it movin’.
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
Through a haze of tree pollen on Friday night we watched the Washington Capitals play visitors to the Carolina Hurricanes. Both teams were coming off a back-to-back, so expectations were low. And yet we were given a dramatic and exciting game. There were hi-jinx early on, and then it got dire, then it got fun again. Real fun. Ovi fun.
Seth Jarvis started off scoring by beating Ilya Samsonov up the middle. Evgeny Kuznetsov got a very curious goal from no angle while no one was paying attention (more on that later). John Carlson caught a drop pass from Connor McMichael and slapshotted the Caps into the lead, but the Hurricanes scored twice in the second period (Trocheck off a turnover, Jarvis again thanks to sustained pressure) to give Carolina the lead after two.
With five minutes left in regulation, the Caps got a power play and Ovechkin immediately scored, pushing two tired teams to overtime. The Caps played great in OT but could not get the decision.
Shootout bullets!
Caps win in the shootout!
By Peter Hassett 2 years ago
MOAR hockey. The Washington Capitals are playing the Carolina Hurricanes 24 hours after destroying the Columbus Blue Jackets 7-2 on Thursday. Alex Ovechkin scored goal number 768 and Conor Sheary tallied a very early empty netter in the third period.
Against Carolina, the Capitals will be without TJ Oshie, who suffered his second lower-body injury of the season against Columbus. In comes Mike Vecchione, who will skate with Nicklas Backstrom and Anthony Mantha on the second line.
Ilya Samsonov will make the start for the Capitals in net.
Watch tonight’s game on NBC Sports Washington Plus. Here’s today’s Daily Deals.
The Washington Capitals really needed a win and they got exactly that against the Carolina Hurricanes. The boys clad in red took down the East’s top squad 4-0.
That felt like a breath of fresh air.
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
The Washington Capitals have lost six straight at home and to snap that streak they’d need to take a piece out of the East-leading Carolina Hurricanes. A tough task for any team let alone a struggling one.
Evgeny Kuznetsov slung a wrist shot past a screened Freddy Andersen to give the Caps a first-period lead. Martin Fehervary finished off a fantastic shift from the “fourth” line to double the lead. Alex Ovechkin added a one-time blast from his office to the proceedings.
Dmitry Orlov with the cherry on top. Vitek Vanecek shutout.
Capitals beat Hurricanes 4-0!
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
