Conor Sheary

A first look at Conor Sheary as a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning

We got the first look at what Conor Sheary is going to look like as a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday.

Sheary is swapping out his Capitals red for Tampa Bay’s blue after signing a three-year, $6 million deal with the Lightning on the first day of NHL free agency. The Lightning showed off Sheary’s new uniform hanging in his locker room stall on their Instagram.

“Fresh threads for our freshest bolts,” the team captioned the photo.

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By Chris Cerullo 2 months ago

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Conor Sheary signs with Tampa Bay Lightning: report

The Short King has found a new kingdom to rule over.

Former Capitals forward Conor Sheary has signed a deal with the Tampa Bay Lightning to help with their middle six. Contract details are not yet known.

Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman was the first to report the news.

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By Ian Oland 3 months ago

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Nicklas Backstrom on the Capitals playoff chances: ‘It’s do or die, so you’ve just got to go out there and fight’

The Capitals were hit hard by their loss to the St. Louis Blues on Friday night. The Blues took a 4-0 lead through two periods, and the Capitals failed to recover despite two goals in the third. Though the team is attempting to make a desperate last push for the playoffs, they now have a record of 5-4-1 in their last 10 games.

Should they fail to move up in the standings, it would be the first year without playoffs for the Caps since the 2013-14 season. With that outcome looking increasingly likely, Capitals players expressed frustration that they once again failed to secure a win.

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By Katie Adler 6 months ago

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Evgeny Kuznetsov and Conor Sheary both miss practice before game against Anaheim Ducks

The Washington Capitals will take on the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday in what is their final game before the NHL’s trade deadline on March 3. They jumped on the ice at Honda Center for practice missing a couple of key forwards.

According to The Athletic’s Tarik El-Bashir, Evgeny Kuznetsov was not in attendance due to a non-COVID illness and Conor Sheary has returned to DC to be with his wife Jordan, who is expecting the couple’s second child.

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By Chris Cerullo 7 months ago

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Capitals try to find positives in comeback against Blues: ‘If we gonna play the same way the last two periods, we gonna get results right away’

The Washington Capitals lost all three games of its road trip this week and surrendered the first goal in every one of them. For the second time in a first period, they gave up three-or-more goals. On Sunday, they gave up four goals to the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first stanza while on Thursday against the St. Louis Blues, they gave up three.

After their latest loss however, the Capitals tried to focus on the positives. They outplayed the Blues (who were playing in a back-to-back) in the second and third periods, deciding to throw the proverbial kitchen sink at goaltender Thomas Greiss. They out-shot the Blues 40-12 in the final 40 minutes of regulation and forced overtime after scoring four goals. They earned a standings point in the process.

Goal scorers Alex Ovechkin, Conor Sheary, and John Carlson spoke to the media after the game and tried to make sense of what happened. They all were concerned by the team’s poor start, but believe that if the team can patch together a full 60, things will turn around quickly. Currently, the team sits out of the playoffs with a 7-9-3 record.

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By Ian Oland 10 months ago

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Conor Sheary’s controversial head hit on Filip Hallander: Is supplemental discipline coming?

Conor Sheary is not a man of great stature, but he landed a devastating hit during the third period of the Capitals-Penguins game. How it was or wasn’t delivered was a talking point on TNT during and after the game.

Sheary got in hot water after being whistled a two-minute minor for an illegal check to the head to Penguins defender Filip Hallander.

Hallander got his stick on a pass from Ovechkin, bunting it away from its intended target and then clearing it away. Sheary, hard-charging down the right wing, collided with Hallander as he was trying to go in for a scoring chance.

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By Ian Oland 11 months ago

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Conor Sheary relishing first real chance to kill penalties in NHL career

Washington Capitals winger Conor Sheary leads the team in goals eight games into the season but it’s his recent contributions on the penalty kill that have drawn more interest.

The 30-year-old forward admits never received the chance to play shorthanded until he arrived in DC. It started when he got a few shifts here and there last season. Now, he’s one of the first players to jump over the boards with Tom Wilson, Connor Brown, and Carl Hagelin out long-term due to injury.

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By Chris Cerullo 11 months ago

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Conor Sheary to stick on Capitals top line against Stars, Darcy Kuemper returns to starter net

The Washington Capitals have headed west as they continue their first long road spell of the season. Thursday night will see them take on the Dallas Stars in a Lone Star State slugfest.

The Caps took the ice for their morning skate inside American Airlines Center and still atop the right side of their lineup was current leading goal scorer Conor Sheary. Head coach Peter Laviolette was quite complimentary of the diminutive winger after practice on Wednesday.

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By Chris Cerullo 11 months ago

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Peter Laviolette excited to see Nicklas Backstrom and Tom Wilson start on-ice rehab as Caps work to combat their absences

The Washington Capitals got a sight for sore eyes on Wednesday morning as star forwards Nicklas Backstrom and Tom Wilson jumped on the ice for the first time in their respective rehab processes.

Both players took it easy and skated in team-branded tracksuits. While nothing too notable happened, the fact that Backstrom and Wilson were on the ice at all was encouraging to Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette.

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By Chris Cerullo 11 months ago

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Conor Sheary climbs to new goal-scoring heights

Washington’s leader in goals in this very young season is Conor Sheary. Sheary’s third goal of the year was the game-winner on Monday night, a net-front sweep-in off a brilliant pass from Alex Ovechkin.

For Sheary it was just another case of stepping up whenever and wherever the team needs him.

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By Peter Hassett 11 months ago

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