Ahead of puck drop of the Capitals-Red Wings game, the 20 players from each team lined up on the blue line during what, for some, was an emotional pregame ceremony.
Honoring those who have been lost and who are currently fighting cancer, Capitals and Red Wings players held up their sticks while the Capital One Arena stood silent with their phones raised to the sky.
I hope you had a perfect Thanksgiving Thursday. I hope you were well fed and surrounded by people who love you. I was both, but still yet I am unsatisfied. Still yet I hunger. The only succor I need is Washington Capitals hockey, which is precisely what I’ll get this afternoon as the Caps host Mike Green and his Detroit Red Wings, a not-so-great team who have had some good goaltending of late. Can the Caps keep their three-game win streak going?
I think so, but we’ll have to find out together at 4 PM. Tune your set to NBCSWA or follow along with the stream. Good ol’ Chris Cerullo has recap duty.
By Peter Hassett 3 years ago
The Detroit Red Wings are currently 2-0 in exhibition play, and they’ve been doing it without their recently retired captain Henrik Zetterberg.
But they’ve also been doing it without former Capitals defenseman Mike Green, who has been sidelined with fatigue. A recent blood test revealed he had a virus that’s attacked his liver.
According to the Detroit Free Press’s Helene St. James, the Red Wings are shutting Green down and the 13-year-pro will miss the start of the season.
By Julia Karron 3 years ago
The Washington Capitals eked out a win over the Detroit Red Wings, but it didn’t really seem like they ever truly wanted the two points. Philipp Grubauer was once again fantastic, earning a shutout victory on a night where the rest of his teammates didn’t bother to show up.
The Red Wings out-shot the Caps 39 to 26 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 53 to 34.
By Chris Cerullo 3 years ago
The Caps sleepwalked (…sleptwalked?) through a Thursday night date in Detroit. The Wings, playing with stubborn futility for their postseason lives, outworked Washington, but solid work in net by sole-surviving goaltender Philipp Grubauer saved the Caps’ bacon.
The first and second periods were scoreless and sloppy, but Brett Connolly got a breakaway in the third to beat Jimmy Howard.
Caps beat Wings! Grubauer with a 39-save shutout!
By Peter Hassett 3 years ago
Mike Green is not suiting up for Thursday night’s game against the Washington Capitals. Actually, he won’t be suiting up for any more games this season. The Detroit Red Wings have announced Green will undergo cervical spine surgery and will not return for the remainder of 2017-18.
By Peter Hassett 3 years ago
Tonight the Washington Capitals return to Detroit after beating the Red Wings in overtime at Little Caesars Arena in late October. Mike Green and the boys are amidst an unsuccessful season where their main focus will be on the draft lottery rather than the playoffs. Meanwhile, the Caps look to keep pace with their Metro Division challengers.
We have a 7:30 PM start on NBCSN tonight. Peter has your recap.
By Chris Cerullo 3 years ago
The Washington Capitals salvaged a point from a 5-4 overtime loss to the Detroit Red Wings in a game that most thought was over after a horrendous second period from the DC home team. Not a good performance.
The Red Wings out-shot the Capitals 29 to 27 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 48 to 33.
By Chris Cerullo 3 years ago
The Washington Capitals brought an optimally organized and well rested lineup to Sunday’s matinee against a lottery-bound Detroit Red Wings, so you can understand my confusion as to why they played so very poorly for two-thirds of the game.
Alex Ovechkin scored on an Ovi shot from the Ovi spot during a first period power play, but Justin Abdelkader exploited a turnover and Matt Niskanen’s misplay to tie it up. The Caps had basically zero offense in the second period, which the Wings made them pay for with three goals in the final four minutes. It was a dunk fest, friends.
Brett Connolly finished a great drive from Smith-Pelly and Beagle to give the Caps life early in the third. Dmitry Orlov compounded the comeback with a weak-side one-timer. With 16 seconds left in the third and the Caps on the power play, Nick Backstrom tied the game with an outside shot.
The Caps had the better looks in overtime, but the Tatar had the last look.
Red Wings beat Caps 5-4 in overtime.
By Peter Hassett 3 years ago
Happy Sunday, friends. Hopefully it’s less rainy and cold than Saturday, and hopefully there’s a Caps win in it for you. This afternoon will be the second of three meetings between Washington and Detroit (the Caps won the first 4-3 in overtime), and it will probably be the final one with Mike Green in the lineup – unless he’s wearing a different uniform for the next one, wink wink, nudge nudge.
The game starts at 3 PM on the usual channel. I’ll be writing about it for your pleasure.
By Peter Hassett 3 years ago
