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Alex Ovechkin will play in his first game of the preseason tonight in Quebec City

The Capitals are up north to take on the Montreal Canadiens in their third preseason game. This game is special, as it’s being played at the Videotron Centre in Quebec City. The arena is built next to the Colisée Pepsi, where the Quebec Nordiques used to play.

This is the first preseason game for Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Tom Wilson, Michal Kempny, and Brooks Orpik. Thursdays tilt also becomes the third game for Jayson Megna, who is battling for the open spot on the fourth line. Megna is the only player to suit up in all three preseason games.

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Hockey is back! Photos from the first week of Capitals training camp

On Saturday, the Capitals took to the ice at Medstar Capitals Iceplex for the second day of training camp. With the camp roster and invites split into three group, each group spent time doing on-ice practice, off-ice training, and video review.

Although the roster has gone through their first cuts, such as sending first-round draft pick Alexander Alexeyev back to his junior league team, Saturday’s practice featured everyone. Alexeyev, who had an impressive training camp, was in Group White with Caps vets Braden Holtby, Nicklas Backstrom, and TJ Oshie. Group Red paired goalies Pheonix Copley and Ilya Samsonov, both of whom are in the running to be number two in the net behind Holtby this season. Group Blue featured Alex Ovechkin and the Caps’ Russians, who along with Tom Wilson were on the celebratory end of a competitive two-on-two drill–Ovi was jumping up and down on his skates celebrating the win.

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By Elizabeth Kong On September 20, 2018 0 Comment

In which Evgeny Kuznetsov struggles to blow a noisemaker

Evgeny Kuznetsov is good at many things: scoring during the playoffs (32 points in 24 games), being being assistant to the general manager, and centering the top line of a Stanley Cup-winning team.

On media day, however, we learned that there is something at which Evgeny Kuznetsov is not very good: blowing on a noisemaker. NBC Sports Washington has the video.

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By Brennin Weiswerda On September 17, 2018 0 Comment

DC United are doing bird cellys too

As the Washington Capitals returned to the ice on Sunday to play their first preseason game against the Boston Bruins, the DC United were also facing off against the New York Red Bulls in MLS action.

We bring this to your attention due to a certain celly making a return to DC.

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By Donya Abramo On September 16, 2018 0 Comment

The eagle has landed: Sergei Shumakov joins Capitals Training Camp

Sergei Shumakov, the top-20 point KHL scorer with awesome eagle tattoos, has arrived in DC and joined the team for Training Camp at MedStar Capitals Iceplex. The 26-year-old winger signed an entry-level, one-year, two-way deal for $925,000 on September 1, but his arrival in the US was delayed due to visa issues.

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By Brennin Weiswerda On September 16, 2018 0 Comment

‘Assistant General Manager’ Evgeny Kuznetsov helped the Capitals sign Sergei Shumakov

In late August, the Washington Capitals signed Russian forward Sergei Shumakov to a one-year, entry-level deal. What wasn’t known then was how instrumental Evgeny Kuznetsov was to Shumakov joining the team.

According to the Washington Post’s Isabelle Khurshudyan, Kuznetsov called Shumakov and his agent as soon as he saw the rumors connecting the top 20 point-scorer to the Capitals.

Kuznetsov told Khurshudyan at the second day of Capitals training camp, “They said, ‘Yeah, we have a couple teams.’ I said, ‘What do you mean a couple teams? There’s only one team.'”

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By Donya Abramo On September 15, 2018 2 Comments

Capitals media day highlighted by TJ Oshie’s flow, Tom Wilson and Evgeny Kuznetsov doodling

Thursday, the Washington Capitals took their physicals and suited up in their crisp red home uniforms for media day.

Evgeny Kuznetsov started the day with an intense face off approach.

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By Julia Karron On September 13, 2018 0 Comment

Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov are making some late night filings at the gym

Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov have been getting more and more creative with their workouts this summer.

Monday night, Ovechkin shared the latest exercise the pair did with his personal trainer, Pavel.

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By Brennin Weiswerda On September 10, 2018 0 Comment

NHL.com asked players which team other than their own will win the Stanley Cup next season. Evgeny Kuznetsov picked the Capitals.

Evgeny Kuznetsov marches, or I guess, flaps to his own beat. We got more evidence of that from an interview at NHL Media Day.

According to Nicholas Cotsonika, NHL.com asked the star players in attendance to name their Stanley Cup favorite for next season with the caveat that they could not pick their own team.

Kuznetsov was not having any of this.

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By Ian Oland On September 10, 2018 2 Comments

TJ Oshie and Evgeny Kuznetsov respond to Nate Schmidt’s suspension

On September 2, former Washington Capitals defenseman Nate Schmidt was suspended for the first 20 games of the 2018-19 NHL season for violating the performance-enhancing substances policy.

While several details surrounding the specifics of Schmidt’s violation are still unknown, he released a statement following the suspension, suggesting that the substance found was consistent with environmental contamination. Schmidt, ultimately, lost his appeal.

On Friday, at the NHL’s media day in Chicago, both TJ Oshie and Evgeny Kuznetsov commented on Schmidt’s suspension.

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By Donya Abramo On September 7, 2018 0 Comment

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