Caps Bench, Especially Karl Alzner, Very Excited About John Erskine’s Knockout Punch (GIF)
The second period of the Friday night's game against the Toronto Maple Leafs became more about face-punching than hockey -- which surprises…
This is How Not to Defend Alex Ovechkin (GIF)
Photo credit: Geoff Burke When the Washington Capitals played Tampa on Friday, the Lightning -- after getting burned by the NHL's reigning…
Tom Wilson Bloodies Knuckles In Brutal 32-Second Fight With Carter Ashton (GIF)
Washington Capitals rookie forward Tom Wilson nearly scored his second career goal in the first period of Friday's game against the Toronto…
Eric Fehr’s Scores Two Goals, Including Game Winner in Final Minute (GIF)
Photo credit: Chris O'Meara For most of the year, Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin has skated on a line with super Swedes…
Philipp Grubauer’s Amazing Split Save on Ondrej Palat (GIF)
Photo credit: Kim Klement The Washington Capitals are kind of wretched when it comes to preventing odd-man rushes. A third period shorthanded…
That’s the Stuff: Marcus Johansson Scores Powerplay Goal With Power Move to Net (GIF)
Photo credit: Kim Klement Washington Capitals forward Marcus Johansson has long struggled to be strong on the puck, but this year he…
Andre Burakovsky is a Hugger (Video)
In all honesty, we don't know much about Washington Capitals 2013 first round pick Andre Burakovsky. While Evgeny Kuznetsov is an open-yet-confusing…
Troy Brouwer Video-Bombs Nicklas Backstrom Interview (GIF)
Monumental's Rinkside Updates are becoming must-watch videos. Not really for the exclusive insight they are supposed to bring, but rather because of the…
Minnesota’s Most Intense Fan Celebrates Ryan Suter’s Hat-Trick Goal
Let's be honest: I'm mad; you're mad. I'm fighting people in the comments of Peter's game story right now. Everybody who watched…
Mike Green Scores The Luckiest Goal of All-Time (GIF)
With the Caps trailing the Wild 3-2 in the second period, the visitors needed a break. They had given up two goals…
Mike Green Fakes Out Matt Cooke, Scores Highlight-Reel Goal (GIF)
Photo credit: Kevin Hoffman The Washington Capitals scored on two consecutive shots in the first period of Saturday's game against the Minnesota…
Analyzing the Canes’ OTGWG: The Capitals Make Way Too Many Mistakes
Photo credit: Rob Carr In overtime, unless you're a really bad hockey team or extremely good at shootous, you play to win…
Steve Oleksy Scores Goal, Gets Really Excited
On December 8, Steve Oleksy scored his first goal in 273 days, after seven games as a healthy scratch. Now, 25 days…
Alex Ovechkin Scores 31st Goal of the Season (GIF)
Photo credit: Geoff Burke The last time Alex Ovechkin scored a goal it was last year. It seems like forever ago. Santa…
Mikhail Grabovski Forgets How to Hockey, Plays Lacrosse and Soccer Instead (GIF)
Whoops. (Photo credit: Marc DesRosiers) On Monday morning we published a story about how awesome Mikhail Grabovski is, including the likelihood of…
Mikhail Grabovski’s Incredible Shootout Attempt (GIF)
Photo credit: Joe Camporeale When the Washington Capitals signed Mikhail Grabovski during the offseason, we knew he would bring teh corsis. But…
Swede: Andre Burakovsky Scores Hat Trick Against Norway (GIFs)
Photo credit: Ludwig Thunman/AP Washington Capitals first-round pick Andre Burakovsky scored a hat trick in the World Juniors preliminary round game against…
That One Did Actually Cross The Goal Line: Eric Fehr Scores Clutch Game Winner
Photo credit: Geoff Burke Eric Fehr is awesome. We know this and he probably does too. Capitals head coach Adam Oates, however,…
#DimaSmash: Dmitry Orlov Cross-Checks Mats Zuccarello in the Helmet (GIF)
Washington Capitals defenseman Dmitry Orlov had a great start to the first period. He tallied a secondary assist on Mike Green's power…
Team Canada’s Grand Entrance to the World Junior Championships (GIFs)
On Thursday, Canada played its first World Junior Championship against Germany. They beat the tar out of them, 7-2. That was no…
