Four Washington Capitals players wore a bold accessory out onto the ice during practice on Tuesday.
Ilya Samsonov, Nic Dowd, Nick Jensen, and Richard Panik all rocked pink tie dye headbands.
Peter Laviolette announced early this afternoon that Ilya Samsonov will start in net against the New Jersey Devils today.
It will be Samsonov’s first start with the Capitals since a 4-3 shootout loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on January 17th.
By Elyse Bailey 3 days ago
Ilya Samsonov won his fourth rehab start for the Hershey Bears on Friday.
Samsonov stopped 25 of 28 shots in Hershey’s 6-3 win over the Binghamton Devils. The Russian goaltender is trying to regain his top form after testing positive for coronavirus in mid-January and spending 19 days in protocol fighting the disease.
Ilya Samsonov deemed himself “ready” to return to the Capitals last weekend, but it does not seem like the team agrees.
Friday afternoon, the Capitals announced that they re-assigned Samsonov back to the AHL’s Hershey Bears. The Bears play the Binghamton Devils at the RWJBarnabas Health Hockey House, Friday night. Puck drop is at 7 pm.
Ilya Samsonov’s third rehab start for the Hershey Bears on Wednesday was a bit of a fire drill. Sammy gave up four goals on 19 shots in a 4-2 loss to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, but his performance wasn’t as bad as it seems.
While the Bears outshot the Baby Pens 28-19, they put up a poor effort defensively in front of their netminder, giving up several high-danger chances from point-blank range that turned out to be the difference.
The Washington Capitals brought Ilya Samsonov back from the Hershey Bears after a two-game conditioning stint last Friday, but it appears his time in the AHL may not be done after all.
After Tuesday’s morning skate, head coach Peter Laviolette revealed that Vitek Vanecek would receive his 15th start of the season, and Craig Anderson, coming off his first win Sunday since March 7, 2020, will back him up once again.
Meanwhile, Ilya’s status at the NHL level remains up in the air.
After 13 consecutive games with rookie Vitek Vanecek in the net, veteran goalkeeper Craig Anderson will start his first game in a Capitals jersey this afternoon against the New Jersey Devils.
Anderson gets the start on the second game of a busy back-to-back weekend.
By Eliza Kravitz 1 week ago
Ilya Samsonov will not dress against the New York Rangers on Saturday.
The Russian goalie, who returned to the Capitals on Friday after a two-game conditioning stint with the Hershey Bears, has been placed on the team’s taxi squad. Craig Anderson will serve as Vitek Vanecek’s backup.
Ilya Samsonov is officially back with the Capitals after making two conditioning starts for the Hershey Bears. Samsonov won one game and lost another, posting a .885 save percentage during his time in the AHL.
In a corresponding move, the Capitals placed 39-year-old Craig Anderson on the taxi squad. Anderson played in only one game while serving as backup to Vitek Vanecek, taking the loss in a relief effort against the Flyers.
Evgeny Kuznetsov conducted a Russian language interview with Sport24’s Alena Grebenkova while the Capitals were in Pittsburgh earlier this week.
During the chat, Kuznetsov gave extensive insight into events that led to the team’s four Russians being placed on the COVID-19 Unavailability List and the Capitals being fined $100,000 by the NHL.
By Ian Oland 2 weeks ago
