Nicklas Backstrom and Nic Dowd traveling with Capitals to Florida, Backstrom not eligible to return on trip
The Washington Capitals are headed down to sunny, warm Florida for two games against the Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers. Joining…
Nic Dowd leaves practice after reportedly injuring left leg during practice
Nic Dowd, who has been battling an injury over the last week, left Friday's morning skate in pain. Dowd missed Monday's game…
Nicklas Backstrom skated in full gear before Thursday’s practice
Nicklas Backstrom is skating in full gear. The news comes a little over a week away from when Backstrom will be first…
Nic Dowd to miss Senators game after not taking flight to Ottawa with Capitals
What seemed likely is now fact. Capitals fourth-line center Nic Dowd did not take the team's flight north of the border and…
Nic Dowd out day-to-day with lower-body injury
The Washington Capitals are already without one of their centers in Nicklas Backstrom and may now have an issue with another. The…
Peter Laviolette on when Nicklas Backstrom will return from injury: ‘He’s at the beginning of the process’
At the start of Training Camp, the Washington Capitals announced that Nicklas Backstrom would be out week-to-week due to a lingering hip…
Nicklas Backstrom skates for the first time this preseason as he continues rehab of hip injury
There was good and bad news today for Nicklas Backstrom. The bad news is that the Swedish center was placed on long-term…
Chaosvechkin: Tuesday’s Capitals practice sees Alex Ovechkin take the ice, leave, and then come back again
Alex Ovechkin was on the ice today for the Capitals optional practice. Until he wasn't. And then he was again. It was…
Alex Ovechkin day-to-day with a lower-body injury
Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin is day-to-day with a lower-body injury. He will miss Sunday's practice. The Washington Post's Samantha Pell reported…
Alex Ovechkin leaves preseason game after injuring left leg with hit
Alex Ovechkin left the first period of the Capitals' final game of the preseason against the Philadelphia Flyers, Friday. Ovechkin threw a…
Ryan Reaves leaves Rangers preseason game injured after leg buckles in awkward collision with PK Subban
Ryan Reaves was brought to the New York Rangers over the offseason to bring toughness to the team. Now, New York could…
The latest updates on injured Capitals Ilya Samsonov and Martin Fehervary
While Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette was dodgy when asked about Nicklas Backstrom's availability for next week's Home Opener, he was a…
Martin Fehervary leaves preseason game against Devils with upper-body injury
Capitals defenseman Martin Fehervary left Monday's night preseason game against the Devils in the second period. According to the Capitals PR, Fehervary…
Nicklas Backstrom unsure if he’ll play Opening Night, remains week-to-week
Saturday at Capitals Training Camp, Nicklas Backstrom spoke to the media at MedStar Capitals Iceplex for the first time since the team…
Lars Eller says the Capitals expect Nicklas Backstrom to miss time at the start of the season
We knew that Nicklas Backstrom was going to miss a good portion of Capitals Training Camp after it was announced he'd be…
Lars Eller leaves practice early with lower-body injury
The Washington Capitals are already without star center Nicklas Backstrom and now may have to worry about one of the guys behind…
Evgeni Malkin joins Sidney Crosby on the injured list, will miss at least first two months of season
The Pittsburgh Penguins will be without star center Evgeni Malkin for at least the first two months of this season as he…
John Carlson cracked his kneecap late last season
John Carlson was one of several stars injured late last season that hobbled the Capitals in the postseason. But unlike franchise-best center…
Capitals announce Nicklas Backstrom to miss beginning of Training Camp as he continues to rehab hip injury
Nicklas Backstrom is set to miss the start of this year's Training Camp and is officially listed as "week-to-week" due to continued…
Nicklas Backstrom says he had hip surgery six years ago to fix an injury: ‘Now, to be honest, it’s so-so’
Nicklas Backstrom conducted a Swedish language interview with Daniel Sandström of the Gefle Dagblad earlier in the week after handing out his…
