A year after Barry Trotz was bloodied after getting hit in the head with a puck, former Caps coach Bruce Boudreau experienced the same bad luck during the Minnesota Wild’s 4-2 win over the Nashville Predators.
With 5:44 left in the third period, a puck deflected onto the Wild’s bench and struck Boudreau on the left side of his temple. Boudreau would bleed and get helped to the locker room by the team’s trainer.
On the first day back from the NHL’s holiday break, Capitals defenseman Christian Djoos received one final Christmas present.
Late in the third period of a tied 0-0 game, Rangers forward Pavel Buchnevich had his shot get deflected by John Carlson and strike Djoos in the face.
Brooks Orpik did not participate in Capitals practice Friday morning, with coach Barry Trotz citing an… uh, body injury of some sort.
But after reviewing last night’s Caps-Bruins game, Orpik’s ailment appears to be his left hand. The injury took place in the third period.
By Cara Bahniuk 4 years ago
In the second period of Monday’s game against the San Jose Sharks, Capitals forward TJ Oshie left the game after getting his head rammed into the boards during a hit from Joe Thornton. After missing practice and being listed as day-to-day with an upper-body injury, Oshie will miss Wednesday night’s game against the Chicago Blackhawks.
Alex Chiasson is slated to replace Oshie in the lineup.
By Madeline Dement 4 years ago
TJ Oshie, second on the Capitals in goals (10) and third on the team in points (23), left last night’s game in the second period after having his head crunched into the boards by Joe Thornton.
After making his wobbly way off the ice, Oshie did not return. On Tuesday morning, the Capitals announced Oshie would miss the team’s regularly scheduled practice. He is day-to-day with an upper body injury.
Capitals forward TJ Oshie has left the game after a hit by Joe Thornton.
Capitals forward Chandler Stephenson has been one of the nicest surprises of the season, tallying six points in 18 games this season. But Saturday against the Columbus Blue Jackets, the 23-year-old forward was unable to finish the game.
Stephenson took the final shift of the second period (38 seconds), but would not return for the final stanza.
Midway through the second period of Saturday’s Capitals-Wild game, Washington captain and leading goal-scorer Alex Ovechkin went down face first on the ice in a pool of blood after taking a puck to the face.
By Chris Gordon 4 years ago
Tuesday, the Washington Capitals finally got back to full strength on defense as Matt Niskanen returned to the lineup after being out for a month due to a thumb injury. Their full health on the backline lasted only 34 minutes of play.
With 6:02 left in the second period, Christian Djoos played his last shift of the night.
By Chris Cerullo 4 years ago
Hockey players are stupid tough, and here’s another example.
During the New York Rangers-Edmonton Oilers game this afternoon, Jimmy Vesey got kicked in the face and his teeth got lodged into his lip.
He later returned to the game because he is an insane person.
By Cara Bahniuk 4 years ago
