Right winger Brett Connolly will miss Saturday night’s match-up against the Tampa Bay Lightning. He is the fourth Capitals player to miss playing time due to illness recently after Carl Hagelin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, and TJ Oshie.
Connolly missed the morning skate and head coach Todd Reirden said he would be a game-time decision.
By Brennin Weiswerda 8 months ago
TJ Oshie, the Washington Capitals second leading goalscorer (23g), will miss tonight’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes due to an illness. Oshie also missed the team’s morning skate.
The Capitals PR announced the news during warmups.
Washington Capitals head coach Todd Reirden confirmed our worst worries after the team’s morning skate. Reirden told reporters that the Caps will have to go without defenseman Michal Kempny “for an indefinite amount of time right now.”
Kempny was injured in an awkward tangle-up with Tampa Bay’s Cedric Paquette. Kempny needed help getting off the ice and after the game Head Coach Todd Reirden said, “it’s safe to say he’s going to miss some time.”
Reirden did not give a timeline on Kempny’s expected recovery and said tests are still being run on his injured leg.
By Elizabeth Kong 8 months ago
Capitals defenseman Michal Kempny left Wednesday’s game against the Tampa Bay Lightning after being dragged awkwardly down to the ice by Cedric Paquette.
Kempny struggled to get over the Capitals bench, and appeared to not put any pressure on his left leg. The Capitals called the injury “lower body” in nature and said Kempny would not return.
After the game, Capitals head coach Todd Reirden gave an update and did not sound particularly optimistic.
By Ian Oland 8 months ago
The Caps-Bolts rematch on Wednesday has been a busy affair. The second period saw six goals in 15 minutes, but after that is when stuff really went down.
As Cedric Paquette took Michal Kempny down to the ice, injuring the Capitals defenseman’s leg, Jakub Vrana got in his first career NHL fight with Yanni Gourde.
Kempny looks real bad.
By Ian Oland 8 months ago
Capitals 2018 first-round pick Alex Alexeyev was recently photographed walking again after suffering a scary knee-on-knee collision March 8 that necessitated him being carted off on a stretcher.
Alexeyev was honored before puck drop on Tuesday as the Red Deer Advocate’s Male Athlete of the Year. Alexeyev was wearing a knee brace as he accepted the award.
The Red Deer Rebels have listed Alexeyev’s condition as a “week-to-week” lower-body injury on WHL’s weekly report.
By Elizabeth Kong 8 months ago
Tom Wilson is one of the most physical players in the NHL and he made his presence felt immediately in the first period against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Wilson leveled Mikhail Sergachev with a clean shoulder-to-shoulder hit into the glass. Sergachev would need help getting off the ice and would miss the rest of the first period.
Capitals 2018 first-round pick Alex Alexeyev has had a breakout season with the WHL’s Red Deer Rebels. Alexeyev has 43 points in 49 games, but Friday against the Brandon Wheat Kings, he may have suffered a severe injury that puts his status for the rest of the season in question.
The Russian defenseman was involved in a scary knee-on-knee hit with Ben McCartney in the third period. The Caps prospect needed to be stretchered off the ice and was agonizing pain, according to reports.
By Ian Oland 8 months ago
Former Capitals defenseman Mike Green will see the 2018-19 season end the way it began.
Thursday, the Detroit Red Wings announced that Greenie will be out for the rest of the season due to a virus.
According to the club, Green’s virus is the same one that caused him to miss the first nine games of the regular season.
By Ian Oland 8 months ago
Michal Kempny has had a great year, but his face has not.
During the Stanley Cup Final, Kempny slipped on a puck and crashed headfirst into the boards, opening up a gnarly cut on the bridge of his nose. Weird? Oh, it gets weirder. In November, Travis Boyd almost knocked Kempny unconscious while trying to hug his teammate during a goal celebration. Then, a month ago, a helmetless Kempny was struck in the eye by a deflected puck during warmups.
You would think all that bad face luck would be enough for three separate NHL careers, but Sunday against the Rangers, Kempny’s face got beat up again.
