Alex Ovechkin continued his march towards The Great One on New Year’s Eve.
Ovechkin scored the 804th of his career after a beautiful sauce pass by defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk. Ovi one-timed the puck past a diving Jake Allen for his 24th goal of the season.
By Ian Oland 5 months ago
Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan has made it clear on two separate occasions, once on Breakdown Day and again at his pre-draft press conference that the Caps are looking for a veteran netminder this offseason.
Thursday night, ESPN’s Kevin Weekes reported that current Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jake Allen is accruing interest around the league from a handful of clubs. He explicitly listed the Capitals as one of those interested parties.
By Chris Cerullo 11 months ago
The Montreal Canadiens landed their backup goaltender for Carey Price next season.
The Habs dealt a third-round pick in 2020 to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Jake Allen on Wednesday. The two teams also swapped seventh-round picks in 2020 and 2022.
Blues’ backup goaltender Jake Allen took a graceful backseat to rookie sensation Jordan Binnington halfway through the regular season.
Not only is Allen still supporting Binnington in the playoffs, he’s also making a few saves of his own from his team’s bench.
By Brennin Weiswerda 4 years ago
Thursday night in St. Louis, the Washington Capitals routed the Blues 7-3 and something strange happened. Goaltender Jake Allen was pulled twice in the same game.
Now, after a terrible January, Blues GM Doug Armstrong has announced that Allen is not traveling with the team to Winnipeg. The Capitals literally broke the man.
Jake Allen is having a rough January. He’d been pulled twice already with a .857 save percentage.
And then those meanies Andre Burakovsky and Jay Beagle had to be bullies, which led to a curious series of events.
