Washington Capitals center Lars Eller shared his support for the LGBTQ+ community in video on Friday.
“Happy to stand with the LGBTQ+ community as an ally today and every day 🏳️🌈,” Eller wrote on Instagram.
Four Washington Capitals players returned to the ice for a small group workout on Thursday. It’s the first time the Caps have skated at MedStar Capitals Iceplex since March.
The Capitals posted a short and heavily-edited video on their social media platforms Thursday afternoon. To keep players safe and minimize possible exposure to the coronavirus, media are not allowed into the facility to cover practice or interview players, per the NHL’s Phase 2 protocol.
The Washington Capitals held their first day of small group workouts on Thursday at MedStar Capitals Iceplex.
Only four Capitals players participated according to the Washington Post’s Samantha Pell: Braden Holtby, John Carlson, Evgeny Kuznetsov, and Lars Eller.
It was the first time Capitals players hit the ice at the team’s practice facility since March.
By Ian Oland 3 weeks ago
What does Gordie Howe, Maurice Richard, Jean Beliveau, Wayne Gretzky, and Capitals’ center Lars Eller all have in common? These players have all had the distinction of scoring a Stanley Cup-winning goal. They are five of nearly 100 hockey players who have done so since the NHL formed in late 1917.
YouTuber yosoo created a marvelous 26-minute video showing 73 of those Cup-winning goals since 1933. The montage captures how hockey has evolved over the last century from its gameplay and speed to its arenas and broadcasting.
While most of his Capitals teammates are waiting out the coronavirus pandemic, Lars Eller is putting time into trying to stop it.
The Danish center, who scored the Capitals’ 2018 Stanley Cup-winning goal, is donating a Cleanse Portal to a D.C. homeless shelter in Northwest called Central Union Mission.
The Cleanse Portal inactivates bacteria and viruses on skin, clothing, and goods.
Lars Eller is a Stanley Cup champion and now an answer on a crossword puzzle.
Eller, who scored the Stanley Cup-winning goal in 2018, was featured in Sunday’s Wall Street Journal.
Lars Eller watched NBC’s re-airing of Game Five of the 2018 Stanley Cup Final on Sunday and live-tweeted his thoughts and feelings throughout the game on his personal Twitter account.
After falling behind 3-2 through two periods, Devante Smith-Pelly and Eller scored two unanswered goals to give the Capitals a 4-3 win.
“Never stop working,” Eller wrote after re-watching his game-winning goal that clinched the Capitals’ first Stanley Cup in team history. “Easily one of the greatest moments of my career. I’ll never forget this one.”
According to NHL.com, it’s the second time Eller’s re-watched the game from start to finish. The first time he did so was with a Danish reporter for a feature story in his home country.
Lars Eller announced on Sunday via an NHL.com story that his wife Julie is pregnant with their second child – their first boy.
According to Lars, the due date is in August.
The couple already has a daughter, Sophia.
Lars Eller spoke after the “Washington Capitals” beat the “New York Rangers” 6-1 at “Capital One Arena”.
And you guys, the Danish center took the interview very seriously.
“I think we played as well as we’re capable of, scoring a lot of goals, getting contributions from every line,” Eller said. “Being able to do it at even strength, like we did today, that’s huge for us.”
He also gave some insight of what it was like inside the locker room. Really.
“The boys were all over him,” Eller said. “Obviously he found the right stick that night. He’s got that in him. After that contract extension, he’s really turning it up now.”
For most of the year, the Washington Capitals have been the NHL’s best team. But since coming back from their eight-day break (bye week plus the All-Star Break) on January 27, they’ve looked like a shell of their former selves.
The Capitals have lost four of their last five games and six of their last nine overall. They’ve given up the first goal six straight games. The bad stretch of play has erased their cushion atop the standings and knocked them out of first place in the Eastern Conference. With a victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight, the Pittsburgh Penguins will take the Metropolitan Division lead from the Caps. Washington sits only eight points ahead of division-rival, Philadelphia, for the final playoff spot in the East. Every game matters here on out.
On Sunday, Peter published his snapshot, a statistical analysis of the team, and it points to a team-wide problem (minus Braden Holtby who has been brilliant lately).
But what do the players and coaches think? After the Capitals lost to the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 on Monday (they fell behind 3-0 before clawing back late in the third period), TJ Oshie, Lars Eller, John Carlson, and Todd Reirden all spoke to the media and shared their insight. Players and coaches usually aren’t the best at articulating or diagnosing problems to the media – there’s inherent pressure to not reveal much tangible information and keep things in the room – but I found the interviews to be more illuminating than usual.
Here are the Capitals in their own words about their recent stretch of poor play.
By Ian Oland 5 months ago
