Todd Reirden made one minor tweak to the Capitals lines ahead of their game Thursday night against the Nashville Predators.
Evgeny Kuznetsov will return to his second-line center spot after playing his first game of the season on the third line.
Kuzy scored in the first period on a nifty backhand against the Dallas Stars.
ARLINGTON, VA — The best day of the Washington Capitals season, in this author’s humble opinion, occurred Monday when Caps players participated in its annual dog calendar photoshoot. Partnering with Homeward Trails Animal Rescue, the boys spent the afternoon posing (and hugging and cuddling) with dogs up for adoption as well as their own pups from home. This year, the Capitals modeled in front of vintage cars or their own vehicles.
While the Homeward Trail dogs stole everyone’s heart (please return it soon please, I’m having trouble functioning), the day started out with an appearance by the Capitals new dog, Captain.
Captain posed in a vintage silver car and wore silly hats, loving the attention he got throughout.
Meanwhile, Capitals players John Carlson, Nic Dowd, TJ Oshie, Alex Ovechkin, Chandler Stephenson, Garnet Hathaway, and Nick Jensen all posed with their own dogs. Tom Wilson, Nicklas Backstrom, Lars Eller, Tyler Lewington, Jakub Vrana, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov, Michal Kempny, Radko Gudas, Carl Hagelin, Richard Panik, Jonas Siegenthaler, Brendan Leipsic, and Ilya Samsonov took their photos with dogs available for adoption through Homeward Trails.
Since the calendar began in 2014, the Caps have raised more than $250,000 for Homeward Trails. A limited number of calendars will be available for $20 beginning Nov. 27 when the Capitals host the Florida Panthers. The calendar will also be sold online and in the team stores at Capital One Arena and MedStar Capitals Iceplex. Details will be announced at a later date.
While the official photos won’t be seen until the release, we hope these adorable photos will tide you over until then.
By Cara Bahniuk 1 week ago
The Washington Capitals made three roster moves to bring Evgeny Kuznetsov and Michal Kempny back to the active roster, but only one of them will play Tuesday against the Dallas Stars.
Kuznetsov will center the third line, but Kempny will not play for the fourth straight game as he continues to rehab the hamstring injury he suffered last season.
Tyler Lewington will take his place in the lineup.
After the first three games of the regular season, the Washington Capitals made several roster moves on Sunday to accommodate what their actual regular-season roster will look like. The Capitals put Travis Boyd on waivers, demoted Martin Fehervary, and sent Jonas Siegenthaler down to Hershey for a day.
Those moves opened up two roster spots and just enough money to accommodate Evgeny Kuznetsov and Michal Kempny back onto the active roster. Kuznetsov is returning from a three-game suspension while Kempny rehabbed a hamstring injury suffered last season.
Monday, both players re-joined rushes during practice. Here’s how the lines stacked up.
After being placed on the ‘injured non roster’ list on Tuesday, Capitals defenseman Michal Kempny has finally been cleared for contact.
Kempny was skating on Wednesday morning, wearing a dark blue contact jersey, according to The Washington Post’s Samantha Pell.
By Donya Abramo 2 weeks ago
Another shoe has dropped. The Washington Capitals have placed defenseman Michal Kempny on their “injured non roster” list. Kempny, who is still rehabbing a torn left hamstring he suffered last season, was “highly likely” to miss the season opener Wednesday against the Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues. Now that seems virtually assured.
Combined with Evgeny Kuznetsov’s three-game suspension, Kempny’s move to injured reserve makes the Capitals compliant of the NHL’s 23-man active roster limit… for now!
Michal Kempny’s recovery from a hamstring injury last season made another positive step on Saturday. According to Tom Gulitti, Kempny took part in a conditioning skating test, which he passed.
Capitals head coach Todd Reirden later spoke to the media in a press conference, where he ruled Kempny out of the Caps’ final preseason game in Carolina on Sunday. Reirden also said Kempny is “highly likely” to sit out the Capitals’ season opener October 2 against the St. Louis Blues.
By Donya Abramo 3 weeks ago
After taking a high, dirty hit from Predators defenseman Josh Healey at the 2019 NHL Prospect Showcase, Alex Alexeyev is being held out of the start of practices at the Capitals’ Training Camp.
According to The Washington Post’s Isabelle Khurshudyan, this is due to an upper-body injury/concussion. Following the hit, which occurred during the Capitals 3-2 loss to the Predators, Alexeyev did not return to the game nor play in the final outing of the Showcase, though Hershey Bears head coach Spencer Carberry said at the time, “We took him out of the game for precautionary reasons to make sure. He had to go through the [concussion] protocol, and everything was good.”
By Donya Abramo 1 month ago
Michal Kempny continues to make strides ahead of the start of Capitals’ training camp. After skating privately before the start of the team’s informal practices, Kempny joined the full team out on the ice on Monday morning for the first time.
Kempny wore a bright green jersey, likely meaning no-contact, and skated with the team after a quick warm-up with Carl Hagelin.
By Cara Bahniuk 1 month ago
Washington Capitals’ Training Camp is nine days away. Tuesday, the Capitals sported a near full lineup at their Arlington, Virginia practice facility.
Capitals’ fourth-line center Nic Dowd made his grand return after driving 20 hours from his native Minnesota. The most notable players missing now are Tom Wilson and Dmitry Orlov.
