The Washington Capitals have traveled cross border to take on the Montreal Canadiens and will get a much needed return of Evgeny Kuznetsov after the center missed three consecutive games with a shoulder injury.
Puck drop is at 7 PM on NBCSWA and I will have your recap.
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
Friday night, the Washington Capitals fell to the Montreal Canadiens 3-2, getting all of our weekends off to a poor start. Thanks a lot, guys.
The Caps and Habs both totaled 26 shots, but the Habs out-attempted the Caps five-on-five 51 to 40.
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
As your government prepares to shutdown, it appears that your favorite hockey team has got a head start. The Washington Capitals, in the back half of a back to back and coming off of a bye week (thanks NHL), matched up with the struggling Montreal Canadiens at Capital One Arena. A game that would normally star Canadian beauts Braden Holtby and Carey Price instead gave us Philipp Grubauer and Antti Niemi. Which backup would come out on top?
Nothing happened in the first. Max Pacioretty and John Carlson traded power play goals in the second. Paul Byron put the Habs up one in the third. Pacioretty would get another on an empty netter. Lars Eller breathed new life in a game with a marker of his own, but that was it.
Canadiens beat Caps 3-2.
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
The Caps are right back in action tonight, taking on the Canadiens in DC. Montreal is in sixth place in the Atlantic division, has lost three in a row, and is 2-6-2 in their last 10 games. The Caps are looking to bounce back from a lackluster performance on Thursday night in New Jersey.
The good news is Andre Burakovsky will draw in. After Jakub Vrana was benched during the third period of Thursday night’s game, it was reasonable to think he’d be the healthy scratch tonight. But sanity prevailed and it appears Devante Smith-Pelly will be the odd-man out.
It’s a 7:30 PM game and NBCSW will have the coverage on your teevee. Christopher from the comments will have your recap.
By Patrick Holden 2 years ago
Monday afternoon, the Montreal Canadiens’ practice at Scotiabank Saddledome got huffy and you’ll never believe who was in the middle of it.
During a drill, forward Andrew Shaw got in a wrestling match with defenseman Joe Morrow and ripped his helmet off.
Tuesday afternoon, the NHL released the jerseys that will be worn by the Montreal Canadiens and Ottawa Senators during the NHL 100 Classic outdoor game. This special game, different from the Stadium Series and Winter Classic, will celebrate the NHL’s 100th year of existence. The game will be played at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa on December 16.
The NHL and Adidas took the history of these Canadian teams into consideration for the jersey design. The Montreal Canadiens franchise holds the record for most Stanley Cup appearances (34) and wins (24) throughout the time in the NHA and NHL. The original Ottawa Senators franchise played in the NHL from 1917 until 1934 and won 11 Stanley Cups. The current franchise rejoined the NHL as an expansion team in 1992.
By Cara Bahniuk 2 years ago
The Capitals officially opened up Capital One Arena for the new season, dispatching the Montreal Canadiens 6-1. Déjà vu time. Alex Ovechkin earned himself another hat trick, but this time plus one more goal.
This game was won handily, no doubt about that. It only takes one glance at the box score to figure that out. However, the Caps were heavily out attempted and out shot by the Habs especially in the second and third periods. You can surely blame some of that on score effects, but I’d say blame more of it on pure sloppy play getting bailed out by a Vezina winning goaltender.
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
It was home opener time at the Capital One Arena (that’s still weird) and boy did the Caps decide to give the red clad crowd a show. Not only did we see the first Australian player in the National Hockey League, but that Alex Ovechkin guy is still constantly making history. Just when you think he can’t top himself, he always surprises in a flurry of power and speed that hockey has never seen and probably will never see again.
Nathan Walker got a great ovation from the crowd, it’s time to drop the puck and Alex Ovechkin has already scored. And then he scored again. And then again. TJ Oshie scored somewhere in between to ruin a portion of the fun, but a 4-0 lead after one period is pretty decent.
Dmitry Orlov turned the puck over trying for the Caps signature “slingshot” play on the power play and the Habs took advantage with a shorty through Brendan Gallagher. Oh, and there’s that guy in red wearing number 8 again for his fourth. Then Walker got his first in the big leagues on a deflection. The official scorer was busy. 6-1 after two periods.
Baila-freaking-mos.
Caps beat Canadiens 6-1!
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
Tonight the Capitals return to Washington for their home opener, but it’s an unfamiliar home. As we all know, Verizon Center was razed the ground this summer and from its ashes was constructed Capital One Arena, where we don’t have to pretend that the cell service is good anymore.
Also different: Karl Alzner will be playing for the other team tonight as the Montreal Canadiens come to town. And, oh yeah, Nathan Walker will become the NHL’s first Australian player!
The game’s at 7 PM on NBC Washington. Chris from the Comments has recap duty.
By Peter Hassett 2 years ago
We know the feeling of sadness in our hearts that comes along with being a hockey fan around the month of May, but it turns out watching hockey could be bad for your heart in other ways.
A study by the Montreal Heart Institute found that fans watching hockey games, both on TV and live, saw a drastic increase in their heart rate. The study was completed during the regular season. Maybe next time they should hook some Caps fans up to heart rate monitors during the playoffs….or maybe not.
By Cara Bahniuk 2 years ago
