Nicklas Backstrom’s Tic-Tac-Toe Goal (GIF)
On Tuesday The Washington Capitals dominated the Los Angeles Kings both physically and on the scoreboard. But Washington's aggressive play didn't obscure…
Nicklas Backstrom’s 400th Career Assist (GIFs)
Nicklas Backstrom finally got number 400. His 400th career assist came late in the second period, a quick response to Ryan Johansen's…
Nicklas Backstrom Waves to Eensy Caps Fan During Practice (Photos)
RMNB reader Bridget L. took her three-year-old son Max to the Caps' morning skate on Wednesday. The mother and son sat in the…
Tom Wilson Checks Two Guys at Once Behind Net, One of Them Was Nicklas Backstrom (GIF)
Six-foot, four-inch behemoth Tom Wilson has racked up some huge hits in his two-year career. but it's been those body checks that knock over multiple…
Scenes From the Caps’ Winter Classic Family Skate
Following their sun-splashed practice at Nationals Park on Wednesday, the Washington Capitals stayed on the ice for an informal skate around the…
Eight GIFs of Nicklas Backstrom’s Daughter Haley to Melt Your Heart
In episode one of The Road To The Winter Classic, Tom Wilson and Michael Latta revealed that they are protective of their…
Tom Wilson on Playing With Nicklas Backstrom: “No One Touches Our Dad”
In episode one of The Road To The Winter Classic, EPIX brought us into the luxury apartment of Caps forwards Tom Wilson…
At Least Half of Our Readers Will Go Bananas Over These Photo Portraits of the Caps
Tonight at 10 PM, the first episode of EPIX's Road To The Winter Classic will air online featuring (hopefully) organic, not-at-all-contrived coverage of…
RMNB Investigates: Who Put Those Hats in Nick Backstrom’s Locker
Photos by Chris Gordon. Nicklas Backstrom is a quiet Swedish assist machine. He sits in the background, setting up Ovi and racking…
Weird Things Caps Fans Threw on the Ice for Nicklas Backstrom’s Hat Trick
Photo: Caps Instagram Nicklas Backstrom scored a natural hat trick on Saturday night, which meant Caps fans got a chance to throw…
Nicklas Backstrom Scores Natural Hat Trick, is Not Impressed (GIF)
Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom made it rain hats tonight. Nicky scored the first regular-season hat trick of his career and the Caps'…
This is One of The Most Impressive Passes of Nicklas Backstrom’s Career (GIF)
Photo from before the game by @theunemployedmom Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom is one of the league's best at distributing the puck. Playing…
Banged Up Alex Ovechkin Scores Two Power Play Goals (GIF)
Photo credit: Mike Stobe Coming into Wednesday, we didn’t know if Alex Ovechkin was going to be able to play, as he…
All This Happened, More or Less: Isles Beat Caps 3-2 (OT)
Photo credit: Al Bello “That is my principal objection to life, I think: It's too easy, when alive, to make perfectly horrible…
Alex Ovechkin’s Booming Slapshot Leads to Nicklas Backstrom OTGWG (GIF)
Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin is the franchise leader in overtime game-winning goals with fifteen. And when he's not winning games in sudden…
826! Alex Ovechkin Passes Peter Bondra to Become Washington’s All-Time Points Leader (GIF)
Photo: Nick Wass Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin has another record. With a primary assist on Nicklas Backstrom's first period goal, the 29-year-old…
Barry Trotz Blows Up the Lines, Says There’s a “Good Chance” Tom Wilson Plays Wednesday
Photo: Amanda Bowen This morning at Kettler Capitals Iceplex, Barry Trotz took a hammer to the lines that have been so successful in the…
Nicklas Backstrom Thinks Andre Burakovsky Compares Favorably to Him When He Was 19
Photo: Geoff Burke On Friday, the Washington Capitals got back to business, holding a practice at Calgary's old Olympic stomping grounds. After…
Nicklas Backstrom Scores 500th Point (GIF)
Playing the Atlanta Thrashers on October 5th, 2007, Nicklas Backstrom scored his first NHL point, an assist on Michael Nylander's power-play goal.…
All Three Caps Swedes Scored Tonight (GIF)
The Washington Capitals destroyed the New Jersey Devils 6-2 on Thursday, and they owe half of those goals to a country "where the…
