Peter Laviolette’s speech before Nicklas Backstrom’s 1,000th game
Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette made two special speeches on Thursday. He congratulated Conor Sheary on his new two-year extension out on…
Capitals players excited about fans returning to Capital One Arena: ‘They’re like an extra player for us’
The Washington Capitals received some thrilling news before puck drop against the Buffalo Sabres. The DC government approved Monumental Sports & Entertainment's…
Time to make some changes
The Washington Capitals have been playing poorly for a while now. There was the 8-4 disaster on April Fools, the sludge of…
Jakub Vrana is a healthy scratch against the Devils tonight
In his pregame media availability, Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette announced that forward Jakob Vrana will not play in Friday night’s game.…
Evgeny Kuznetsov has breakout game after ‘honest conversation’ with Peter Laviolette: ‘I’m starting to understand what the coach wants’
Evgeny Kuznetsov was arguably the Capitals' best player during the Capitals' Stanley Cup run, ending the postseason with the most points in…
The Capitals will go with 11 forwards and 7 defensemen against the Rangers with Lars Eller out again
Lars Eller participated in the Capitals' optional skate on Friday, but left early. Later, Peter Laviolette announced that Eller would sit out…
Peter Laviolette appears to throw shade at second line after Capitals struggle to close out Flyers
Daniel Sprong scored four minutes and 40 seconds into Saturday's game against the Flyers. But by the end of the night, he…
Peter Laviolette’s empty-net strategy is to ‘shoot the puck from anywhere on the ice’
Nic Dowd sealed the Capitals' 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday, taking a pot shot at the Flyers' empty net…
Jakub Vrana scores twice, including overtime game-winning goal, after getting benched by Peter Laviolette again
Peter Laviolette does not give Jakub Vrana a lot of ice time, yet on Tuesday, V bailed out coach once again. Vrana…
Alex Ovechkin calls the NHL’s 7-game suspension of Tom Wilson a joke. ‘Even the ref said it’s not two minutes.’
Tom Wilson was suspended seven games by the NHL on Saturday night for his hit on Bruins defenseman Brandon Carlo. The Capitals…
Peter Laviolette wins 650th career game in Capitals’ 2-1 shootout victory over Bruins
Peter Laviolette accomplished a major milestone during the Capitals' 2-1 shootout victory over Bruins on Wednesday. The win marked the 650th victory…
Peter Laviolette ties Jim Schoenfeld for winningest start in franchise history as a new head coach
The Washington Capitals hung on to beat the New Jersey Devils on Saturday. With the victory, Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette accomplished…
Jakub Vrana scores big breakaway goal after getting benched by Peter Laviolette: ‘Guys got to compete hard to play hard’
The Washington Capitals got off to a rare good start during an afternoon game against the New Jersey Devils. The Caps scored…
Peter Laviolette promotes Conor Sheary to the top line: ‘He’s been one of our most effective forwards’
Peter Laviolette is tinkering with his top nine again and promoting a player to the top line that he healthy scratched multiple…
Peter Laviolette stopped practice to have an expletive-filled ‘chat’ with the team
In December, Peter Laviolette was enthusiastic about the NHL's new pandemic rules requiring coaches to wear masks because of the added privacy…
Peter Laviolette says Vitek Vanecek will make his eleventh straight start
The Washington Capitals will turn to rookie Vitek Vanecek for the eleventh straight game on Tuesday with Ilya Samsonov still out of…
The Washington Capitals have not yet arrived
If you go the NHL's stat site, go to teams, and then sort by goals against per game, you see the Capitals…
Peter Laviolette on what he’s learned about Alex Ovechkin since becoming his head coach
Peter Laviolette has coached against Alex Ovechkin since the Russian superstar entered the National Hockey League in 2005-06. Laviolette was the bench…
Peter Laviolette was not a fan of Tom Wilson’s third-period fight with Trent Frederic. Wilson: ‘I have to be smarter.’
Monday against the Bruins, Tom Wilson fought for the first time this season. The 6-foot-4 Wilson threw hands with 6-foot-2 agitator Trent…
A suspicious side-eye is upon the 2020-21 Caps
The Washington Capitals have yet to lose a game in regulation. Winning some unlikely games and snagging a ton of loser points…
