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Things Need to Change for the Capitals

Ever since winning the Stanley Cup in 2018, the Washington Capitals have been a very predictable hockey club. They would have a solid regular season, get into the playoffs, and they got knocked out in the first or second round. Of course, during these seasons, we would see their captain Alex Ovechkin score a ton […]

Capitals Beat NHL’s Top Team

After a disappointing month of January, the Washington Capitals welcomed the All-Star break and bye week, which gave them ten days between games. In their first game of February, the Capitals beat the NHL-best Boston Bruins 2-1 in TD Garden. It is only the second regulation loss at home for the Bruins. The win allowed […]

Capitals Could Shop Forward At Trade Deadline

The Capitals have been a strong team this season, as they have been able to weather the injury storm all season long. Thanks to their ability to win games, they find themselves fourth in the Metropolitan Division and first in the Eastern Conference Wild Card race. The Capitals are once again looking to make a […]

Capitals Endure Penguins at Home

The Washington Capitals scored the first goal of the game and the last goal of the shootout to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 Thursday night in Capital One Arena. The win gives the Capitals a one-point advantage over the Penguins in the East’s wild-card contest. Alex Ovechkin scored his 32nd goal on an early power-play […]

Tom Wilson Listed Day-to-Day

It has been an up-and-down season for the Washington Capitals as they’ve been trying to overcome injuries to key players all season long. They started the year off with Nicklas Backstrom and Tom Wilson sidelined, then lost Connor Brown for the season and eventually lost John Carlson indefinitely. It has just been a revolving door […]

Alex Ovechkin skating for the Washington Capitals

Head Coach Peter Laviolette Provides An Injury Update On Alex Ovechkin

The Washington Capitals started the season with up-and-down play that saw them fall early in the standings. Thanks to a strong December and the red-hot goal-scoring by Alex Ovechkin, the Capitals now find themselves on the door step for one of the top three spots in the Metropolitan Division. The month of January has been […]

Nic Dowd Provides Personal Injury Update

The Washington Capitals suffered an injury blow last Monday night when forward Nic Dowd sustained a lower-body injury against the New York Islanders. The Capitals were on their way to getting fully healthy, with Nicklas Backstrom and Tom Wilson returning earlier in the month. Now the capitals are expected to be without Dowd “for a […]

Puck Control Enables Washington Win

The Washington Capitals took the lead early in their game against the Arizona Coyotes and stayed ahead to claim a 4-0 win Thursday night. Former third-overall Arizona draft pick Dylan Strome led the team with two goals on four shots. Darcy Kuemper claimed his League-leading fifth shutout. Center Nicklas Backstrom set the tone for the […]

Capitals Come Back on Long Island

Despite going down 3-0 in the first half of the game and losing center Nic Dowd to injury, the Washington Capitals rallied to beat the New York Islanders 4-3 in overtime Monday night. The victory marks the Capitals’ most significant comeback win of the season. Washington is now 3-2-1 in January. Sebastian Aho and Matt […]

Here Come The Capitals

To open the season, the Washington Capitals hovered around the middle of the pack as they played .500 hockey. A mixture of lack of production from key players and the injuries to Nicklas Backstrom and Tom Wilson left the team without two of their best players. All that started to change back in December as […]