Alexander Ovechkin plays on the edge and Monday night, after getting speared by Carolina defenseman Aaron Ward early in the game, the Great #8 went hunting for Canes and unfortunately he took things too far. Ovechkin went flying into the offensive zone after Tim Gleason, missed him head on, locked knees with the Hurricanes defenseman, and ... Read More »

The Washington Capitals raced to an early 2-0 advantage, then proceeded to give another lead away, and needed a late Eric Fehr goal with 12 seconds left to tie the game at three and force overtime.  After a scoreless five minute session, Semyon Varlamov (21 saves) stoned all three Montreal shooters and Nicklas Backstrom buried the third and final Cap ... Read More »

Ben Roethlisberger is out for tomorrow’s big Ravens-Steelers tilt on NBC despite being cleared to practice this week after he suffered a concussion in last week’s loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. If you are a Ravens fan you are happy about that because this pretty much guarantees a Baltimore victory on Sunday. If you are a ... Read More »

Less than a month after getting jumped by Columbus’ Jared Boll in a scrum and getting injured, forcing him to miss six games, Alexander Ovechkin has been wronged again by the referees by being ejected for an infraction that warranted two minutes, at best, on Wednesday night. And upon further review two days later, the ... Read More »

The Washington Capitals ended a three game losing streak on Thanksgiving Eve defeating the Buffalo Sabres, 2-0, before a sold out Verizon Center crowd. Semyon Varlamov stopped all 25 shots he faced in goal for Washington while Ryan Miller (22 saves) for Buffalo was outstanding too while yielding two Caps tallies. Miller has the inside track to be the #1 goalie for Team USA ... Read More »

The Washington Capitals have recalled defenseman Karl Alzner from the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League (AHL), vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today.   Alzner, 21, is a second-year pro who stands 6’3”, 206 pounds. The Burnaby, British Columbia, native has played 19 games for Hershey this season and has one goal, three ... Read More »

From the Caps Media Relations Department: Nov. 24, 2009 Ted Leonsis Majority Owner Lincoln Holdings Statement on the passing of Abe Pollin We are all saddened by the news of Mr. Pollin’s passing. We extend our deepest sympathies to Irene, Robert, Jimmy, the rest of the Pollin family and his many friends and join them, and all of Washington, in mourning ... Read More »

With a two game losing streak in tow, the Washington Capitals looked to get back into the win column on Monday night in Ottawa and for two periods it sure seemed like they would do so easily. Then a horror show third period ensued and the Caps gave up two goals while taking three penalties to allow the Senators to tie the ... Read More »

The Washington Capitals lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs, 2-1, in a shootout at the Air Canada Center on Saturday night. Below is a period by period commentary followed by an end of game analysis. End of 1st Period: Caps 1, Leafs 0. The Caps did not play very well in this period but thanks to ... Read More »

The Washington Capitals came out slow on Friday night in rookie defenseman John Carlson’s NHL debut and goalie Michal Neuvirth’s first start of the season and as a result they were defeated 3-2 by the Montreal Canadiens at the Verizon Center to drop the Caps to 13-5-4 overall. Montreal goalie Carey Price (32 saves), forward ... Read More »