Washington Capitals

It’s a tradition for championship sports teams to visit the White House in order to celebrate their win with the president, and in the Trump era especially, these visits have led to a great deal of controversy. The NBA champion Golden State Warriors have skipped their visit to the White House after both of their […]

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were in the right place at the right time, partying with the Stanley Cup on Saturday after bumping into Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin at a popular D.C. restaurant. Many hockey fans aren’t happy about it. As ABC News noted, the president’s daughter and son-in-law were dining at Café Milano […]

Washington D.C. has been waiting 44 years, and Alex Ovechkin has been waiting 13 seasons, but now fans and players can finally celebrate the Washington Capitals winning the NHL Stanley Cup for the first time in the franchise’s history. On Thursday night in Las Vegas, after coming back from a one-goal deficit, the Washington Capitals […]

The Vegas Golden Knights find themselves in a must-win game on Thursday if they want to keep their dream of defying impossible odds to win the Stanley Cup in their first year of existence, but the Washington Capitals who have been in the NHL since 1974 will be playing for their first Stanley Cup championship, […]

The Washington Capitals longtime captain and legend, Alex Ovechkin, will play the first home Final game of that career, just two days after scoring the first NHL Stanley Cup Finals goal of his 14-year career. The Capitals drafted him in 2004. As NJ reports, the Vegas Golden Knights storm into Capital One Area in Washington, […]

The National Hockey League’s premier event, the Stanley Cup Finals, takes on a historic new meaning this season as the Vegas Golden Knights have already become the first expansion team to reach the finals in its first year of existence, and starting with Game 1 that will live stream on Monday, the Golden Knights will […]

The Washington Capitals will look to finish off the Tampa Bay Lightning and advance their first Stanley Cup Final since 1998 on Wednesday, but Tampa Bay has the home ice edge in Game Seven of their NHL Eastern Conference Final series, and they also have a hot goaltender in Andrei Vasilevskiy who has allowed just […]

The latest NHL power rankings of 2017 arrive with the Tampa Bay Lightning still ruling while other teams are building up steam. Soon, the league will take a break for a few days, but just ahead of that there are teams. including the Washington Capitals and New York Rangers, who have shot up the top […]

The latest NHL power rankings of 2017 feature one clear team at the top as the season is nearing the halfway point. Right now, the Tampa Bay Lightning have set the standard, winning the most games overall and looking like they are true contenders once again. However, there are several teams right up there with […]

The Washington Capitals play host to the defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins tonight in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals. With their backs against the wall, Washington has been able to force a Game 7 after being down 3-1 in the series. The two teams faced off last in Game 7 during the 2009 Stanley […]

Brooks Orpik will be suspended for three games, with the NHL announcing on Sunday that the Washington Capitals defenseman was guilty of a late and illegal hit on Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Olli Maatta in Saturday’s Game 3 of their playoff series. The hit took place in the first period, with Orpik delivering a late hit […]

Monday Madness at Kettler started off with Washington Capitals team Picture Day. You remember picture day. Your mom sent you to school groomed, clean, and ready for that moment when your visage at that age was set in film for the ages. After a couple of hours of class, crayons, recess, and wrangling the undead […]

The Washington Capitals made history by fast-tracking their way to the top of the Eastern Conference and the Metropolitan Conference and securing a playoff berth last night. It looks like Russian enfante terrible turned tribal elder, Alexander Ovechkin, might just get his wish for a day with Lord Stanley’s Cup this year. In a post-game […]

The French Flag has been used around the world today at sports events to honor the 129 victims of Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris. The day started with Gerald Asamoah’s Farewell Match. Asamoah, a German soccer player, played in his Testimonial Game (the American equivalent to a final game) today for FC Schalke, the team’s […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins claimed the last playoff spot in the Eastern Conference on the last day of the NHL’s regular season. Pittsburgh went into last night’s game against Buffalo with a one point lead over the Boston Bruins for the second and final wildcard spot in the Eastern Conference playoff race. The Penguins secured their […]

By all accounts, the Ottawa Senators should have left the building with less than what they got. According to the National Post, the Senators gave up a three-goal lead, only to score in the overtime period and escape with a 4-3 victory against the Washington Capitals Saturday night at Ottawa’s Canadian Tire Centre. The Senators’ […]

With exactly a week left in the NHL regular season, there is still a lot to be decided in the Eastern Conference before the playoffs begin. All. Day. Long. pic.twitter.com/Nmv1q193jz — NHL (@NHL) April 4, 2015 The Eastern Conference race is down to 10 teams, though there are a lot of intriguing seeding battles. The […]

Capitals vs Devils. Devils vs Capitals. No matter how you slice it, skaters from Washington and New Jersey all know they need to catch fire and hit a hot streak if they’re going to keep their playoff hopes alive. As the NHL season winds down to a close, both teams find themselves just on the […]

Have you ever heard that old joke ‘I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out’? Well, that isn’t a joke when the Flyers and Capitals face off. These two teams have a long, nasty, fight filled history, and to top it off, they just plain don’t like each other. In their latest […]

The New York Rangers fended off elimination Sunday with a 1-0 win over the Washington Capitals in Game 6 at Madison Square Garden. Derick Brassard’s second period goal was all the Rangers would need as Henrik Lundqvist was spectacular in net to force a Game 7. Lunqvist was a brick wall as the Rangers were […]

Washington, D.C. — Last night’s Capitals vs. Rangers matchup ended in overtime when Mike Ribeiro scored the game-winner at 9:24. It was the center’s first playoff goal in five years and gives the Caps a 3-2 series lead over the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference quarter finals as both hockey teams head back […]

The Philadelphia Flyers won 5-4 over the Washington Capitals Sunday in an thriller that ended just 1:34 into overtime. Ruslan Fedetenko scored the game-winning goal off a one-timer from Kimmo Timonen to send the Capitals home with a loss. The Flyers won in dramatic fashion in the high-scoring affair with the Capitals after a huge […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins won their 10th straight game Tuesday in a 2-1 affair against the Washington Capitals. Matt Niskanen scored midway through the third period to secure the win for the Penguins. The Penguins have jumped to the top of the Eastern Conference during their 10-game winning streak, three points ahead of the Montreal Canadiens. […]

Chris Bourque is heading to the very same NHL franchise where his legendary father Ray Bourque played. The Boston Bruins acquired Bourque over the weekend after trading Zach Hamill to the Washington Capitals. Bourque has spent most of his playing time with Hersey, Washington’s AHL affiliate. During his 73-game stretch with Hersey Chris Bourque has […]

It’s official – Dale Hunter will no longer man the reins as head coach for the Washington Capitals. Hunter, who took over as skipper of the Capitals in November and guided them within one victory of the NHL playoff semi-finals, resigned on Monday. While some fans questioned if Hunter, 51, was fired from the team, […]

Joel Ward should be feeling like a hero right now. Ward hit the game winning shot on Wednesday night to clinch the series, ending the Boston Bruins Stanley Cup hopes and sending the Washington Capitals to the next round. But instead of getting praised for his clinch play, Ward has been subjected to racial slurs. […]

In the regular season the Washington Capitals scored 121 points last year. In the post season they were upset in the first round by the Montreal Canadiens. That left Capitals General Manger George McPhee with a big decision. Did he believe in his roster, or did he need to blow it up and go in […]

This is a team that has a far amount of trouble not only behind it but in front of it as well. They will likely face a legal fight to void the contract of gun toting point guard Gilbert Arenas and now there seems to be a dispute amongst the ownership group on who exactly […]

When the Washington Capitals finally decide on a net minder, they are going to be a very dangerous Hockey team. Until then the hockey fans in America’s capital are going to remain pretty frustrated. They already have the best player in the NHL today in Alex Ovechkin, and have A Norris Trophy worth defenseman in […]