Sudden thoughts and second thoughts as the Capitals turn the page on Tuesday nights 5-4 overtime victory against the Sabres in Buffalo and turn their attention to Thursday nights visit to Columbus: High hits: Some would say Sabres defenseman Mike Weber plays the hard-edged game the Caps could use on their blue line. Others would say Weber crossed that line between physicality and respect Tuesday night...
The Phoenix Coyotes are hoping to use a long homestand to make up some ground in the Western Conference playoff race. Following an impressive performance in the opener, they will try to knock off the scuffling Buffalo Sabres for just the second time in eight meetings. Phoenix, 15-8-3 on its own ice, is hopeful this stretch of five straight home games proves to be more successful after opening it with...
For the third time this season, the Buffalo Sabres and Washington Capitals could not finish their matchup in regulation. Unlike their first two meetings, the Capitals emerged victorious Tuesday night in overtime by a final score of 5-4 at First Ni......
s slate of games. Make sure to stop back here for the nightly Three Stars when the games are finished. Create-a-Caption: A Detroit Red Wings fans watches the action. (Photo by Leon Halip/NHLI via Getty Images) • • • • • Preview : Florida Panthers at Boston Bruins, 7 p.m. ET Preview : Detroit Red Wings at Philadelphia Flyers, 7 p.m. ET Preview : Tampa Bay Lightning at Toronto Maple Leafs, 7 p.m. ET...
The Capitals travel to Buffalo to take on the Sabres, a team that handed Washington two losses in the past 30 days. Tune in on NBCSN starting at 7:30 p.m....
s $172-million downtown Buffalo hockey/entertainment complex, even though the facility is not completed yet. Commissioner Gary Bettman told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the league is considering the Sabres' pitch to relocate the NHL's annual pre-draft scouting combine from Toronto to Buffalo. ''It's something that's being discussed, and I know it's something that Ted Black is vigorously pursuing,'...
PITTSBURGH – Ryan Miller made 31 saves on 33 shots, but it wasn’t enough as the Buffalo Sabres fell to the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 at Consol Energy Center on Monday. The Penguins, who sit atop the Eastern Conference standings, are 17-0 when sco......
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News and notes as the Capitals [23-21-8, 54 points] visit the Sabres [14-30-7, 35 points] at First Niagara Arena tonight in Buffalo [7:30 p.m., NBCSN]:...
From the looks of todays morning skates in Buffalo, the Capitals may not have to face goaltender Ryan Miller when they visit the Buffalo Sabres tonight in First Niagara Center [7:30 p.m., NBCSN]. They may also be without center Brooks Laich. Fifth-year netminder Johnas Enroth [1-10-4, 2.67 GAA, .910 save percentage] is expected to face Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby [14-12-2, 2.90, .913] when the...
COMMENTARY When Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold announced that he had signed Zach Parise and Ryan Suter, the two biggest free agents following the 2011-12 season, to matching 13-year, $98 million contracts, he added two players that were 28 years old in the first year in a Wild sweater....
The moment Tyler Seguin was traded by the Boston Bruins was the moment Brad Marchand realized he could be next. “If you have half a bad year or you’re not playing up to par, with the cap system nowadays, they’re going to want to improve the team,” he said during the summer. “You don’t want to be that guy to get shipped out.” For the three months of the season, Marchand looked like he might get shipped...
He's one of three current NHL players on the team....
s mask we had a kind of direction from the last time around, and I just whipped up a couple of sketches, he liked one that I came up with, and I asked if I should run with it and he said cool lets do it," Bishop told MINBCNews.com earlier this month. Bishop did mask for Dominik Hasek for the 2002 and 2006 Olympics and is also painting up a design for Jimmy Howard, who he works with regularly, for...
Throughout most of this season, opposing teams carried this mantra into their games against Washington: Stop the Capitals on the power play, and you stop the Capitals. Problem was, nobody could contain the five-man unit of Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, Marcus Johansson, Troy Brouwer and Mike Green. The Caps have fallen from first in the NHL on the man-advantage to fourth, largely because theyve...
Washington is trying to stay in the playoff hunt....
No. 1 Star: Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings Bouncing back from the Dodger Stadium loss, Quick pitched a 23-shot shutout of the San Jose Sharks as Anze Kopitar’s goal stood up in the 1-0 win. That included 14 shots in the third for the Sharks. No. 2 Star: David Perron, Edmonton Oilers He didn’t have the game-winner, as that went to Jesse Joensuu, but Perron had the Oilers’ other three goals in their...
s National Hockey League games - - - Penguins 3, Sabres 0 Marc-Andre Fleury's solid goaltending and a welcome return to form for Pittsburgh's offense was more than enough to propel the Eastern Conference-leading Penguins past Buffalo. Fleury stopped 24 shots to post his fourth shutout of the season and his league-leading 29th win for the Penguins (37-14-2) Chris Kunitz netted his 26th goal of the season,...
With an offensive outburst in their last game, the Washington Capitals finally put an end to their long losing streak. The Capitals will look to build on that performance Tuesday night when they visit the Eastern Conference-worst Buffalo Sabres. Alex Ovechkin got the scoring started in the second period with the first of the Capitals' four goals in an 8:45 span en route to a 5-0 win. The Capitals went...
Michael Finewax reports that Alex Chiasson leads all rookies in power play time on ice. Read more in The Power Play Report....