s men's ice hockey team can deliver the show-stopping golden finish to the Sochi Olympics that Canada did four years ago. As final acts go, the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games will be hard to top with Sidney Crosby scoring the winning goal against the United States to crown Canada Olympic hockey champions hours before the closing ceremonies. The victory added one last glorious gold to a Winter Games record...
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....
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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...
Monday's Dose studies the big four forwards of Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, Steve Stamkos and Evgeni Malkin plus more on 2013-14 so far....
Developing an NHL defenseman at the NHL level is one of the most painstaking challenges in hockey. Thats the challenge in front of the Capitals coaching staff as they try to win games while grooming Dmitry Orlov, 22, Nate Schmidt, 22, and Connor Carrick, 19, into reliable NHL defenders. They make mistakes, but veterans do, too, Capitals coach Adam Oates said. Before Saturday nights 5-0 victory over...
First vs. worst and a Western showdown make for a good night....
t too many other professions for which this kind of thing is said. “You never want to see a guy get fired, but that crane operator has shown up to work drunk and on sleeping pills every day for the last two weeks.” “You never want to see a guy get fired, but that lawyer keeps taking naps when he's supposed to be cross-examining a witness.” “You never want to see a guy get fired, but that janitor has...
A leg injury to Mikhail Grabovski and a maintenance day for Brooks Laich kept the two centers off the ice Monday for the Capitals practice at Kettler Capitals Iceplex....
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The Columbus Blue Jackets won a franchise-record eight straight games and are one of the hottest teams in the NHL. So what has that done for fantasy owners and what is expected for the Blue Jackets as they continue their first year in the Eastern Conference?...
The Florida Panthers announced on Monday that Marco Sturm has retired, roughly two years after everyone else thought he had. Turns out Sturm has been with the Cologne Sharks of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, after failing to latch onto an NHL teams following last season’s lockout. Previously, he played with the San Jose Sharks, Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings, Washington Capitals, Vancouver Canucks...
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s 5-0 rout at the hands of the Washington Capitals was the latest listless effort and increased the temperature under head coach Michel Therrien's seat. This is the Therrien coaching cycle. He comes into a new situation, improves them, then it all falls off a cliff. The Canadiens aren't as downtrodden as the Pittsburgh Penguins were in 2009 when they fired him and won a Stanley Cup four months later,...
One of the most prolific German players in NHL history is calling it a day. Marco Sturm has announced his retirement, via German news outlet Eishockey News. The announcement caps off a 15-year NHL career that went through San Jose, Boston, Los Angeles, Washington, Vancouver and Florida. The Sharks first-round pick (21st overall) at the 1996 NHL Entry Draft, Sturm spent the first seven years of his...
With Mikhail Grabovski expected to miss his second straight game on Tuesday with an injury that is preventing him from getting his left foot into his skate, the Capitals shuffled their forward lines again as the prepare for Tuesday nights visit to Buffalo. Its one of those injuries that can change fast, Capitals coach Adam Oates said Monday. The Caps also practiced without center Brooks Laich, but...
When the Capitals returned to the visiting dressing room Saturday night following their 5-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre, they were greeted by the whoops and hollers of their fathers, grandfathers and brothers. It felt like we won the Stanley Cup in the room afterward, Capitals left wing Jason Chimera said with a laugh. But its what happens next that will truly test the resilience...
After breaking free of their 7-game losing streak, the Caps realize they are still in the running for the playoffs. Brouwer says their only focus now is to win hockey games....
Mikhail Grabovskis 86-year-old grandfather came all the way from Belarus to spend the weekend with his grandson and the rest of the Capitals. The mood of the Capitals changed in a big way on Saturday night in Montreal when the Caps snapped their longest losing streak in three years with a dominant 5-0 win over the Canadiens. Im probably one of the most positive guys [in the Capitals dressing room]...