ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have recalled center Casey Wellman from the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League (AHL) and re-assigned defenseman Nate Schmidt to Hershey, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced t......
t experienced this steep of a slide in more than three years. The Montreal Canadiens haven't been much better, but their poor defensive-zone play could get a reprieve against the offensively challenged Capitals. The two slumping clubs will meet Saturday night in Montreal with each hoping to avoid a winless weekend after extending their losing streaks Friday. It's the same mistakes, mostly by veteran...
s assist list. Jagr now has 1,730 points, 25 behind Steve Yzerman for sixth all-time. Cory Schneider made 30 saves for his third straight win. The Devils now have points in eight of their last nine games. No. 3 Star: Ryan O'Reilly, Colorado Avalanche O'Reilly scored his 19th of the season and later assisted on Jamie McGinn's 11th as the Avalanche built up a 3-0 lead. They would fight off a Florida...
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s career assists in a 2-1 win that sent the Washington Capitals to their seventh straight loss. Besides being the Devils leading scorer (16 goals, 26 assists), he has replaced Gordie Howe as the NHL's all-time leader in game-winning goals (122), moved past Mark Messier for seventh place all-time in goals (697) and now tied Lemieux with 1,033 assists, seven behind Marcel Dionne. We didn't play very...
NEWARK, N.J. -- The New Jersey Devils didn't let themselves get caught looking ahead to an outdoor game at Yankee Stadium on Sunday. Goaltender Cory Schneider made 30 saves as the Devils survived a late push from the Washington Capitals to win 2-1 on Friday night at the Prudential Center. The victory propelled the Devils to within one point of the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference. The...
Mikhail Grabovski went down awkwardly in front of the net on Friday night against New Jersey, appearing to suffer an injury to his leg. Watch it here....
Capitals coach Adam Oates called his veterans out after their 2-1 loss to the Devils....
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How it happened: It took the Devils less than 5 minutes to grab a lead, turning a Dmitry Orlov giveaway into a goal by Stephen Gionta off the rush. A holding penalty to Orlov 41 seconds into the second period led to a power-play goal by Adam Henrique on Jaromir Jagrs second assist of the game. The Caps scored their first goal in two games midway through the third period when Jason Chimera netted his...
Jason Chimera got the lone goal for the Caps in their 2-1 loss against the Devils on Friday night, he tipped in a wrister from John Erskine....
TAMPA, Fla. -- The Tampa Bay Lightning could not make three leads in regulation stand up but used a goal from right winger Nikita Kucherov to beat the Ottawa Senators 4-3 in a shootout on Thursday night at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. Defenseman Victor Hedman had three assists as Tampa Bay (30-16-5) ended a five-game winless streak at home and won consecutive games for the first time since Jan. 3. Ottawa...
But on a night when they could not make three regulation leads last and needed a standout effort from their goaltender in the final minutes just to reach overtime, the Tampa Bay Lightning will take it. Right winger Nikita Kucherov scored the only goal in a shootout and the Lightning beat the Ottawa Senators 4-3 on Thursday night at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. Defenseman Victor Hedman had three assists...
After losing six straight, the Capitals are frustrated and plan to use that energy to get a win against the Devils on Friday....
Welcome to our weekly edition of Penn Quarter Sports Taverns 6-Pack of Questions, where we aim to keep it real while answering your most pressing questions regarding the Washington Capitals. George McPhee has not made a trade since sending Mathieu Perreault to the Anaheim Ducks for minor-leaguer John Mitchell and a fourth-round pick back in September. Before that, his last trade involving an NHL player...
Michael Finewax reports that Nathan Horton is a star in Columbus as they are on an eight game winning streak....
Alex Ovechkin skated briefly with the Capitals on Friday but a lower body injury is expected to keep him out of tonights game against the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center in Newark....
Washington captain will be held out with a lower-body injury....
COMMENTARY At the beginning of the New Year, it looked like Mike Yeo was going to be relieved of his duties as head coach of the Minnesota Wild. The team had lost six-straight games, including losses to the New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Winnipeg Jets, and New York Islanders, and it had gotten to the point where Yeo was no longer speaking to his team any more. It is one thing for a coach give...