The Washington Capitals earned their first win of the 2024-25 campaign against the visiting Vegas Golden Knights last night, with a combination of skill and speed and aggressiveness which, frankly, was missing in a lot of their games last season. There were contributions from the new guys and the old guard, solid goaltending and defense, […]

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Did Alex Ovechkin score? Nope. However, he did register two lovely assists, which gave him 700 helpers in his career and put him into yet another elite club of players to have 700 goals and 700 assists. …but no, no goals. Plus: There was a lot to like about the Capitals’ play all around tonight, but there was something really special about seeing Jakub Vrana, on his first shot in his first game back with the Capitals, scoring the game’s first goal – 1316 days after the last time he scored at home as a Capital. A hell of a […]

Opening night at Capital One Arena started with a bang and ended with a whimper, as the Capitals proved to be a little too “early season” for their foes from New Jersey, ultimately falling 5-3. They’ll get a chance to bounce back tonight against the Vegas Golden Knights, who kick off their first road trip […]

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A closer look at PLD's first game as a Cap, checking in on several prospects, a crash course in the Capitals' offseason and more in today's clips.

Going up against a tough Devils team – with improved goaltending – that has already been in action for the last two weeks was already going to be a tough draw for the Capitals as they opened their 2024-25 season. Add in the fact that the Caps have also been sitting around for a week […]

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Did Alex Ovechkin score? Nope (didn’t even register a shot on goal) Plus Considering that the Caps haven’t played a meaningful game in months and were facing a team already playing their fourth game of the campaign, the fact that Washington’s special teams were effective – 1-for-3 on the power play and 4-for-4 on the penalty kill – was encouraging. Small samples, obviously, but it looks like there could be some “there” there with the extra man. Minus It was a real rough night for the Caps’ third line of Sonny Milano, Hendrix Lapierre and Aliaksei Protas, which was on […]

After a long wait, the Washington Capitals finally kick off their 50th season tonight when they play host to the New Jersey Devils – a team that also came into existence in 1974 (although they first emerged as the expansion Kansas City Scouts, became the Colorado Rockies two years later, then moved to New Jersey […]