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The Washington Capitals unveiled a new specialty jersey Tuesday celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States. The patriotic sweaters were created in collaboration with Air Force veteran Patrick J. Sargent and Navy veteran Fidel GomezTorres, combining Capitals branding with American imagery. “Core themes of the jersey design include service, civic authorship and continuity,” says
As part of a short series on TheHockeyNews.com, we're identifying a key question for each NHL team heading into the 2026-27 season. In this file, we're focused on the Metropolitan Division teams.
The Washington Capitals are celebrating the United States' semiquincentennial with a specialty jersey.
EA Sports’ latest entry in its NHL video game franchise, NHL 27, has been under intense fire on social media for what some say is its lack of improvement over previous versions. There’s a lot to unpack there, but for the purposes of this article, I’d like to focus on what Oilers YouTuber Austin Hockey
Ilya Samsonov has returned to North America after a short stint in the KHL last season. Samsonov, 29, signed a one-year, two-way contract with the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday. The deal will see the Russian backstop paid $850k with the Sharks in the NHL and $225k with the San Jose Barracuda in the AHL.
By Gabriel Foley | at September 8, 2026 3:34 pm The San Jose Sharks has signed goaltender Ilya Samsonov to a one-year, two-way contract for the 2026-27 season. This deal offers Samsonov a return to the NHL after spending last season with HK Sochi of Russia’s KHL. The 29-year-old netminder last appeared in the NHL with the Vegas Golden Knights. He has also spent two seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs and three with the Washington Capitals. Samsonov faced a string of injuries during his last s...
Ilya Samsonov could be returning to an NHL crease. The goalie signed a one-year, two-way deal with the San Jose Sharks, the team announced on Tuesday. Russia’s Samsonov, 29, spent last season in the KHL, appearing in 14 games with HK Sochi and recording a 3.27 goals-against average, .903 save percentage to go with one shutout. Samsonov previously spent six seasons in the NHL with the Washington Capitals, Toronto Maple Leafs and Vegas Golden Knights. Over 200 career NHL games, he has 118 wins, ...
ARLINGTON, VA — With the start of training camp just around the corner, the Washington Capitals welcomed a host of players to the ice for Tuesday’s informal skate. Chief among them was one of the club’s marquee summer additions, high-scoring winger Jordan Kyrou. Jordan Kyrou arrives at MedStar Capitals Iceplex for first time Kyrou, wearing
Charlie Lindgren was one of the new names on the ice at MedStar Capitals Iceplex on Tuesday morning. Lindgren joined a large group of Capitals players continuing their informal skates at the club’s practice facility ahead of the start of this month’s training camp. Just as his goaltending battery mate Logan Thompson did a few
The Great 8 decided to give it one more ride. Can the Capitals get back into playoffs and take Ovechkin on one last Cup run?
LAST SEASON The Montreal Canadiens entered the 2025-2026 season with high hopes. After missing three straight playoff appearances, the team registered 40 wins for the first time since 2018-19 in 2024-25. They ultimately lost in the first round against the Washington Capitals but it was still a very positive sign of the future for a team with a proud history. This past season, with coach Martin St. Louis running the show, the Habs came third in the Atlantic Division with 48 wins. That was the m...
Taylor Chorney has his first major gig since retiring from professional hockey in 2021. The former Washington Capitals defenseman was hired by the Colorado Avalanche to serve on the team’s player development staff. Chorney will be a player development coach and amateur scout, joining Brian Willsie (director of player development) and Craig Billington (director of
Evgeny Kuznetsov is serving as the man of the people when it comes to wanting another milestone from Alex Ovechkin. The former Washington Capitals center and Ovechkin’s good friend wants to see Ovechkin keep playing until he scores 1,000 career regular-season goals in the NHL. After scoring 32 times this past season, Ovechkin currently sits
BUFFALO – Alex Tuch’s departure from the Sabres earlier this summer via a sign-and-trade deal with the Washington Capitals hardly surprised winger Josh Doan. In the weeks before free agency opened, it appeared the veteran first-line winger’s run in Buffalo could be ending after five seasons. “There was noise around whether or not he was staying or go,” Doan said prior to throwing out the first pitch at Saturday’s Bisons game against the Worcester Red ... Read the full article The post Jo...
One of Alex Ovechkin’s final Russian pit stops before returning to the Washington Capitals later this week saw him break out his acting chops once again. Ovechkin filmed his role in the Russian comedy film “Hockey Dads 2,” which he was announced to be starring in last year. The film’s Instagram page recently released the
It didn’t take long for Evgeny Kuznetsov to light the lamp for his new team. The former Capitals forward scored in the second period of Sibir Novosibirsk’s season opener against Ak Bars on Saturday. Kuzy’s tally, assisted by Egor Korshkov and Ivan Mishchenko, gave Sibir a 3-1 lead 15:17 into the stanza. After Sibir established
Throughout the 2025-26 NHL season, the Washington Capitals didn’t know for sure whether legendary winger Alex Ovechkin would be back for another year. But as the campaign came to an end, Dylan Strome and his teammates started to get a feeling that their captain wasn’t quite ready to walk away. Strome recently talked about some
September in the NHL means media day, training camps, and prospects vying for a full-time roster spot with their teams. These hopeful newcomers showcase their skills and make a case…
Spencer Carbery loved what he saw from Ryan Leonard this past year, but still thinks the young winger has plenty of room to grow. Leonard recorded 45 points (20g, 25a) in 75 games during his rookie season with the Capitals, becoming just the eighth Capitals rookie to ever score 20 goals in a season and
Three Washington Capitals players are taking part in the league’s annual NHL/NHLPA Rookie Orientation Program. Eighty-seven prospects from around the NHL, including the Caps’ Cole Hutson, Lynden Lakovic, and Terik Parascak, made their way to Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, Virginia, for the event, a three-day life-skills boot camp. First established by the league and players’ association in 2013,
The Nashville Predators signed Belarusian forward Vitali Pinchuk to a one-year, $1.025 million contract this past April. While the Predators ultimately landed the high-scoring KHL center, Pinchuk also drew significant interest from the Washington Capitals, who consulted with one of their own Belarusian talents, Aliaksei Protas, about him. However, Pinchuk believes the emergence of someone
The NHL is full of coaching one-hit wonders. Spencer Carbery won the award with the Washington Capitals in 2024-25 only to see his team miss the playoffs the following season.…
Emma Lingan, Michael Augello and Eric Cruikshank discuss the Luke Evangelista trade between the Nashville Predators and the New Jersey Devils, Robert Thomas being named captain of the St. Louis Blues, and more.
ARLINGTON, VA — The Washington Capitals have welcomed back two of the biggest members of their roster — literally. Aliaksei Protas and Ilya Protas both hit the ice Thursday morning, taking part in the team’s informal skate at MedStar Capitals Iceplex. The Protas brothers joined a growing group of Capitals players practicing in Arlington, with
TheHockeyNews.com has been ranking the off-season of the 32 NHL teams, and we're finally at the No. 1 spot in our list. That honor goes to the Washington Capitals, who've made a slew of huge moves this summer.