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The Washington Capitals made major changes over the offseason to improve, acquiring Alex Tuch, Jordan Kyrou, Boone Jenner, and Vincent Desharnais. While on paper the Capitals appear better and many analysts consider the team a Stanley Cup contender, Washington has jumped out to an uneven start, posting a 5-4-0 record through their first nine games
With a big question mark in their crease heading into Saturday’s game against the Buffalo Sabres, the Washington Capitals turned to the AHL’s Hershey Bears for reinforcements. The Capitals recalled goaltender Mitch Gibson from the Bears after Logan Thompson missed Friday’s practice with a lower-body injury. Caps head coach Spencer Carbery said post-skate that Thompson
Washington Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery is seeing the growth he hoped for from Ryan Leonard in the forward’s second NHL season. After notching 45 points (20g, 25a) in a 75-game rookie campaign last year, Leonard will enter Washington’s 10th game this season as the team’s leading scorer with eight points (4g, 4a). He is
As is typical in any given NHL season, the Washington Capitals are without a handful of key players due to illness and injury. Defenseman Vincent Desharnais and goaltender Logan Thompson…
The Washington Capitals are looking to get back on the right track Saturday night when they host the Buffalo Sabres at Capital One Arena. The Capitals have had several days now to digest Tuesday’s disappointing 5-2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings, which saw Washington squander a two-goal lead and surrender five unanswered goals to
The Capitals announced Desharnais underwent an emergency appendectomy on Thursday.
The Washington Capitals announced that defenseman Vincent Desharnais underwent a successful appendectomy surgery on Thursday. The team says he is expected to miss the next 4 to 6 weeks. The timeline suggests he will return to game action somewhere between late November and early December. Washington Capitals defenseman Vincent Desharnais underwent a successful appendectomy surgery
One of Alex Ovechkin‘s best friends from earlier in his legendary career recently shared their thoughts on the 2026-27 NHL season being his last. Alex Semin, who officially retired from professional hockey himself in May 2022, recently spoke with Match TV’s Pavel Lysenkov about Ovechkin’s big announcement. The two were teammates with the Washington Capitals
Seth Jarvis could make his season debut tonight. Linus Ullmark needed help leaving the ice, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins set to return.
Seth Jarvis could make his season debut tonight. Linus Ullmark needed help leaving the ice, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins set to return.
The Washington Capitals might have their center depth restored the next time they take the ice at Capital One Arena. After Pierre-Luc Dubois returned to full participation in Wednesday morning’s practice for the first time since falling ill, the Capitals shared a positive update on Justin Sourdif. The 24-year-old forward skated on his own for
The Washington Capitals dropped the latest hint at how their Hometown Remix jersey will look when it drops early next month. The Capitals confirmed previous reporting that their jerseys will be primarily powder blue, based on the 90s-era Screaming Eagle sweaters the club wore from 1995 to 2000. They also alluded to a texture, potentially
Logan Thompson did not join his Washington Capitals teammates for practice on Wednesday morning. Before the skate, the Capitals announced Thompson would not participate due to a lower-body injury he sustained Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Kings. Logan Thompson is day-to-day with a lower body injury, per the Capitals, and will not skate this morning. — Katie
Thompson looked to have been shaken up during Tuesday night’s game against the Kings.
The Washington Capitals made a roster move Wednesday morning that signaled one of their most important players could be returning to the lineup shortly Ahead of the team’s practice, the team sent veteran forward Jonny Brodzinski to the AHL’s Hershey Bears. The Capitals recalled Brodzinski late last week after Pierre-Luc Dubois and Justin Sourdif were forced out
The LA Kings picked up their first victory of the 2026-27 season, as they skated to a 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals on Tuesday evening at Capital One Arena. Washington opened the scoring just shy of the halfway mark in the first period. Attacking off the rush, forward Ryan Leonard pulled up at the […] The post FINAL – Kings 5, Capitals 2 – Kuemper, Kempe, Laviolette appeared first on LA Kings Insider .
The Los Angeles Kings lost Quinton Byfield to injury on Tuesday night against the Washington Capitals. At the time, the game was tied 2-2, and Los Angeles had a ton of pressure on them to see this one out. Darcy Kuemper and his teammates were able to do just that. The Kings rode a three-goal […] The post Darcy Kuemper gets real on Kings’ 1st win of the season appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Washington Capitals got quite the fright when number-one goaltender Logan Thompson appeared to tweak something early in the second period on Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Kings. Thompson made a point-blank save on Kings star winger Artemi Panarin, but was very slow to get up. He continued to flex and stretch out his
The final score doesn’t exactly indicate it, but the New Jersey Devils played arguably their best game of the season tonight. After suffering a tough loss over the weekend to the Washington Capitals, the Devils dominated the reigning President’s Trophy winners, the Colorado Avalanche, en route to a 4-3 victory at The Rock on Tuesday […]
Hear from goaltender Darcy Kuemper following a 5-2 victory over the Washington Capitals. The post Darcy Kuemper – 10.20 appeared first on LA Kings Insider .
With regal magnanimity the Washington Capitals decreed that the Los Angeles Kings should, forsooth and verily, sit resplendent in victory for the first time this season. It sucked. Ryan Leonard turned Washington’s second shot of the game into a goal, going lateral in the high slot. Cole Hutson doubled the lead while on the power
The Los Angeles Kings have not had a good start to the 2026-27 campaign. Los Angeles has not won a game this year, though they have played the fewest games in the NHL. On Tuesday, they took on the Washington Capitals, hoping to claim that first victory. Unfortunately, Los Angeles has received bad news. Quinton […] The post Kings lose Quinton Byfield to injury vs. Capitals appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Los Angeles Kings 5, Washington Capitals 2 FINAL Game Preview WATCH: ABTV, DAZN LISTEN: 830 AM KLAA, ESPN LA App, LA Kings App SOG: LAK – 27 WSH – 32 PP: LAK – 1/2 WSH – 1/3 First Period 1. WSH – Ryan Leonard (4) – (Jonny Brodzinski, Anthony Beauvillier) – 9:25 2. WSH – […] The post LIVE THREAD – Kings vs. Capitals, 10/20 appeared first on LA Kings Insider .
Former Edmonton Oilers defenceman Cody Ceci finds himself as the odd man out on the Los Angeles Kings blue line. According to LA Kings Insider’s Zach Dooley, the Kings will scratch the right-shot defenceman ahead of the Kings’ matchup against the Washington Capitals on Tuesday evening. Ceci is in the second season of a four-year…
The Washington Capitals (5-3-0) will look to extend their winning streak to three games on Tuesday night when they host the NHL's last remaining winless team, the Los Angeles Kings (0-4-2), at Capital One Arena. The Kings, led by former Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette, have stumbled out of the gate, losing all six of their games to begin the 2026-27 season. Los Angeles will be looking to turn things around against a Capitals team that has won four of its first five home games. “You just...