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The Washington Capitals will open their preseason schedule Sunday evening against the Boston Bruins. After three days of on-ice work at training camp, Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery will get his first look at the group in game action as Washington travels to Boston for a 5 pm faceoff at TD Garden. The Capitals’ lineup
The Washington Capitals gave a lot of money and committed a lot of term to two relatively unproven players, but that doesn't mean those contracts were even remotely bad ideas.
The Washington Capitals could not make the Stanley Cup Playoffs last season. Tom Wilson and his teammates were in the race for much of the season. However, they came up short in the end. This season, Wilson believes his team can win. And he sees one teammate as being particularly valuable this coming campaign. The […] The post Tom Wilson believes this Capitals teammate will ‘make noise’ in 2026-27 appeared first on ClutchPoints .
More fallout from Alex Ovechkin’s appearance in a United Russia campaign video emerged late Thursday, with Latvia banning the Washington Capitals captain from entering the country indefinitely. Latvia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baiba Braže, made the announcement on X, adding Ovechkin and Umar Kremlev to the list of “personae non gratae.” Kremlev is a wealthy
ARLINGTON, VA — Pierre-Luc Dubois has become the Capitals’ go-to host for young players, giving rookies Ryan Leonard and Cole Hutson a place to live when they joined the NHL. Over the summer, Dubois played landlord once again, this time to 19-year-old prospect Lynden Lakovic. Lakovic was the first Capitals prospect to return to DC,
The Washington Capitals are projected to be the biggest team in the NHL this season. And Tom Wilson immediately noticed the size difference during the first day of training camp on Thursday. “Yeah, I mean, it’s honestly almost a bit laughable when you get on the ice,” Wilson said to Monumental Sports Network’s Tarik El-Bashir
The Washington Capitals are ideally set up for a highly successful season, and fans will see their reshaped roster in action starting at training camp on Friday. Between the high-caliber…
Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin spoke to the media on Thursday, and commented that he's 'for peace and love' after the Russian great appeared in an ad for a party aligned with Vladimir Putin during the summer. The video hit the internet this week and has certainly turned some heads throughout the hockey world. The Capitals social media and communications team have been taking a beaten online this week, littered with comments on their social posts about Ovechkin's stance, and his conn...
Following his media availability on Thursday, Alex Ovechkin briefly took pointed questions from ESPN’s Robert Klemko before walking away. A former Washington Post reporter, Klemko has filed stories from Ukraine about pending war crimes prosecutions, collaborators, and bootstrapping drone warfare. His questions about Ovechkin’s appearance in a United Russia commercial were more assertive than the player
ARLINGTON, VA — The Washington Capitals saw positive signs on the injury front on Thursday as defenseman Rasmus Sandin took the ice in a blue no-contact jersey. After undergoing ACL surgery this spring, Sandin skated by himself between Group A and Group B on the first on-ice day of Training Camp. Sandin sustained the ACL
Pavel Zacha speaks to the media after the first day of on-ice sessions at Warrior Ice Arena.
Alex Ovechkin is standing up for himself, after he was seen taking a rather unpopular stance in a recent political video. Earlier this week, the Washington Capitals captain was seen in a United Russia campaign advertisement for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The ad, published in Vedomosti, a pro-Kremlin newspaper, features Ovechkin alongside many other famous Russian athletes, celebrities, and politicians, with the title “When we are united, we are invincible.” Ovechkin faced reporters in D...
After appearing in a commercial that supported Russian President Vladimir Putin, Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin has broken his silence. Speaking to reporters, Ovechkin defended his decision to star in the commercial. He conceded that Russia is his “home,” and that is why he didn’t see an issue with being in the commercial. Alex Ovechkin […] The post Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin breaks silence on appearing in Vladimir Putin commercial appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin isn't closing the door on the possibility of extending the NHL's all-time goalscoring record beyond the upcoming season.
The Washington Capitals’ Alexander Ovechkin is this generation’s greatest goalscorer and up on the Mt. Rushmore of all-time snipers. He has 929 goals since entering the NHL in 2005-06, 275…
There is a lot of excitement heading into the season for the Washington Capitals. The Capitals have welcomed back Alex Ovechkin for another season while bringing in Alex Tuch and Jordan Kyrou. Still, if the Capitals are going to make a run at the Stanley Cup, goaltender Logan Thompson is going to need to be […] The post Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson throws shade at former GM after 4th place Vezina finish appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Washington Capitals took to the ice for the first day of training camp, and big news emerged just from the colored jerseys the players were wearing. Heading into this year’s shortened camp, Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery revealed that the team’s philosophy would shift with two fewer preseason games. “We’re approaching it as much
The Washington Capitals are officially back on the ice. The team opened training camp on Thursday with its first on-ice session. Today also marks the team’s annual Media Day, giving reporters their first opportunity of the season to speak with nearly the entire roster, coaching staff, and management. RMNB will be updating this post throughout
The controversy surrounding Alex Ovechkin‘s recent appearance in a political campaign ad for United Russia took another turn on Wednesday. South Carolina Representative Joe Wilson expressed his condemnation in a letter sent to NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis. Rep. Wilson (R-SC-02) shared the letter on his X. The full letter
Maurice also discussed the prospect of playing Brady Tkachuk with Aleksander Barkov.
Time will tell whether Ryan Leonard’s eight-year, $84 million contract extension proves to be a bargain or a gamble for the Washington Capitals. Chris Patrick, though, is already skipping ahead and thinking about Leonard’s next deal, nearly a decade out. Speaking to Mike Vogel, the Capitals general manager explained how the eight-year pact came about
When you’re a young adult, you think you can take on the world. But for Jiri Kulich, that reality hit hard last fall. In a game against the Washington Capitals on Nov. 1, 2025, the Buffalo Sabres forward took just one shift in the third period, but something just felt off with him. A few days later, a CT scan showed that he had a blood clot, something that a 21-year-old doesn’t usually endure. In an interview with Sabres.com’s Justin Alpert, Kulich explained how he felt during what ended up be...
General Manager Chris Patrick barely beat the midnight deadline as the Washington Capitals announced an eight-year, $50.8 million contract extension for Justin Sourdif. The forward’s new deal kicks in next…
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Minnesota Wild continue contract discussions with Quinn Hughes, while the Washington Capitals have responded to questions about Alexander Ovechkin’s appearance in a Russian political…
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