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Ian Oland
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The Washington Capitals were without four key players for their season finale against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday. TJ Oshie and John Carlson missed the game due to lower-body injuries. Meanwhile, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Ilya Samsonov weren't at the...
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... ex Ovechkin, and Dmitry Orlov. All four players were put in protocol and the Capitals were fined as a team. Ovechkin and Orlov while . Kuznetsov said then, when h ...
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Ian Oland
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12h
2018 Stanley Cup-winning defenseman, Christian Djoos, signed a two-year deal with EV Zug of the Swiss National League on Wednesday. The deal likely ends Djoos' career in the NHL. Välkommen till Zug, Christian Djoos! 🔵⚪Der EVZ verpflichtet den 26-jähri
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... appy to get claimed by the Red Wings.” After winning a championship with the Capitals in 2018, Djoos was traded to the Anaheim Ducks for Daniel Sprong after spend ...
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Chris Cerullo
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22h
The Washington Capitals eeked out a 2-1 win over the Provide...Boston Bruins on Tuesday night. It took a goal in the final seconds from Michael Raffl to seal the regular season with a victory. The Caps outshot Boston 32 to...
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... s a Capital. With 1.8 seconds remaining, that's the latest go ahead goal the Capitals have scored all season. — CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) Numbers thanks to and . H ...
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Ian Oland
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Russian Machine Never Breaks
12 May
The Washington Capitals and Boston Bruins played what amounted to a meaningless game on Tuesday. Neither team could improve their position in the standings and both teams were already locked into a first-round matchup against each other in the...
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... atched 16 veterans and iced a bunch of players from their AHL team while the Capitals used the game as a tuneup for the playoffs. The Caps wound up winning 2-1 vi ...
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Ian Oland
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12 May
Michael Raffl scored his first goal as a Capital Tuesday and the trade deadline acquisition saved it for literally the final seconds of the regular season. Tied 1-1 with the Providence Boston Bruins, Raffl skated the puck towards the crease...
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... third game-winning goal of the season and the 21st of his career. After the Capitals saluted Vitek Vanecek on his victory, Zdeno Chara skated over to the penalty ...
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Chris Cerullo
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12 May
The Washington Capitals and a bunch of dudes resembling the Boston Bruins played a game that mattered just as much as a preseason game. All we want from one of these is no further injuries and maybe some good feelings...
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... This could be the last regular-season game Alex Ovechkin ever plays for the Capitals. — Ian Oland (@ianoland) The Caps had literally all of the puck in the secon ...
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Ian Oland
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Russian Machine Never Breaks
12 May
The Washington Capitals are concluding the 2020-21 regular season by playing a meaningless game against the Boston Bruins. The Bruins are intentionally sitting 16 of its regulars. The Caps, meanwhile, are treating game number 56 as a dress rehearsal...
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... important for them to get some game time,” Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette said earlier in the day. “Oftentimes, the guys t ...
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Elyse Bailey
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11 May
It's the finale. The last dance. The cherry on top. But, only of the regular season because the Capitals are hosting the Boston Bruins this evening and will then move on to playing them in the first round of the...
Washington Capitals
... ry star player injured some way – from Ovi to Oshie, Carlson to Wilson – the Capitals have a lot on their mind ahead of the . But ’s Nathan Burchfiel remains hope ...
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Peter Hassett
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11 May
The Washington Capitals have drawn the Boston Bruins as their opponents in first round of the playoffs. I'm sure there will be a lot of predictions and projections -- plus one very opinionated cointoss -- coming in the next few...
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... iven up. Below are the aggregate shot-attempt percentages for the Bruins and Capitals against their various opponents this season. (Can we all please just ignore ...
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Ian Oland
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11 May
While the Washington Capitals won't rest any players and "want to end the season on a good note," the Boston Bruins will do literally the exact opposite. After clinching the number three seed last night which guaranteed them a date...
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... list." Cassidy: "You asked." — Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) So basically, the Capitals are playing tonight. With that news, the Capitals became odds-on favorites ( ...
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Ian Oland
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Russian Machine Never Breaks
11 May
The Washington Capitals will play their final regular-season game Tuesday night against the Boston Bruins and they'll be without four regular players, at the least. TJ Oshie and John Carlson will both miss the game due to lower-body injuries, while...
Washington Capitals
... art tonight vs. BOS, per Laviolette. — Tarik El-Bashir (@Tarik_ElBashir) The Capitals also recalled Philippe Maillet to the main roster and sent Garrett Pilon, wh ...
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Cara Bahniuk
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11 May
After being drafted by the Ottawa Senators with the third overall pick in 2020, Tim Stützle is living out his childhood dreams playing in the NHL. While Stützle had a great rookie year, it wasn't necessarily the first NHL season...
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... Fan/Twitter Share this story: Share On is not associated with the Washington Capitals; Monumental Sports, the NHL, or its properties. Not even a little bit. All o ...
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Ian Oland
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11 May
Zdeno Chara was named the Capitals' Masterton Trophy nominee on Monday. The award is given out annually to the NHL player who shows the most perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to hockey. "Those two words, I don’t think that you can...
Washington Capitals
... of the quote indicates that Laviolette and Chara discussed and envisioned a Capitals team with the Stanley Cup-winning defenseman on it, which then, in turn, spu ...
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Ian Oland
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Russian Machine Never Breaks
11 May
It's official! The number-two seeded Washington Capitals will open the first round of the playoffs against the Boston Bruins. The Bruins earned the right to face the Capitals after the Bruce Cassidy-led team took the New York Islanders to overtime...
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... rena . Saturday after the Preakness. — Tarik El-Bashir (@Tarik_ElBashir) The Capitals and Bruins will face each other on Tuesday in each team’s final game of the ...
