Category Archives: Washington Capitals

Capitals Rally, Defeat Rangers, 3-2; Mantha, Dowd, Oshie Score

Photo: Patrick Smith/Getty Images The Washington Capitals defeated the New York Rangers by a score of 3-2 in a Saturday matinee at Capital One Arena. The win improved the Capitals’ record to 20-14-6 and 46 points on the season. Goaltender … Continue reading

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A Red-hot Return! Max Pacioretty Scores First Goal As A Washington Capital, First Tally in Over A Year

John McCreary/NHLI via Getty Images Although it may have taken him till the New Year to do so, veteran forward Max Pacioretty has begun his Washington Capitals career off to a flying start, showing early flashes of why the team’s … Continue reading

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Capitals Prospects In Europe – Monthly Report: December, 2023

Nova Caps has reorganized their monthly prospect reporting this season in order to better assess each prospect by relative leagues and levels of play to provide a more concise and relative analysis of each of the Capitals prospects: The (AHL) … Continue reading

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Monthly Report For Capitals Prospects In The Canadian Junior Hockey Leagues — December 2023

Photo: Tri-City Americans The Canadian major junior hockey leagues (CHL) continued their play in December, generally through December 15, but then took a break for the Christmas holiday, with play resuming after Christmas.

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Capitals Fall to Devils, 6-3; Max Pacioretty Debuts, Connor McMichael Scores First Career Power-Play Goal

Photo: Scott Taetsch/Getty Images The Washington Capitals fell to the New Jersey Devils by a score of 6-3 Wednesday night at Capital One Arena. The loss dropped the Capitals’ record to 18-12-6 and 42 points on the season. Goaltender Hunter … Continue reading

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Islanders Sink Capitals, 5-1; Charlie Lindgren, Martin Fehervary Exit With Upper-Body Injuries

Photo: Mike Stobe/NHLI via Getty Images The Washington Capitals were defeated by the New York Islanders by a score of 5-1 Friday night at UBS Arena. The loss dropped the Capitals’ record to 17-11-5 and 39 points on the season. … Continue reading

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Reviewing Current Value In Capitals Drafts from 2013-2017 – Little Lasting Impact

 Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Statistically, ages 25-29 tend to be an age when hockey players are approaching or have already reached their professional peak. Ideally, a team would like much of their core to be in that age bracket.

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Christmas Wishes for the 2023-24 Washington Capitals

Yesterday, NoVa Caps posted the annual Festivus post for the airing of this year’s grievances. Now it is time for a more positive post—as in what should the Washington Capitals receive for Christmas from Santa Claus or, for those of … Continue reading

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Capitals Festivus!: The (Belated) Airing of Grievances — December 23, 2023 Edition

Photo: Margaret Norton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images December 23 is traditionally the day that the non-commercial holiday of Festivus is celebrated across the world. The high holiday includes a Festivus dinner, an unadorned aluminum Festivus pole, practices such as … Continue reading

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Takeaways from Capitals’ 3-1 Loss to Predators

Photo: John Russell/NHLI via Getty Images The Washington Capitals were once again on the wrong end of bounces and puck luck in their 3-1 loss against the Nashville Predators. This was illustrated in the second period, where the Capitals had … Continue reading

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