Puck Headlines: Leafs' Grabovski gets three games for ref push
(Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:56:36 PST)
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Washington is becoming your capital for jersey fouls
(Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:46:43 PST)
Perhaps there's just too much disposable income in D.C., or surplus of mis-channeled creative energy.

Capitals Team Report
(Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:13:10 PST)

After a game earlier this season, Caps coach Bruce Boudreau talked about how the good goalies come up big in money situations. The Caps had been waiting for free agent signee goaltender Jose Theodore to do that this season.

Theodore had been playing much better of late, but he came through in a big way in Tuesday's 2-1 victory over the rival Flyers. He made crucial saves throughout the game but stopped all three shootout chances to lock up the win.

That's the kind of game that could change a season for Theodore, who got a standing ovation after the game from the sellout crowd at Verizon Center.

He's playing aggressive, challenging hockey in goal now, not sitting back and waiting for the game to come to him, but coming out and taking away angles from shooters.

Caps LW Ovechkin among East reserves
(Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:08:03 PST)
Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin headlined the reserves for the Eastern Conference All-Star team, which were announced Thursday.

Puck Headlines: Caps coach doesn't like equal ASG representation
(Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:44:27 PST)
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Ovechkin only Capitals All-Star selection
(Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:51:15 PST)
After Alex Ovechkin became the Washington Capitals' only player headed to the NHL All-Star game, teammates Mike Green and Nicklas Backstrom said all the right things Thursday about not being chosen. Their coach and some other members of the No. 2 team in the Eastern Conference were a tad less diplomatic.

Reigning MVP Ovechkin tops East All-Star roster
(Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:59:25 PST)
Alex Ovechkin finally got his All-Star invitation. Less than a week after Washington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau called Ovechkin's omission from the Eastern Conference's starting lineup "dumb," the reigning NHL MVP was among 15 players picked Thursday to fill out the roster for the All-Star game on Jan.

Puck Headlines: Jordan Staal signs, and East all-star snubs
(Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:18:44 PST)
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Chris Chelios vs. Scott Stevens: Who was the better player?
(Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:48:50 PST)
There's really nothing like a good player-based hockey debate. Like the old "healthy Mario" vs.

Video: Alexander Ovechkin on doping, vodka and lucky scissors
(Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:42:23 PST)
Washington Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin recently sat down with Russia Today for an interview that covers a...

Puck Headlines: Some bald dude ready to play for Vancouver
(Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:19:32 PST)
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When it comes to urinal photos, Danny Briere takes the cake
(Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:35:20 PST)
As we told you earlier this week, the Washington Capitals have a rather shameless fan who prints up tiny images...

Flyers, Capitals present good, bad and boring of the shootout
(Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:27:17 PST)
Philadelphia Flyers goalie Marty Biron unwrapped the long ribbon of tape from his ankle, the locker room having...

Bruins' Zdeno Chara has that Norris Trophy look
(Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:36:16 PST)
It's fair to say the Norris Trophy short list always starts with Nicklas Lidstrom. But the Bruins believe Zdeno Chara will offer serious competition this season.

Puck Headlines: Philadelphia Flyers, Washington Capitals ready to go 'Patrick Division' on each other
(Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:44:46 PST)
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Puck Headlines: Even the Canucks can't tell Sedins apart
(Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:36:31 PST)
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After championship defeat, video embarrassments for Sweden
(Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:35:34 PST)
The last Swede to win Olympic gold in men's platform diving was Erik Adlerz back in 1912.

Puck Headlines: Ilya Kovalchuk, king of Russian athletes
(Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:23:55 PST)
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How hockey literally goes into the toilet in Washington
(Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:49:20 PST)
The world is made up of two types of people: Guys who scurry through arena men's rooms placing pictures of...

Surging Caps need fewer 'valleys' from goalies
(Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:25:24 PST)
All seems well and good for the Washington Capitals these days. They have the best 40-game record in franchise history. Reigning MVP Alex Ovechkin is poised again to become the league's top goal-scorer. The injury list, which at one point consumed more than one-third of the opening night roster, is down to a just a few names.

NHL Power Poll: Teams set sights on playoffs
(Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:07:01 PST)
Toronto coach Ron Wilson noticed it while playing Ottawa this week. The intensity is rising for teams getting...

Video: Boston Bruins take on Pearl Jam in Rock Band 2
(Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:59:59 PST)
The odds that an NHL player will attend a charity event greatly increase when they involve food, women or goofy...

Fight Video: Alexander Semin plays the bongos on Rangers' Staal
(Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:41:51 PST)
Between Sidney Crosby's off-the-faceoff pummeling and this Alexander Semin fight with Marc Staal in the...

Capitals send C Giroux to AHL
(Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:29:01 PST)
The Washington Capitals on Saturday assigned center Alexandre Giroux to Hershey of the American Hockey League.

Boudreau: No Ovechkin in All-Star starters 'dumb'
(Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:17:41 PST)
Alex Ovechkin is the NHL's reigning MVP and scoring champion, and he entered Saturday second in the league in goals and points. So how is it possible, Ovechkin's coach with the Washington Capitals wants to know, that the left wing was not voted in as a starter for the All-Star game? "It's dumb," Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau said before Washington hosted the New York Rangers on Saturday night.

Bruins goalies Fernandez, Thomas earn monthly honor
(Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:25:01 PST)
Boston Bruins goaltenders Manny Fernandez and Tim Thomas, who combined to post a 12-1-0 record and a 2.00 goals-against average in 13 games, on Friday were named co-recipients of the NHL's "First Star" award for December.

Capitals send LW Bourque to minors
(Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:55:01 PST)
ARLINGTON, Virginia (Ticker) - The Washington Capitals on Friday assigned left wing Chris Bourque to Hershey of the American Hockey League.

Ovechkin's hit on Heward and the ensuing suspension debate
(Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:57:24 PST)
In case you missed it finishing off those nearly-empty bottles of bubbly from the night before, here's...