NHL News and NHL Rumors
After becoming the first player in 100 years to record back-to-back hat tricks in the first two games of the season, Washington Capitals superstar, Alex Ovechkin was the obvious choice to be named the NHL’s first star of the week. “When you…
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The National Hockey League will conduct an expansion draft in order to incorporate the Vegas Golden Knights franchise into the league for the start of the 2017-2018 season. Vegas will “draft” one player from each of the 30 existing NHL…
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Kevin Shattenkirk scored his first goal of the postseason at 3:13 of the first overtime period to give the Washington Capitals a 3-2 triumph over the Penguins in Game 3 in Pittsburgh Monday night. Everyone involved in the sport of…
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Crosby opened the scoring 12 seconds into the second period, and he made it 2-0 just 52 seconds later. The Capitals were able to tie the game thanks to two goals by Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov. Unfortunately, for the…
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The Washington Capitals have acquired Kevin Shattenkirk from the St. Louis Blues. Shattenkirk was by far the top asset on the board heading into Wednesday’s NHL Trade Deadline, and this deal will leave general managers across the league filled with envy. The…
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NHL Offseason Analysis Metropolitan Division The Metropolitan Division is easily the stronger of two divisions in the Eastern Conference. Five Metropolitan Division teams made the playoffs last year, including the Capitals, Penguins, Rangers, Islanders and Flyers. Here is an overview…
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The highly-anticipated Eastern Conference Semifinals match-up between the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins started off with a bang, as Capitals winger T.J. Oshie scored a hat trick, including the game-winning goal in overtime, to give the Capitals a 4-3 win…
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Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Michal Neuvirth turned in quite a performance Friday night, stopping all 44 shots the Washington Capitals threw his way en route to a 2-0 Game 5 win for the Flyers. The performance was all the more impressive…
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Flyers center Sean Couturier is expected to miss the next two weeks with an upper-body injury, which rules him out for the remainder of Philadelphia’s first-round series against the Washington Capitals. Couturier took a punishing check from Alex Ovechkin that…
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With the All-Star break now behind us, it’s time to look at the standings and begin to think about the playoffs. One of the storylines hockey fans have followed is the dominance of the Washington Capitals, who have become a…
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