Washington Capitals

The Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes opened the NHL regular season on Tuesday, with the Canes holding their banner-raising at Lenovo Center in front of a sold-out crowd of 19,250. While...

The Washington Capitals knew they were taking a risk when they waived goaltender Clay Stevenson in their final-round training camp cuts. On Monday, that risk became reality when the Winnipeg Jets...

ARLINGTON, VA — Alex Ovechkin may not have played this preseason, but he’s ready to hit the ground running on Opening Night. After missing all four of the Capitals’ exhibition games with a...

Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby are entering their 22nd NHL seasons. During that time, they went from exciting young rookies to two of the greatest players in NHL history, winning a combined four...

Crosby has 654 goals and 1,107 assists for 1,761 points in 1,420 career games in 21 NHL seasons.

A new season brings a new way to watch the Caps. Here's all you need to know.

The Washington Capitals will be bringing back their red Screaming Eagle third jerseys this season. The team announced Wednesday morning that the alternate sweaters, initially introduced last year,...

FINALLY. Summer felt endless, which is fine if you’re a Beach Boy, but it sucks if your job is writing about ice hockey. The regular season, two games bigger this year, is about to begin, but I...

Connor Hellebuyck may finally be closing in on a new home. According to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, the Carolina Hurricanes are the most likely landing spot for Hellebuyck as they have become...

Hendrix Lapierre has successfully taken the next step in his fresh start with the Pittsburgh Penguins: making the team out of training camp. Lapierre, who the Washington Capitals traded for draft...

The Hershey Bears have filled the hole left in their crease after the Winnipeg Jets claimed Clay Stevenson off NHL waivers on Monday. Hershey announced Tuesday that they have signed veteran...

After 150 players hit NHL waivers over the weekend ahead of Monday’s roster deadline, two more hit the waiver wire on Tuesday, the NHL’s opening day. And the names will be very familiar to...

The Minnesota Wild received some scary news this past weekend as star defenseman Brock Faber needed to undergo surgery for a skull fracture he suffered in the team’s preseason finale. #mnwild...

The wait is finally over. Along with the NHL season set to kick off, every team has revealed its signature hashtag for the 2026-27 season. Some may be obvious to you as recycled mottos from years...

It is coming. The Washington Capitals did a major makeover this summer, and the 2026-27 starts imminently. I cannot allow the season to proceed, however, until I can get your predictions about how...

Hershey Bears training camp sure felt the impact of the Washington Capitals finalizing their NHL Opening Night roster on Monday. After the Capitals cut 19 players on Sunday, the Bears made major...

The Washington Capitals lost Clay Stevenson on Monday in a highly-debated move as they tried to sneak the prospect goaltender through waivers before Opening Night rosters were due. The Winnipeg...

Kirill Marchenko has a new home with the Toronto Maple Leafs, leaving the Columbus Blue Jackets in a blockbuster trade on Monday afternoon. The Maple Leafs acquired Marchenko from Columbus for a...

The Winnipeg Jets have claimed goaltender Clay Stevenson off of waivers from the Washington Capitals, reports Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet. Everyone else on yesterday’s extensive list of waived...

Stevenson will likely serve as Stuart Skinner’s backup to start the 2026-27 season.

Clay Stevenson is leaving the Washington Capitals organization. Monday, the Capitals’ prospect goaltender was claimed off waivers by the Winnipeg Jets. Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman first reported...

Ovechkin is 21 goals shy of 950 for his career. How many will he score in 2026-27?

The NHL is taking a closer look at how its players wear their uniforms this season, warning teams that it will enforce rules on tucked jerseys and tilted visors more strictly. Uniform-related...

The Washington Capitals’ 23-man Opening Night roster is set after completing their four-game preseason schedule and making their final training camp cuts on Sunday morning. All NHL teams must...

STATE COLLEGE, PA — Tessa Janecke returned to Pegula Ice Arena on Friday — the building where she had spent the past four years playing and helping develop the program from the ground up. But this...

Twenty-two teams placed at least one player on NHL waivers Sunday as each club’s Opening Night roster is due at 5 pm (ET) on Monday. The most notable players up for grabs include Henri Jokiharju...

With the deadline for compliant season-opening rosters coming up tomorrow, the waiver wire is going to continue to busy today, as it has been for the rest of this weekend.  Waiver-eligible players...

With the regular season starting on Tuesday, teams have to have compliant rosters in by 4 PM CT on Monday.  Accordingly, the next few days will be very busy on the transactions front to get those...

The Washington Capitals made their toughest roster decisions on Sunday, cutting the final 19 players from their training camp roster. Among those cuts were four players who must clear NHL waivers...

The Washington Capitals made their final round of training camp roster cuts on Sunday morning. After wrapping up their preseason schedule with a 5-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on...

The Washington Capitals capped off their preseason with a 5-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers, which, from afar, seemed meaningless. For the Capitals, though, it was a memorable upset win....

The Washington Capitals traveled up to Philadelphia with a roster made up almost entirely of recent draft picks, prospects, and AHL regulars. They took on a Flyers team icing a veteran...

Another big round of cuts across the NHL saw 18 players placed on NHL waivers on Saturday. Among the most notable names to hit Saturday’s waiver wire were Islanders forward Pierre Engvall, Blue...

Detroit Red Wings center Dylan Larkin has expanded the list of teams that he's willing to accept a trade to.

The Washington Capitals are ready to wrap up their 2026 preseason with one final game on the road against the Philadelphia Flyers at Xfinity Mobile Arena. After icing what was almost their...

A listing of players placed on NHL waivers for September 26, 2026.

Jordan Kyrou is giving Washington Capitals fans another opportunity to add his autograph to their collections. Sign On Sports, a Pittsburgh-based sports marketing and memorabilia company, will...

Tom Wilson may have turned over a new leaf this offseason, or perhaps the intensity of preseason games is just much lower than we all think. Friday, during the second period of the Washington...

Notes from the Metropolitan Division including injury news from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, the Capitals recall four, and more.

The Washington Capitals will wrap up their 2026 preseason schedule with one final game against the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night. After dressing what was essentially their Opening Night...

The Washington Capitals made some more roster decisions ahead of their final preseason game against the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday evening. Veteran defenseman Justin Holl has been waived and...

The Caps went all in this offseason. Can one of the NHL’s deepest forward groups help Ovechkin go out on top?

WASHINGTON, DC — Offseason acquisition Jordan Kyrou played the hero in his first preseason home game at Capital One Arena on Friday, scoring in overtime for a 3-2 win and preventing a comeback...

The Washington Capitals had a successful Opening Night dress rehearsal against the Boston Bruins on Friday night. After going up 2-0 early in the second period, the Capitals eventually ceded their...

The Capitals’ captain and NHL all-time leading goal scorer will miss the final two Caps preseason games against Boston and Philadelphia, as reported by Tom Gulitti at NHL.com. However, the...

The NHL waiver wire got crowded on Friday. With Opening Night rosters due on Monday at 5 pm (ET), teams began aggressively whittling down their player counts at camp. Per PuckPedia, 61 players in...

Tonight the Washington Capitals will play their one and only home game at Capital One Arena this preseason, taking on the Boston Bruins. Puck drop is at 7 pm. The game will mark the team’s second...

With only the weekend separating teams from Monday’s 5PM roster deadline, the waiver wire is mroe active than its been allpreseason. The Vancouver Canucks became the first team to file a claim,...