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  • Caps forward Brooks Laich returns to the ice

    Brian McNally

    Published: Wed, May 8, 2013

    Capitals forward Brooks Laich participated in the team’s morning skate at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday morning. It is the first time he’s skated with his teammates since leaving a game against the New York Islanders on April 4 with a recurring groin injury. Laich was first injured...

  • Adam Oates gives Capitals a rest to regroup for Game 4 against Rangers

    Brian McNally

    Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

    Capitals take off-day to regroup for Game 4 The Capitals could have spent their off-day Tuesday in Newark conducting a light practice. Sometimes the best way to shake off a disappointing Stanley Cup playoff loss is to get right back on the ice, and that was the plan. But Washington coach...

  • For Caps, rest is a weapon

    Brian McNally

    Updated: Tue, May 7, 2013

    It was a different setting than most press conferences I’ve attended. But there we were in the courtyard of a Manhattan hotel chatting with a few Caps players who were ready to…well, we’re not sure exactly and they weren’t either. That’s because instead of practicing at Prudential...

  • Caps defenseman John Erskine okay after big hit

    Brian McNally

    Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

    Capitals defenseman John Erskine was knocked from Game 3 of his team’s Eastern Conference quarterfinal series against the New York Rangers on Monday night. A hard check behind the net by New York forward Ryan Callahan was the culprit. Erskine didn’t rejoin his teammates on the bench at the...

  • Do the Rangers think they can wear down Caps star Alex Ovechkin?

    Brian McNally

    Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

    There was an interesting quote from Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh to Pat Leonard of the New York Daily News after Game 3 on Monday night about Caps star winger Alex Ovechkin. They were talking about the game-winning goal scored with 6:25 left when McDonagh nicely kept a puck inside the New...

  • Rangers score late, hold on for wild Game 3 win over Capitals

    Brian McNally

    Updated: Tue, May 7, 2013

    Rangers score late, hold on for wild win In their long, tortured Stanley Cup playoff history, the Capitals had never once won the first three games of a series. That remains true now, and any thoughts of quickly dispatching the New York Rangers this spring are gone. Six power-play...

  • Rangers 4, Caps 3: Five Observations

    Brian McNally

    Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

    1. Let’s start with the penalties. There’s really no other place to begin in a Stanley Cup playoff game where one team takes six minor penalties. That is the ultimate death by a thousand cuts. Your top players are forced to help on penalty kill duty and that can sap their energy for later in...

  • Caps Game Night – 7:30 p.m. at Rangers (Game 3)

    Brian McNally

    Updated: Mon, May 6, 2013

    EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS Capitals (2) vs. New York Rangers (0) Game » 3 When » Monday, May 6 Where » Verizon Center TV » Comcast SportsNet HD Radio » WJFK-FM 106.7; WFED-AM 1500 Stanley Cup playoff series are all about momentum. One team usually has it and the other...

  • Capitals take the show on the road

    Brian McNally

    Updated: Sun, May 5, 2013

    Caps ride momentum into games at New York A short optional skate was all the Capitals needed Sunday morning at Kettler Iceplex. They are the team up 2-0 on the New York Rangers, after all, in a first-round Stanley Cup playoff series. They are the team in control. Washington coach Adam Oates...

  • Caps 1, Rangers 0 (OT): Five observations

    Brian McNally

    Published: Sun, May 5, 2013

    1. The Capitals have seen their share of 2-0 playoff leads disappear over the years for long-time fans to ever feel comfortable. But give them this: They did what they had to do at home against the New York Rangers this week. Now, they head to Madison Square Garden on Monday with a 2-0 series...


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