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  • Caps forward Brooks Laich returns to the ice

    By Brian McNally | 05/08/13 03:10 PM

    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

    By Brian McNally | 05/07/13 04:30 PM

    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

    By Brian McNally | 05/07/13 03:30 PM

    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

    By Brian McNally | 05/07/13 02:15 PM

    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?

    By Brian McNally | 05/07/13 01:50 PM

    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

    By Brian McNally | 05/07/13 11:15 AM

    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

    By Brian McNally | 05/07/13 03:15 AM

    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)

    By Brian McNally | 05/06/13 07:00 PM

    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...


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