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  • Caps forward Alex Ovechkin named a Hart Trophy finalist

    By Brian McNally | 05/10/13 12:20 PM

    Capitals right wing Alex Ovechkin has been named one of three Hart Trophy finalists for NHL most valuable player in 2013. A two-time Hart Trophy winner in 2007-08 and 2008-09 and a finalist in 2009-10, Ovechkin led the league with 32 goals in the lockout-shortened season to earn the Maurice...

  • Caps rookie Tom Wilson an option for Game 5

    By Brian McNally | 05/10/13 01:25 AM

    Tom Wilson has seen two hockey seasons end in two weeks. He hopes things go better for his new team. The Capitals recalled their 19-year-old winger from AHL Hershey on Thursday one day after the Bears’ season came to an end in a decisive Game 5 loss to Providence on Wednesday night. Wilson...

  • Rangers 4, Caps 3: Five Observations

    By Brian McNally | 05/09/13 06:25 AM

    1. You’re not really surprised, are you? This is the way it always is with the Capitals. Even up 2-0 in a series and looking like a solid bet to advance, things seem to just…happen. It’s not fair to pin history on this group of players so I won’t go that far. But the Rangers were going...

  • 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...

  • 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 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...


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