Washington Capitals Events

2008 Dec 10 Washington Capitals defeat Boston Bruins, 3-1
WASHINGTON - One of the Capitals' most significant offseason moves was to sign ex-Montreal goalie Jose Theodore to a two-year, $9 million contract. But as often happens in this upside-dow...
2009 Jan 17 Washington Capitals defeat Boston Bruins, 2-1
WASHINGTON - Hockey can be a cruel game. On Thursday, Martin St. Pierre and his fourth-line mates executed a breakout and an offensive rush to score the winning goal against the Island...
2009 Jan 27 Boston Bruins defeat Washington Capitals, 3-2
Not exactly a gem last night, acknowledged the first-place Bruins. They coughed up pucks. They gave the trigger-happy Capitals six power plays. They couldn't get much going offensively...
2009 Feb 28 Washington Capitals defeat Boston Bruins, 4-3
The play in question was just your average defensive zone regroup, with defenseman Mike Green shuttling the puck up to Alexander Semin, and the forward looking to dump a shot on goal befo...
2009 Oct 1 Washington Capitals defeat Boston Bruins, 4-1
At least there are 81 games remaining, right? Because it can't get much worse than Game No. 1, which saw Brooks Laich and Alex Ovechkin score a pair of goals and the Bruins commit mistake...
2009 Oct 8 New York Rangers defeat Washington Capitals, 4-3
WASHINGTON - There is a reason the Rangers pay Marian Gaborik the big bucks, and that is to take hold of games like Thursday night's in which the Rangers didn't know if they were coming o...
2009 Nov 13 Washington Capitals defeat Minnesota Wild, 3-1
WASHINGTON - For the first 10 minutes Friday night, the Wild looked like a BMW whizzing 100 miles per hour up the Autobahn. But slowly but surely, as if somebody was siphoning the gas ...
2009 Nov 17 Washington Capitals defeat New York Rangers, 4-2
The main difference between this season's Rangers and the ones who blew that playoff series to the Capitals last April? These guys have Marian Gaborik, a superstar so skilled that he can ...
2010 Feb 2 Washington Capitals defeat Boston Bruins, 4-1
Among Blake Wheeler, David Krejci, and Michael Ryder, the three forwards who were among the most dangerous offensive weapons the Bruins had on their roster last season, there should have ...
2010 Feb 4 Washington Capitals defeat New York Rangers, 6-5
Capitals 6, Rangers 5 Olli Jokinen gave the Rangers the offensive boost they needed. It's too bad he can't play defense and kill penalties. With Jokinen making his Garden debut as a...
2010 Apr 5 Washington Capitals defeat Boston Bruins, 3-2
WASHINGTON (AP) The Boston Bruins needed to win this game badly. The Bruins came into Monday's game with the Washington Capitals tied for eighth place in the Eastern Conference, and af...
2010 Apr 11 Boston Bruins defeat Washington Capitals, 4-3
WASHINGTON — For the Bruins, locked into sixth place even before yesterday’s puck drop, Game No. 82 meant nothing for a club that finally could breathe easy, knowing it had taken care of ...
2010 Oct 19 Boston Bruins defeat Washington Capitals, 3-1
WASHINGTON — Last year, when Daniel Paille started the season in Buffalo as a healthy scratch for the first four games, the left wing couldn’t get an explanation from coach Lindy Ruff or ...
2010 Oct 21 Boston Bruins defeat Washington Capitals, 4-1
After only four games and only one power-play puck had beaten an opposing netminder in 15 go-arounds, it was evident to the Bruins’ coaching staff — assistant Geoff Ward is in charge of a...
2010 Oct 28 Minnesota Wild defeat Washington Capitals, 2-1
There was a palpable tension surrounding the Wild on Thursday morning following comments made by Martin Havlat's agent that his client has been underutilized by coach Todd Richards. "I...
2010 Nov 5 Washington Capitals defeat Boston Bruins, 5-3
WASHINGTON — It’s not often that the NHL’s best goalie gets pulled after allowing three goals in 40 minutes. Truth is, if Tim Thomas weren’t on top of his game last night, the Capitals co...
2010 Nov 9 Washington Capitals defeat New York Rangers, 5-3
There were some unusual occurrences at the Garden Tuesday night, but a Rangers win, becoming a rare Broadway spectacle in its own right, was not among them. Brandon Dubinsky, the Range...