Topic: Alexander Ovechkin

Capitals end Predators' five-game win streak

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington emerged from an offensive slumber and netminder Michal Neuvirth stopped 20 shots as the Capitals snapped the Nashville Predators' five-game winning streak with a 4-1 victory on Tuesday.The Capitals played suffocating defense and had goals from mainstays Alex ...

Struggling Capitals, Hurricanes fire coaches

The Washington Capitals, struggling after a hot start with superstar Alex Ovechkin in a slump, and Carolina Hurricanes, off to a miserable National Hockey League start, fired their coaches on Monday.The Capitals parted ways with Bruce Boudreau, who last week won his ...

Capitals fire Boudreau, Hunter named new head coach

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The slumping Washington Capitals moved to resuscitate their once-promising season on Monday by firing head coach Bruce Boudreau and replacing him with former team captain Dale Hunter.Despite the presence of two-time most valuable player Alex Ovechkin and a talented ...

Leafs rout Capitals as Ovechkin slump continues

TORONTO (Reuters) - There were plenty of offensive fireworks in the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-1 thrashing of the Washington Capitals on Saturday but none of them off the stick of misfiring sniper Alexander Ovechkin.Phil Kessel notched his league leading 14th of the ...

League-leading Capitals blitz Flyers to stay undefeated

(Reuters) - The Washington Capitals extended their NHL-best start to the season with an impressive 5-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday.Alex Ovechkin snapped out of his early-season funk with two goals and the Capitals improved to 6-0-0 to build on ...

Capitals' Ovechkin joins Russia for worlds

KOSICE, Slovakia (Reuters) - Washington Capitals top scorer Alexander Ovechkin will join Russia's national team at the world championship in Slovakia, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) said Friday.Ovechkin became available after the Tampa Bay Lightning swept the Eastern Conference's top seed ...

Questions abound in Washington as Capitals swept away

TORONTO (Reuters) - There were no congressional hearings being planned but after yet another post-season flop by the NHL's Washington Capitals plenty of hard questions were being asked on Thursday.Swept from the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs by the Tampa ...

Capitals put collapse in past, advance with win over Rangers

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Led by Alex Ovechkin, the Washington Capitals dumped the New York Rangers 3-1 on Saturday to advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs and bury memories of last year's post-season collapse.An inspired Ovechkin set up Washington's ...

Rangers beat Capitals to narrow playoff deficit

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brandon Dubinsky scored with less than two minutes to go as the New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Sunday to lift themselves back into the NHL's Eastern Conference quarter-finals.Washington leads the best-of-seven playoff series 2-1 ...

Ovechkin gets 300th goal but eyes first Stanley Cup

TORONTO (Reuters) - Washington Capitals' Alexander Ovechkin slotted another career milestone on Tuesday, scoring a 300th goal in the 3-2 shootout win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.A purebred sniper now averaging 50 goals a season, the playful Russian has throughout his career ...
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