Alex Tuch scored the go-ahead goal at 10:09 of the third period as the Washington Capitals earned their third straight victory, defeating the Predators 4-3 on Thursday night in Nashville.
Alex Ovechkin has already announced that the 2026-27 season will be his last year in the National Hockey League. As the season plays out, the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer will undoubtedly receive a number of tributes and gifts as he makes his way from city to city with the Washington Capitals.
The Capitals take on the Nashville Predators tonight after a strong 5-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. In that game, Dylan Strome and Jordan Kyrou had strong performances.
Despite being selected in the first round of the 2022 NHL Draft, Washington Capitals forward Ivan Miroshnichenko has struggled to secure a regular spot in the lineup amid a surplus of effective forwards — and the team reportedly gave him and his agent permission to seek a trade late last week.
The Capitals beat the Flyers last night and once again it was the line of Alex Tuch, Dylan Strome, and Jordan Kyrou that did the damage. Tuch scored his team-leading eighth and ninth goals of the season.
The Capitals are coming off of a 4-3 overtime win against the Buffalo Sabres. In that game, Alex Tuch scored twice against his former team, including the game-winning overtime goal.
People love a good mid-round draft pick that pans out, and in the NHL you used to see those fairly often, but that’s obviously partially luck. If the Red Wings thought Nicklas Lidstrom was going to become a top-five defenseman in history, they wouldn’t have waited until the 53rd pick to take him.
The Nashville Predators will try to cool off Alex Tuch and his linemates when the Washington Capitals visit on Thursday night. Tuch enjoyed his second straight two-goal game in Washington's 5-2 win against the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night as the Capitals completed a 4-1 homestand.
Jordan Kyrou and Alex Tuch each scored two goals to guide the Washington Capitals to a 5-2 home victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday. Logan Thompson finished with 23 saves for Washington, including a huge stop on Trevor Zegras with the hosts clinging to a one-goal lead in the third period.
After returning as a regular to practice yesterday, the Washington Capitals will return their starting netminder to the active roster. According to beat reporter Sammi Silber, the Capitals activated netminder Logan Thompson from the injured reserve and assigned Mitch Gibson to the AHL’s Hershey Bears.
The Washington Capitals claimed defenseman Jack St. Ivany off waivers from the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday. The 27-year-old from Manhattan Beach, California has spent most of his professional career with the Pittsburgh Penguins organization.
The Washington Capitals hope to end a successful homestand on a positive note Wednesday night when they face the Philadelphia Flyers. The Capitals enter the game with momentum -- and plenty of rest.
With his path to regular NHL minutes blocked in Washington, Ivan Miroshnichenko has reportedly been given permission to speak with other teams in an effort to facilitate a trade.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
The Washington Capitals have opened the door for Ivan Miroshnichenko to explore trade options, according to Sportsnet insider Elliotte Friedman, who highlighted the 22-year-old forward’s situation on Saturday Headlines.
The Washington Capitals’ forward group has filled up. New additions Jordan Kyrou, Alex Tuch, and Boone Jenner earned clear-cut roles, while breakouts from Justin Sourdif, Ryan Leonard, and Ilya Protas filled out the depth chart.
Alex Tuch scored his second goal of the game at 3:42 of overtime Saturday to lift the host Washington Capitals to a 4-3 victory over his former team, the Buffalo Sabres.
A couple of players are back to full health and ready to play. When speaking to the media, Washington Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery announced that forwards Pierre-Luc Dubois and Justin Sourdif are set to return to the lineup on Saturday night, when the Capitals host the Buffalo Sabres.
As is typical in any given NHL season, the Washington Capitals are without a handful of key players due to illness and injury. Defenseman Vincent Desharnais and goaltender Logan Thompson are out with injuries, and centers Pierre-Luc Dubois and Justin Sourdif are out with illness.
The Washington Capitals announced Friday that defenseman Vincent Desharnais will be out four-to-six weeks after he underwent an emergency appendectomy on Thursday.
Not the most promising news in the U.S. capital. When speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Washington Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery stated that goaltender Logan Thompson will not be a participant in the day’s practice and is considered day-to-day with a lower-body injury.
After the Washington Capitals' victory against the New Jersey Devils on Saturday, Alex Ovechkin is one assist short of tying Nicklas Bäckström for the most assists in Capitals history (762).
The Washington Capitals are off to a respectable 4-3-0 start to the 2026-27 NHL season. As of Friday, they have eight points and sit at third in the Metropolitan Division, behind the New York Rangers and the Carolina Hurricanes.
The New York Rangers knew there was a chance the injury to starting goalie Igor Shesterkin was going to be serious.
After winning four of their first five games things were looking really good for the New York Rangers to start the 2026-27 HL season. As is usually the case when they win, starting goalie Igor Shesterkin has been at the center of a lot of that initial success.
It is a harsh reminder that only Father Time is undefeated in sports. He comes for everybody eventually, no matter how great that player is, and he is unforgiving when he does.
Ovechkin finally answered the question everyone around the Washington Capitals has been asking. Sort of.
For the fourth time in his career, Alex Tuch is starting with a new NHL team—and the Washington Capitals have another weapon in their arsenal.
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