A couple of players are going to miss a little bit more time. When speaking to the media on Saturday, Washington Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery revealed that forward Connor McMichael is out week-to-week with an upper-body injury.
After Ethan Frank recorded two third-period goals, Connor McMichael scored with 37.6 seconds left in overtime, as the host Washington Capitals rallied from a 2-0 deficit, to beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Tuesday night.
There's more to hockey than scoring goals and stopping pucks. For some players, putting up points came second to their main task: angering their opponents.
The Washington Capitals seemed well on their way towards reclusion a few seasons ago. They managed to win the first Stanley Cup in franchise history in 2018 — but by 2022, only eight members of the Cup-winning roster were still in Washington.
The Washington Capitals are on the brink of elimination heading into Game 5 against the Carolina Hurricanes. The Hurricanes are one game away from the 2025 Eastern Conference Finals.
Connor McMichael scored twice and Logan Thompson made 14 of his 25 saves in the third period as the Washington Capitals beat the visiting Montreal Canadiens 3-1 on Wednesday to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round matchup in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Amid an intense third period, Chatfield grabbed several points on McMichael’s jersey before swinging him around and slamming him to the ice without a helmet.
The Washington Capitals were busy on July 1 this offseason. Former general manager Brian MacLellan completed a trade for former Ottawa Senators defenseman Jakob Chychrun.
The Washington Capitals have made waves this offseason with several moves to bolster their roster in hopes of going on another deep playoff run with their aging core.
When Washington acquired Pierre-Luc Dubois from Los Angeles earlier this summer, it pushed Connor McMichael down the Capitals’ center depth chart with Dylan Strome entrenched in the top spot.
It may be easy to forget with all the newer additions that Washington Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan and his managerial staff have added like Jakob Chychrun, Matt Roy, Pierre-Luc Dubois, and Andrew Mangiapane among others; but the team also re-signed one of their own on what was a busy first day of NHL free agency.
If the Capitals are going to have any chance to get back in their first round series against the Rangers they are going to need to get a lot more from superstar forward Alex Ovechkin.
We begin a new week on the ice, and hope to see better results than the week we've left behind. Monday has not given us many options, so we'll opt for a different approach in the player prop market, focused on some goal scorers.