I’ll keep repeating the refrain until the day it’s no longer true: NHL goaltender is the ficklest position in professional sports. Look at who closed out the Stanley Cup Final for the Carolina Hurricanes last season.
The Washington Capitals catching the Carolina Hurricanes might be the least chaotic outcome in the NHL's Metropolitan Division next season.
Here are five surprising stats that NHL teams would, mostly, prefer aren't repeated next year.
How many of the players to grace the cover of each EA NHL video game going back to 'NHL 2000?"
We are one month into the NHL offseason, and most teams have made some sort of major change by now. It's either been more to help them win now, try to start a rebuild, or just marginally improve themselves on the edges.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
Logan Thompson posted his fourth shutout of the season, and Connor McMichael scored a pair and added an assist for the Washington Capitals, who scored a 3-0 victory Sunday over the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins in a must-win game for the host squad.
Logan Thompson secured his third shutout of the season, leading the Washington Capitals to a 4-0 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night. Before
Logan Thompson made 21 saves and the visiting Washington Capitals kept their slim Stanley Cup playoff hopes alive with a 4-0 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday.
Logan Thompson made 30 saves for the Washington Capitals in a 2-1 win against the visiting New Jersey Devils on Friday. Ryan Leonard and Aliaksei Protas scored for the Capitals (35-27-8, 78 points), who are 3-0-1 in their past four games.
The Washington Capitals‘ dreams of the Stanley Cup Playoffs may be fading, but there remains a glimmer of hope after a 4-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday night.
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.
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.
Washington Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson sparkled as he delivered his first shutout of the season to backstop his squad to a 2-0 victory over the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday.
The Washington Capitals had a new backup goalie on Friday night for their game against the Anaheim Ducks, and it might not be a name most hockey fans are familiar with.
Logan Thompson has quietly emerged as one of the NHL’s most dominant goaltenders, yet he still seems to be flying under Team Canada’s radar. The Washington Capitals netminder finished fourth in Vezina Trophy voting last season and has started the 2025-26 campaign even stronger.
The Washington Capitals have one of the best goaltending tandems in the Eastern Conference in Logan Thompson and Charlie Lindgren. The pair propelled their
Logan Thompson delivered during the first period of Game 5.
The Hurricanes were able to take Game 1 of their second-round series against the Washington Capitals by a 2-1 margin.
The 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs continued on Friday night with three pivotal games.
Washington Capitals goalie Logan Thompson forgot it's no longer the regular season in his postgame news conference on Wednesday night.
Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck is on his way to having his best NHL season yet. Can anyone overcome him in the Vezina Trophy chase?
The Capitals have reportedly agreed to a multi-year extension with a goaltender enjoying a breakout season.
The Capitals have “engaged more meaningfully” in extension talks with Logan Thompson.
The time to move on and sign the goalie of the future is now, but reports indicate the team won't decide until after the season ends.
Washington Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson seems to be holding a bit of a grudge (perhaps warranted) against the Vegas Golden Knights.
The Vegas Golden Knights will do anything they have to do in order to win. Sometimes that means trading a player at the NHL Draft right in the middle of that player's autograph session with fans.
The Golden Knights are in somewhat of an unusual spot heading into next season as both of their goaltenders are a year away from becoming unrestricted free agents.
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