After missing the playoffs last season, the Washington Capitals had to make some strategic moves to set themselves up for success ahead of this season.
After weeks of speculation regarding the future of Hall of Fame forward Alex Ovechkin, the greatest goal scorer in NHL history, the Washington Capitals re-signed him to a one-year extension, confirming that he would be back for a 22nd year in the League.
Washington Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery signed a multi-year contract extension on Thursday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Carbery, 44, just completed his third season in the nation's capital and has compiled a 134-83-29 record.
Can you name the players chosen as team captain for each NHL franchise in 2026-27?
Washington Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery has agreed on a multi-year contract extension, according to The Fourth Period’s David Pagnotta. The 44-year-old had one year left on his initial four-year pact with the club.
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.
It looks like Spencer Carbery will be staying in Washington a little bit longer. According to The Fourth Period and Daily Faceoff insider Dave Pagnotta, the Washington Capitals and the head coach are in agreement on a multi-year contract extension.
Three members of the Washington Capitals organization will be representing their home nations at the 2026 IIHF Men’s World Championship this month. Young forward Ryan Leonard will take the ice with the United States, while head coach Spencer Carbery and goaltending coach Scott Murray will be behind the bench for Team Canada.
Calgary Flames head coach Ryan Huska and Washington Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery have been added to Misha Donskov’s coaching staff for Team Canada at the 2026 IIHF Men’s World Championship.
The Washington Capitals head into Friday's road game against the Calgary Flames hopeful that their struggles finally have hit rock bottom. Thanks to a
The Washington Capitals have not been able to replicate the success that saw the franchise finish with the best record in the Eastern Conference in 2024-25.
The Washington Capitals lost to the Nashville Predators 3-2 on Sunday, falling to 23-17-6 on the season. They are hanging onto the final Wild Card spot in the Eastern Conference on a tiebreaker through 46 games.
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.
Not only were the Washington Capitals defeated by a 4-3 score in a shootout during Friday evening’s game at Honda Center, but they also lost rookie forward Ryan Leonard following a controversial hit delivered by Ducks defenseman Jacob Trouba late in the opening 20 minutes of play.
The Washington Capitals have made some strides recently as they work through a bit of a middling start. It’s been tough sledding for the Capitals, but they are beginning to rebound.
Capitals center Pierre-Luc Dubois will not play Tuesday against the Lightning due to a lower-body injury, head coach Spencer Carbery confirmed.
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 Florida Panthers are Stanley Cup champions once again. In some ways it’s unbearable for Toronto Maple Leafs fans, watching the team that eliminated them make almost light work of the rest of the field en route to back-to-back championships.
The league announced that Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery has won the 2025 Jack Adams Award as “the NHL coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team’s success,” as selected by the NHL Broadcasters’ Association.
The Washington Capitals were dominated in round two by their division rival Hurricanes, and after the loss, Spencer Carbery had praise for one big star.
The Washington Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes play Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Monday. Carolina took control of the series with a 4-0 shutout win on Saturday in Raleigh.
The Washington Capitals are looking to go up 2-1 as they head to Carolina, and now coach Spencer Carbery has taken a subtle shot at their opponents. Through
Washington Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery has been named a 2025 Jack Adams Award finalist. Winnipeg Jets’ Scott Arniel and Montreal Canadiens’ Martin St.
When the Toronto Maple Leafs managed to escape a first-round exit for the first time since 2004, it was largely thanks to a power play that showed up and capitalized on chances.
As we pass the midway point of the 2024-25 NHL regular season, a trending topic in hockey circles is who fans and pundits would give their midseason awards to.
The Washington Capitals acquired forward Pierre-Luc Dubois from the Los Angeles Kings in June, a move most pundits saw as a gamble by general manager Brian MacLellan.
Washington Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery made his debut with the team in the 2023-2024 season. The Capitals had just come off of their worst season in recent history, led by Peter Laviolette, in which they missed the playoffs for the first time in nine years.
The National Hockey League playoffs are always a great spectacle, especially in the first round, when there are eight series to watch. Once again this year, the show is on the road, but there are far more one-way series than we’ve been used to in recent years.
Yesterday was a match-up of finalists…for the San Jose Sharks’ head coaching job in 2022. The Sharks hired David Quinn as their head coach last July. It’s San Jose Hockey Now’s understanding that new Washington Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery was a finalist for the position.
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