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2025-26 Season Preview: Three Key Positions

The roster is set and the Washington Capitals’ 51st season is just over 24 hours away…so what are some key positions to keep an eye on for the Caps that will ultimately determine how successful this season will be? The third line was arguably the team’s biggest weakness in 2024-25, and while Hendrix Lapierre initially earned that 3C spot out of camp last year, it seemed to almost be…

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Rink Roundtable: Previewing the 2025-26 Season

It’s that time again! The 2025-26 season is mere hours away, and we are ready to usher in the new campaign for the Capitals…but before the puck drops, we talk about the team, where it’s at, and where it’s going! J.P.: This is a tough one. They’ve had two straight years of remarkable progress, both as a team and for a number of individuals, so it’s hard to envision another leap like that.

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Capitals vs Bruins Recap: Caps Can’t Crack Swayman in 3-1 Loss

After a scoreless first period and a half, a David Pastrnak snap shot from far out snuck past a screened Logan Thompson to put the Boston Bruins ahead in the Washington Capitals’ season opener. A Tom Wilson tally tied things up for DC late in the third, for all but 38 seconds as Boston’s superstar would find Elias Lindholm on the power play. The Bruins would hold onto that lead for the rest of the…

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Capitals vs Bruins: How the Game Was Lost

The Caps officially kicked off the 2025-26 season last night against the Bruins. Unfortunately, it didn’t exactly go to plan – and their struggles with the extra man seem to have followed them into the new season. The Caps had a chance to show off their new-look power play in the first period after David Pastrnak hooked Tom Wilson while going for a loose puck in the corner.

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Capitals @ Islanders Recap: Protas Leads Caps in 4-2 Win

The Caps landed in the Empire State looking to get back in the win column after a disappointing season opener earlier this week. Their first stop was Long Island to take on the Islanders, a team they’ve had a lot of success against in recent years but which got the last laugh last time these two tangled. Thankfully tonight the Caps got off to a better start, giving themselves a nice three-goal…

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Capitals vs. Islanders: How the Game Was Won

Last night’s win at UBS Arena was a nice, all-around rebound effort by the team as a whole, and it’s hard to point to just a single turning point that stood out…but it was a game that gave us reassurances that Aliaksei Protas is still, in fact, quite good at hockey. First, he gave the Caps a two-goal lead late in the first. Jakob Chychrun forced a turnover at the Islanders’ blue line and then…

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Capitals @ Rangers Game Thread 10/12/25

24 hours after taking two points from the Islanders, the Caps now head across the Hudson to tackle their other New York division rivals, the Rangers – now under the guidance of a familiar face in Mike Sullivan. The Rangers are fresh off a pummeling of Sullivan’s former team last night, setting up what should be a good Sunday evening battle. First, some admin stuff: Updated: Some…

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Capitals vs. Lightning Game Thread 10/14/25

Their weekend trip to New York a success, the Caps now return home for the first of four games in DC. The first of these games features an old Southeast Division rival in the Tampa Bay Lightning, who are coming in fresh off a Monday matinee win over the Bruins. First, some admin stuff: Pierre-Luc Dubois left Sunday’s game with a lower-body injury and is day-to-day…

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Capitals vs. Lightning: How the Game Was Won

The Washington Capitals might not have gotten off to the best start against the Tampa Bay Lightning last night, but they managed to get their skates under them and complete the comeback in overtime. Goals from Aliaksei Protas and Tom Wilson (on the power play no less) evened things up, and it was Jakob Chychrun who found the back of the net at 3-on-3 to seal the deal. Tom Wilson (1G, 2A) was…

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Japers’ Rink Radio Episode 246: The Unacceptably Late Season Preview (w/ Corey Sznajder)

Greg is joined by longtime friend of the podcast Corey Sznajder to preview the Caps 2025-26 campaign and touch on a few other NHL topics. You can follow the show on Twitter at @JapersRinkRadio and Greg at @GregY_JR. You can also follow Greg on Bluesky at @gregyoung.bsky.social. You can follow our guest on Twitter at @ShutdownLine and Bluesky at @allthreezones.bsky.social…

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Capitals vs. Wild Recap: Caps Go Wild Against Minnesota in 5-1 Win

After laying a bit of an egg on opening night, the Caps have had a pretty decent start to the year so far – but tonight was easily the best game we’ve seen out of them in this young season, and perhaps well beyond that. They controlled play from start to finish, and were it not for Filip Gustavsson, the score would have been far more lopsided. Pretty great way to break in their new third jerseys…

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Capitals vs. Wild: How the Game Was Won

The Capitals put together one of the better performances we’ve seen out of them in quite some time last night, controlling play almost from the drop of the puck and rolling to a 5-1 win. That lopsided final was anything but guaranteed, however, as the game remained close through the first two periods. After peppering Minnesota goalie Filip Gustavsson with 20+ shots, the Caps had only one goal…

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