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On a day in which the Caps saw their Stanley Cup championship banner raised to the rafters and then went on to blow out the Boston Bruins 7-0 in the season opener, the players were still fired up after the game over the Wilson news. "If I'm going to say what I think, they're going to suspend me too," Evgeny Kuznetsov said. "I think it's unfortunate for Tom that the league is making an example out of him," T.J. Oshie said. Continue to Article

October 04, 2018 9:22:am EST

It would not have been surprising if the Capitals had come out flat in Wednesday's season opener against the Boston Bruins. After a summer of celebrating a Stanley Cup win, getting their Stanley Cup rings earlier in the week and then watching as the Stanley Cup banner was raised to the rafters of Capital One Arena, it would have been completely understandable if the minds of the players were elsewhere by the time the puck dropped. Todd Reirden, however, was having none of it. Continue to Article

October 04, 2018 12:01:am EST

A Stanley Cup championship banner rose to the rafters at the home of the Washington Capitals for the first time, and everyone in attendance Wednesday night got to relive the sheer excitement of it all. Alex Ovechkin and the other players, who craned their necks to see the video montages of last season on the overhead scoreboard — and couldn't help but smile. Continue to Article

October 03, 2018 11:48:pm EST

From banner to blowout, the Washington Capitals' Stanley Cup defense is off to a rousing start. After watching the franchise's first Cup banner ascend to the rafters, the Alex Ovechkin-led Capitals scored two goals in the first two minutes on the way to a 7-0 thrashing of the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night. T.J. Oshie opened the scoring 24 seconds in and Evgeny Kuznetsov scored the first of his two goals at 1:47 to give Washington the fastest first two goals by a defending champion in a season opener in NHL history. Continue to Article

October 03, 2018 11:33:pm EST

Brad Marchand is back to doing Brad Marchand things. Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand wasted no time re-introducing the hockey world to Brad Marchand on the NHL’s opening night. Unhappy with Washington’s celebration after the Caps took a 7-0 lead in the third period of a frustrating game for the Bruins, Marchand went full scum-bag mode and jumped Eller before delivering two massive bombs to the Capitals forward’s grill and landing a third, extra sleazy haymaker as Eller was falling to the ground. Continue to Article

October 03, 2018 11:31:pm EST