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Here are three takeaways from Thursday's game: It's probably a good thing San Jose doesn't play Washington more often… … because the pace of their two games this season has been brutal. Like the matchup back on January 22, Thursday's game was a fast end-to-end affair. The play was so fast, more than one skater wiped out during the course of the contest. Continue to Article

February 15, 2019 1:10:am EST

The Blackhawks have won seven straight games, the longest active winning streak in the NHL, and have scored four-plus goals in six of the wins (averaging 5.14 goals/game during winning streak). The streak started with an 8-5 win over the Washington Capitals on January 20. After winning seven straight games, the Blackhawks find themselves with 55 points, just four points back of the second wild card in the Western Conference. Continue to Article

February 12, 2019 5:59:pm EST

The Washington Capitals will soon have some decisions to make about their future at goaltender. The Capitals signed backup Phoenix Copley to a $3.3 million, three-year extension Monday that keeps him under contract through the 2021-22 season at a salary-cap hit of $1.1 million. Starter Braden Holtby is only signed through the end of next season, and Washington has top prospect Ilya Samsonov and 2014 second-round pick Vitek Vanecek in the system. Continue to Article

February 04, 2019 3:53:pm EST

Backup goalie Pheonix Copley got rewarded for his strong play this season as he was re-signed to a three-year, $3.3 million contract extension, the Capitals announced on Monday. "It means a lot obviously," Copley said. In his first full NHL season, Copley has filled in well with a 10-5-3 record in 19 appearances this season. Continue to Article

February 04, 2019 3:30:pm EST

The Washington Capitals have signed backup goaltender Pheonix Copley to a $3.3 million, three-year extension. Copley will count $1.1 million against the salary cap in each of the next three seasons. General manager Brian MacLellan announced the contract Monday. Continue to Article

February 04, 2019 12:59:pm EST