Washington Capitals News

Alexei Ponikarovsky sat in his stall at HSBC Arena in Buffalo on Wednesday night and quietly removed his equipment. A few of his Toronto Maple Leaf teammates could be heard letting out there frustrations nearby after a 7-4 loss to the Sabres, but Pony was preaching patience. Heading into games Friday in Washington and back at home Saturday against Boston, the Leafs winger feels the team is on the right ...

Washington Capitals forward Donald Brashear has been suspended for three games. Brashear, teammate Brian Sutherby and Atlanta forward Scott Mellanby were each automatically suspended for one game and coaches Glen Hanlon of the Capitals and Bob Hartley of the Thrashers were fined US$30,000 and US$10,000, respectively, the league announced Thursday. The disciplinary action pertained to a game Wednesday and was pursuant to a rule that states that ``a player deemed ...

Martin St. Louis and Nikita Alexeev scored 22 seconds apart during a three-goal second period that carried the Tampa Bay Lightning past the Washington Capitals 6-4 on Saturday night. Alexeev had two goals, and Vincent Lecavalier, Andreas Karlsson and Brad Richards also scored for Tampa Bay, which has won three of four. The six goals are the most scored by the Lightning this year. Alexander Semin, Mike Green, Brian Sutherby and Alexader Ovechkin scored for the Capitals, who ...

The Atlanta Thrashers are off to their best start ever and starting to look like one tough team. Vyacheslav Kozlov and Marian Hossa each scored in a shootout to give Atlanta a 4-3 win over the Washington Capitals on Thursday night. The Thrashers have won five of their last six games and are in first place in the Southeast Division with 11 of a possible 14 points after seven games. ``We never quit. That's what is big about ...

Alexander Semin had a goal and an assist during Washington's five-goal first period, and the Capitals cruised past the Florida Panthers 5-2 Wednesday night. The Capitals, who hadn't scored more than five goals in any of their first four games, tallied five in the opening 15 minutes against the Panthers. The last time Washington scored five goals in a period was on Feb. 12, 2003, in a 5-1 win at Atlanta. Olie Kolzig had 34 saves, Jamie ...

Ilya Kovalchuk scored in overtime to end his longest goal drought at the start of a season, and Atlanta spoiled ``Alex Ovechkin Tribute Night'' by beating the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Saturday night. Kovalchuk's winner came on a breakaway 3:02 into the extra period. He didn't have a goal in any of Atlanta's first five games. Scott Mellanby scored twice for Atlanta, and Kovalchuk assisted on the second, 2:10 into the third period. That put the visitors ahead ...

Mikko Koivu scored the only goal in the shootout, leading the undefeated Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Thursday night. Off to their best start in the franchise's six-year history, the Wild have won each of their four games by one goal _ two by shootout, one in overtime and one with a late comeback. Minnesota's Manny Fernandez rebounded from a rough first period and ...

Alexander Ovechkin's strategy to break out of his brief scoring slump was simple: put the puck on the net. It worked. Ovechkin broke a tie with two third-period goals, fellow young Russian Alexander Semin had a hat trick, and Washington beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 Saturday night to hand the Stanley Cup champions their third consecutive loss. ``Everybody played together _ that's why we beat the Stanley Cup champions,'' said Ovechkin, who took a career-high 15 shots. ``First period, ...

Alex Ovechkin broke a tie with two third-period goals, Alexander Semin had a hat trick, and the Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 Saturday night, the third consecutive loss for the Stanley Cup champions. Perhaps frustrated by beginning his sophomore year with five scoreless periods, Ovechkin _ the Calder Trophy winner as top rookie in 2005-06 _ went into a prolonged celebration after putting the puck in the net 8:04 into the third period to put ...

Jaromir Jagr delivered a Mark Messier moment just 29 seconds into his first game as captain of the New York Rangers. Brendan Shanahan then made it a perfect Broadway opening. Wearing the ``C'' that Messier made famous, Jagr burst up ice during his first shift and scored on the initial shot of the season, sparking New York to a 5-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Thursday night. Shanahan made it a rout in his Rangers debut, ...

Alex Ovechkin grabbed a golf club for the first time in his life at the Washington Capitals' pre-season charity tournament. After a few minutes of instruction, he began hitting. Well, shanking, really. Plop, into the water. Thwack, off the cart path. Then Ovechkin asked for ``a bigger club.'' His very next shot settled on the green. A few hours _ and dozens of balls, all aimed at the same flag ...

Move over Tiger, Alexander Ovechkin can play golf, too. The Washington Capitals star, who won the Calder Trophy last year as the NHL's rookie of the year, aced the par-3, 160-yard fourth hole at the Springfield Golf and Country Club during Monday's Caps Care Classic charity tournament. Ovechkin had several chances at the hole as he greeted groups all day long at No. 4 and played a shot with them. ...

Ray Whitney scored twice, including the go-ahead goal in the third period, and the Carolina Hurricanes picked up their first pre-season win with a 4-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday. Eric Staal had a goal and three assists, and Erik Cole added a goal and two assists for defending Stanley Cup champion Carolina, which ended the pre-season at 1-4-0. Ben Clymer and Jamie Heward each scored early in ...