Mike Vogel

1 week ago | nhl.com | Mike Vogel

Behind Dylan Strome’s first hat trick as a Capital and a sturdy performance in net from Charlie Lindgren, the Caps skated off with an impressive 3-1 victory over the Islanders in New York on Tuesday night at UBS Arena. With the hat trick, Strome is up to 29 goals on the season, a career best. He also surpassed the 80-point plateau and becomes the first player not drafted by the Caps to have an 80-point season for Washington since Adam Oates had 82 (13 goals, 69 assists) in 2000-01.

1 week ago | nhl.com | Mike Vogel

Forever Changes – The Caps recently went 15 months between visits to Long Island to face the Islanders at UBS Arena, but when they walked into the building for Tuesday’s morning skate, there were plenty of smiles and good feelings and vibes all around. That’s because the last time they were here – just nine days ago, on April 6 – Alex Ovechkin scored career goal No. 895 to break Wayne Gretzky’s 31-year hold on the NHL’s all-time goals record.

1 week ago | nhl.com | Mike Vogel

As we count down these last eight games of the 2024-25 regular season – the 50th season of Capitals hockey – and as we continue to celebrate the end of Alex Ovechkin’s chase of Wayne Gretzky’s goal mark last weekend, we’re going to share a personal memory of these last 20 years with the Gr8 Eight every game day until season’s end. Today, we're looking back seven summers to 2018, the summer of celebration after the Caps won their first Stanley Cup in Las Vegas on the night of June 7, 2018.

1 week ago | nhl.com | Mike Vogel

April 15 vs. New York Islanders at UBS ArenaTime: 7:30 p.m.TV: MNMTRadio: The Team 980, Caps Radio 24/7Washington Capitals (50-21-9)New York Islanders (35-33-12)When Washington last visited Long Island a week ago Sunday, Caps captain Alex Ovechkin scored his team’s only goal of the game on a power play in the second period. The goal – No. 895 of Ovechkin’s career – pushed him past Wayne Gretzky (894) for the top spot on the NHL’s goal scoring ledger.

1 week ago | nhl.com | Mike Vogel

In their final regular season home game of 2024-25, the Caps dropped a 4-1 decision to the Columbus Blue Jackets, their second setback at the hands of the Jackets this weekend. Washington was on the wrong end of a 7-0 thumping in Columbus on Saturday afternoon, so in the wake of Sunday’s defeat, they were able to point to a higher compete level, more puck possession and a better overall performance in second of the two losses.