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2024-25 Rink Wrap: Jakob Chychrun

1 week ago | japersrink.com | Luke Adomanis

From Beauvillier to Wilson, we’re taking a look at and grading the 2024-25 season for every player who laced ‘em up for the Washington Capitals for a significant number of games during the campaign, with an eye towards 2025-24. Next up, Jakob Chychrun.
Get to Know a Canadien: Patrik Laine

1 month ago | japersrink.com | Rob Parker

As part of the build-up to the first-round playoff series between the Capitals and the Canadiens, we will be looking at some of Montreal’s most important players to know…Born: April 19, 1998Birthplace: Tampere, FINAcquired: Traded to the Canadiens for Jordan Harris in August 2024Scouting Report:A natural scorer, Laine’s greatest asset is his intimidating shot. He’s not a speedy skater, but possesses power and a long stride, and protects the puck well with his large frame and longer stick.
Get to Know a Canadien: Josh Anderson

1 month ago | japersrink.com | Rob Parker

As part of the build-up to the first-round playoff series between the Capitals and the Canadiens, we will be looking at some of Montreal’s most important players to know…Born: May 7, 1994Birthplace: Burlington, ONAcquired: Traded to Montreal by Columbus for Max Domi and a 3rd-round pick in October 2020Scouting Report:Josh Anderson is a two-way forward with a rare combination of size and quickness. Possesses excellent foot-speed and has tremendous acceleration.
Get to Know a Canadien: Ivan Demidov

1 month ago | japersrink.com | Rob Parker

As part of the build-up to the first-round playoff series between the Capitals and the Canadiens, we will be looking at some of Montreal’s most important players to know…Born: December 10, 2005Birthplace: Sergiyev Posad, RUSAcquired: Drafted by Montreal in the first round (5th overall) in the 2024 NHL Entry DraftScouting Report:Demidov is a dexterous, mechanically sound puckhandler with the sort of fast-twitch wrists necessary to bring his ideas to life.
Capitals-Sabres: How the Game Was Lost

2 months ago | japersrink.com | Luke Adomanis

There’s something about the Buffalo Sabres facing the Capitals that turns them into the best team in the league (or at least a much tougher team to play than they have any right to be). In the last 10 games against the Caps, the Sabres, consistently one of the worst teams in the NHL every season, averages 4.2 goals a game, and that trend continued as they put up an eight spot on the Caps in yesterday afternoon’s game. The game was essentially lost on two plays that looked almost identical.
Capitals vs. Sabres Recap: Caps Comeback Cut Short In 5-8 Loss

2 months ago | japersrink.com | Luke Adomanis

Did Alex Ovechkin score? Yes. He scored goal #890. Plus: Both Jakob Chychrun and Aliaksei Protas joined some new clubs. Chychrun scored his 20th of the season and Protas scored his 30th of the season. Both new highs for the both. Minus: Caps took too many stupid penalties in which Sabres scored on two of them on. It’s fine now that they are top of the league but these are penalties that can’t happen in the playoffs. Our three stars:*** Alexander Ovechkin (1G, 2A)** Jakob Chychrun (2G)* Alex Tuch (2G)
Capitals-Red Wings: How the Game Was Won

2 months ago | japersrink.com | Luke Adomanis

The Red Wings must have nightmares about playing the Caps in the third period. Just less than two weeks ago, they took a 2-1 lead into the third only to see the Caps go on a four goal tear to win the game. Last night, with the game tied, the Caps again used a big final frame to win, this time adding three goals in the third period. But while the goals were great (and obviously necessary), this win doesn’t happen without a huge save that Logan Thompson made just thirty seconds into the third period.
Capitals-Kraken: How the Game Was Won

2 months ago | japersrink.com | Luke Adomanis

Sunday’s afternoon game against Kraken wasn’t looking like the Capitals best. The Kraken are a mediocre team who were playing quite tired. The Caps really should have taken control of the game off the bat and never let it go. But through forty minutes it was a real back and forth with consistency issues with the Caps. In the third period, however, the Capitals finally showed up to play and with a little more than four minutes left in the game they finally broke the 2-2 tie.
Capitals vs Kraken: Caps Wake Up, Take 4-2 Win Against Kraken

Mar 9, 2025 | japersrink.com | Luke Adomanis

Did Alex Ovechkin score? Yes. Plus: The game could have gotten out of control if the Caps penalty killers didn’t show up. The Caps only got one power play while the Kraken had four chances. The Caps penalty killer killed off all four. Minus: The Kraken are a mediocre team that are playing very tired. The Caps should have owned the game from the beginning but they really didn’t until the third period. This is probably a case of playing down like the Caps tend to do.
Capitals-Flames: How the Game Was Lost

Feb 26, 2025 | japersrink.com | Luke Adomanis

Coming off a very exciting weekend where the Caps scored 15 goals, it came as no real surprise that they would put up a dud against a middling Western Conference team. Ultimately a slow start doomed the Caps, but they didn’t give up and if they had any shooting luck left over from the weekend they would have probably made another come back win (they are tied for most in the league).