After Trade, Capitals Come Out Flat in 6-3 Loss to Carolina

Most of the Washington Capitals didn't hear about their captain being traded away until they reached Verizon Center for Monday night's game against the last-place Carolina Hurricanes. 

Once they took the ice, they played exactly like a team that had their heart ripped out, as they played sloppy, mistake-filled hockey for much of the first half of the game.  Carolina (10-22-7) scored the first

Highlights from McPhee Press Conference on Trade, Captaincy

Bullet-point style!

On trade:
"Thought it was the right trade for us right now"
Felt like they could move an extra defenseman
Will likely move Laich to a center spot
The trade "helps both teams" with Columbus acquiring veteran presence
On Chimera, specifically:
Chimera has "good size" and "tremendous speed" and thinks he's a 15-goal a year scorer
"Don't mind" the edge Chimera plays with
On Clark

Capitals Acquire Chimera for Clark and Jurcina

Here's the press release.

It's a big deal when a team deals its captain mid-season, especially when that team currently holds the best record in the league and is playing at the top of its game. But that's exactly what the Washington Capitals did today, sending four-year captain Chris Clark and defenseman Milan Jurcina to Columbus in exchange for speedy winger Jason Chimera.

Clark, 33, a

GAME 34 REVIEW: Caps Bury Avs, Green, Morrsionn Injured

Tomas Fleischmann scored twice, Jose Theodore allowed just one late goal, and the Washington Capitals cruised to a 6-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche before an announced crowd of 14,172, on the second game of a four-game road trip.

The Caps (21-7-6) were up 5-0 toward the end of the second period, when David Koci slammed Mike Green from behind, leaving the Caps defenseman face-down on the ice

League-Best Caps Edge League-Worst Canes in OT

For most of the night at Verizon Center, if you didn't know which team had the most points in the league and which had the least, you would have had a difficult time telling.

But something -- maybe even a commercial break video played a period earlier than normal -- finally woke up the Washington Capitals as they rebounded from a 2-0 deficit to take a lead, give it back up late, and eventually

Miller, Sabres Blank Listless Caps 3-0

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The Washington Capitals were shut down by Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller and the rest of his defensive teammates, accumulating 35 shots -- but very few second chances -- and leave the snowy, windy city shut out for the first time this season, losing 3-0 before a spirited crowd of 17,982 at HSBC Arena.

The Capitals, in the midst of playing nine of 11

GAME 28 REVIEW: Capitals Tame Toothless Panthers, 6-2

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Washington, D.C. -- The Washington Capitals received six goals from five different players, and goalie Semyon Varlamov was not dented until well after the outcome had been decided, as the Caps cruised to a 6-2 win over a very tired Florida Panthers team, before not quite a capacity crowd at Verizon Center.

Florida was playing its third game in four nights,

Ovechkin "Day-to-day", Suspended for Two Games By League

According to ESPN.com (of all places), and confirmed by Captials Insider, Alex Ovechkin has been suspended for two games follwing his second game misconduct ejection in three games for the kneeing major he was assessed in last night's 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes.

"I regret that this has happened," Ovechkin said in a statement released by the league. "I'm glad that Tim [Gleason]