Capitals Outsider

08/07/2024

Caps Outsider finally got our hands on Spencer Carbery's bobblehead from his time with the South Carolina Stingrays.

01/07/2024

Washington made major updates to the blue line by signing defenseman Matt Roy and acquired Jakob Chychrun from the Ottawa Senators for Nick Jensen.

28/06/2024

New Ovi bobblehead!

Just in time for the draft, our friends at FOCO have announced their latest bobblehead. This is Alex Ovechkin holding up his jersey on the day he was drafted, 20 years ago.

25/06/2024

The Hershey Bears are once again Calder Cup champions, as Matt Strome scored the game-winning goal in overtime to beat the Coachella Valley Firebirds, 5-4, in Game 6 at Giant Center.

30/05/2024

MLB incorporated the stats of the Negro Leagues. How would the NHL records look if it incorporated WHA stats?

Just as the MLB/Negro League record merger changed some of all-time leaders, the same thing could happen if the National Hockey League added the stats from the World Hockey Association.

19/05/2024

Craig Laughlin and The Laughlin Family Foundation hosted a Bubbly and Bourbon on the Bay fundraiser to fight rare cancers.

29/04/2024

Despite this first-round sweep, this was still a pretty successful season, as the team defied expectations by even making the playoffs.

27/04/2024

No, Tom Wilson isn't the Caps only fighter, but he's pi**ed, nonetheless. (Caps Outsider) There's a longstanding code in hockey that if you injure a guy,

27/04/2024

At least John Carlson scored. (Caps Outsider) It’s no secret that special teams can change a series, and it’s a large reason the Washington Capitals have

26/04/2024

As we announced a few weeks ago, our friends at FOCO are releasing a special bobblehead of Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin for each of his 100 goal

21/04/2024

The Capitals entered the Stanley Cup Playoffs as the lowest-seeded team in the East, and were no match for the top-seeded New York Rangers in a 4-1 road defeat in Game 1 of this first-round series.

21/04/2024

The Capitals need Charlie Lindgren to play like Jaroslav Halak in 2010. (Caps Outsider) Here are Caps Outsider's predictions for the playoffs. Ben Sumner

19/04/2024

As we announced a few weeks ago, our friends at FOCO are releasing a special bobblehead of Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin for each of his 100 goal

17/04/2024

Not only do we want Alex Ovechkin to break Wayne Gretzky's goal record, but the Capitals need him to break it to stay competitive in the coming years.

17/04/2024

Charlie Lindgren stopped 27 shots for his 24th victory of the season. (Caps Outsider) Coming off two consecutive home wins, the Capitals headed up to

14/04/2024

With his goal in the third period against the Tampa Bay Lightning, John Carlson scored his 150th career goal, moving him one past Kevin Hatcher for most

13/04/2024

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Nick Jensen was leveled against the boards by the bench on Saturday by Tampa Bay player Michael Eyssimont, and he needed to be pulled off the ice with a

12/04/2024

It's that time again for a Laughlin Family Foundation fundraiser!

On Saturday, May 18, at 5:30 p.m., the Laughlin Family Foundation, headed by Caps color commentator Craig Laughlin and his family, is hosting a fundraiser

12/04/2024

As we announced a few weeks ago, our friends at FOCO are releasing a special bobblehead of Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin for each of his 100 goal milestones. This week, we're on goal 600, which he got on March 12, 2018.

10/04/2024

Ovi gets another 30!

Coming into Tuesday night's contest, the Capitals were one point behind the Detroit Red Wings and needed a win to move ahead of them, which they did with

05/04/2024

As we announced a few weeks ago, our friends at FOCO are releasing a special bobblehead of Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin for each of his 100 goal

05/04/2024

They're not out of it yet, folks.

The tale of the 2023-24 Capitals is still being written, but the penultimate series of games down the stretch, the team is setting themselves up for either a fun race to the playoffs, or an elongated thud.

29/03/2024

As we announced a few weeks ago, our friends at FOCO are releasing a special bobblehead of Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin for each of his 100 goal

27/03/2024

Caps win!

Charlie Lindgren has been saving the Caps during this recent winning streak and playoff push.

25/03/2024

Ovi is the first star of the week! 22nd time!

Alex Ovechkin has won the NHL's Star of the Week and Star of the Month honor many times. Here's the list.

24/03/2024

T.J. Oshie has two assists on the day the team celebrated his 1,000th game.

23/03/2024

I know it's easy to get distracted by his hair, which is so curly that the Caps made a Chia Pet out of it and handed them out to fans. Sonny Milano has some of the slickest hands in hockey.

22/03/2024

Just a couple of weeks after being dumped traded to the Carolina Hurricanes, Evgeny Kuznetsov returned to Capital One Arena Friday to face off against his former team.

20/03/2024

Rest in peace, Chris Simon. He was the first player I spoke with the first time I reported from the Caps' locker room, back in 2000. Nice man, but very troubled, and a very sad ending for him.

Popular with Capitals fans, Chris Simon was featured in marketing campaigns for the team.

20/03/2024

I wrote this in 2017, and it's heartbreaking how the story ends. Rest in peace, Chris Simon.

Caps fans with fond memories of Chris Simon's best days in D.C. can only pray for the man as he deals with issues that would completely break most people.