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Today the National Hockey League announced their Three Stars of the Week for the week of November 22nd through 28th. First Star – Alex Ovechkin (LW - WAS) In three games played, Alex Ovechkin would record four goals and three assists for seven points for the Washington Capitals. On Nov. 24th Ovechkin would open the … Continue reading NHL Stars of the Week – Ovi Keeps Climbing
Today the National Hockey League announced their Three Stars of the Week for the week of November 8th through 14th. First Star – Alex Ovechkin (LW - WAS) Alex Ovechkin would record two goals and six assists for 8 points in four games for the Washington Capitals as he would continue to make history in … Continue reading NHL Stars of the Week – Ovi’s Historic Rise to Top Star of the Week
Colorado Avalanche v. Washington Capitals GoaltenderTeam RecordGAASV%Darcy Kuemper (COL)1-2-0 5.26.872Ilya Samsonov (WAS)2-0-13.00.889 The Official Jersey Retailer of TXHT TLDR; Scoring up and down the line up, including two goals from Kuznetsov, one from Jensen and an empty net goal for Ovechkin doom Avalanche to 6-3 loss to the Capitals. On Tuesday night, the Washington Capitals … Continue reading Two Goals from Kuznetsov, Ovi’s 4th of the Season doom Avalanche to 6-3 Loss to the Caps
Today the National Hockey League announced their Three Stars of the Week for the week of October 12th through 17th. First Stars – Anze Kopitar (C - LA) Anze Kopitar would record four goals and three assists in two games played for the Los Angeles Kings, and would help the Kings split their pair of … Continue reading NHL Stars of the Week – Scoring Their Way to the Top
Before NHL games began on Wednesday, January 20th the National Hockey League handed it's first penalty against a team for Player Violations to the COVID-19 Protocols that is allowing the League to hold the 2020-21 season. That team though... it just happened to be the Washington Capitals. https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1352033620236632066?s=20 The League levied a $100,000 fine against … Continue reading Capital Punishment – Boy, Oh Boy
Today the National Hockey League announced the regular season winners for the 2019-20 season. Boston Domination The Boston Bruins took home the President's Trophy after finishing the 2019-20 season with the League's best regular season record. The Bruins would play 70 games and go 44-14-12 for 100 points to take the top spot in … Continue reading NHL Announces 2019-20 Award Winners
Washington Capitals (39-19-6 84pts) v. Minnesota Wild (32-25-7 71pts) Game Recap: The Washington Capitals head to Minnesota to face the Wild and finish their short two game road trip, and boy would we have a wild one (pun intended) to start this game. In the first period Ryan Donato would open the scoring for … Continue reading Game Recap – 3/1/2020 – Washington Capitals v. Minnesota Wild
Winnipeg Jets (32-27-5 69pts) v. Washington Capitals (38-18-6 82pts) Game Recap: The Washington Capitals would play host to the Winnipeg Jets on a night where the honor Alex Ovechkin for scoring 700 career NHL goals, and less than two minutes into the game Ovechkin would net goal number 701 to give the Capitals the … Continue reading Game Recap – 2/25/2020 – Winnipeg Jets v. Washington Capitals
With Alex Ovechkin entering the weekend two goals away from reaching 700 career NHL goals, we here at TXHT wondered what would we be talking about right now if Ovechkin were to start his NHL career with the 2004-05 lockout lost season, and if we had a full season during the 2012-13 season. https://twitter.com/NHL/status/1225042808106639360?s=20 … Continue reading The Road to 700 – What If?
Los Angeles Kings (19-29-5 43pts) v. Washington Capitals (35-13-5 75pts) Game Recap: The Washington Capitals would continue their home stretch as they would host the Los Angeles Kings. In the first period both teams would trade powerplays, but neither team would be able to capitalize on their opportunities with the extra man. However, with … Continue reading Game Recap – 2/4/2020 – Los Angeles Kings v. Washington Capitals