Tag: Opening Night

  • Capitals News – Roster Moves and Other Notes

    Capitals News – Roster Moves and Other Notes

    Today the Washington Capitals announced some waiver news, as well as some injury news in regards to the roster.

     

    Roster Moves

    First the Capitals announced that Christian Djoos, Liam O’Brien, and Michael Sgarbossa have cleared waivers and have been loaned to the Hershey Bears of the AHL.

    This move comes as no surprise as the Capitals needed to get down to 23 on their roster, and these going to Hershey was always the plan.

     

    Next the Capitals announced that defenseman Michal Kempny has been placed on Injured Non Roster.

    The move brings the Capitals to 23 for their roster, including the Evegny Kuznetsov three game suspension to start the season, and per the Capitals release Kempny can be activated when healthy and that there is no minimum game threshold for how long Kempny can be on the Injured Non Roster.

     

    What does this really mean? With Kuznetsov’s suspension and Kempny’s injury the Capitals have the cap space until after their game against Carolina on Saturday, and will then need to make some more moves before they can play their next game on Tuesday, October 8th against Dallas top make sure they are under the cap.

     

    Capitals News

    In other news for the Capitals, they have announced that John Carlson has been named alternate captain.

    Carlson ranks third among active Capitals players in games played, and is taking over for Brooks Orpik who retired this past summer.

     

    NHL News

    In NHL news the League has announced that San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane has been suspended for the first three games of the season in accordance to Rule 40.4 (Physical Abuse of Officials).

    Under the terms of the CBA, and based on Kane’s average annual salary, Kane will forfeit $112,903.23. The money will be going to the Player’s Emergency Assistance Fund.

     

    Sponsored by:

    DerpyCon_General Ad.png

     

  • News and Notes: October 3rd, 2018

     

    These are your News and Notes for Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018…

    There were no preseason contests yesterday.

    Today is the first day of the regular season in the NHL and there are four contests taking place.

    • The Washington Capitals will raise their Stanley Cup Championship banner tonight in a pre-game ceremony when they take on the Boston Bruins at Capital One Arena. TXHT has the preview of the game here.
    • The Montreal Canadiens take on the Toronto Maple Leafs, which will mark the official debut of John Tavares. Tavares joined the Maple Leafs as a free agent over the summer. For TXHT’s preview of this match-up, please check out Steve Gardiner’s game preview

    .

    • The Calgary Flames face off against the Vancouver Canucks. For the Canucks this marks the first season without Henrik and Daniel Sedin, who retired last season, since the 1999-2000 season.
    • The Anaheim Ducks face off against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center. For the Sharks this will mark the official debut of Erik Karlsson, who joined the team after a trade

    In NHL news today:

    • The Buffalo Sabres announced that Jack Eichel has been named team captain.
    • The Washington Capitals announced that Jayson Megna has been placed on waivers.
    • Montreal Canadiens head coach Claude Julian announced that Karl Alzner and Tomas Plekanec will be healthy scratches tonight. This will end Karl Alzner’s consecutive-games played streak at 622, which is the fourth longest activer streak in the NHL and the 12th longest in NHL history.
    • The NHL announced all 31 teams opening night 23-man rosters earlier today
    • Former NWHL player and United States captain Meghan Duggan married three-time Canadian women’s gold medalist Gillian Apps two weeks ago. Duggan played for the Boston Pride and the Buffalo Beauts. Gillian Apps would play in the CWHL with the Brampton Thunder (now Markham Thunder).
    • Washington Capitals RW Tom Wilson has been suspended 20 games for his hit on Oskar Sundqvist. For more coverage on the Tom Wilson suspension and the effects of the suspension, check out TXHT’s coverage here.You can watch TXHT Live every Wednesday at 8p EST on both Twitch and Facebook Live.
  • Gameday Preview – 10/3/2018 – Boston Bruins v. Washington Capitals

    Gameday Preview – 10/3/2018 – Boston Bruins v. Washington Capitals

    Time: 730p EST

    Station: NBC Sports Network

    Preview:

    Tonight is the night the Washington Capitals have always dreamed for and that tonight they finally get to raise a Stanley Cup Champions banner into the rafters at Capital One Arena. But with all this excitement, it is also time to get back to work and strive towards their new goal to go back to back like their rival the Pittsburgh Penguins did the previous two seasons.

    Now for the Boston Bruins they are raring to go and spoil tonight for the Capitals. The Bruins are hungry to start their campaign back to the playoffs and are a heavy favorite in the Atlantic Division.

    Boston Bruins:

    Lineup:

    Brad Marchand – Patrice Bergeron – David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk – David Krejci – Danton Heinen

    Ryan Donato – Sean Kuraly – David Backes

    Joakim Nordstrom – Noel Acciari – Chris Wagner

    Zdeno Chara – Charlie McAvoy

    John Moore – Brandon Carlo

    Matt Grzelcyk – Kevan Miller

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Get the jump on the Capitals

    – The Capitals are going to have a great moment when they raise their Cup Banner tonight, and Boston will hope that it’ll serve as a minor distraction that they can take advantage of.

    2. Young kids need to step up

    – Last season the Bruins youngsters developed nicely, but now this time they will need to step up their game, and what a better start and motivator than facing the defending Cup Champions.

    Washington Capitals:

    Lineup:

    Alex Ovechkin – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Brett Connolly

    Jakub Vrana – Nicklas Backstrom – TJ Oshie

    Andre Burakovsky – Lars Eller – Chandler Stephenson

    Nathan Walker – Nic Dowd – Devante Smith-Pelly

    Christian Djoos – John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov – Matt Niskanen

    Brooks Orpik – Madison Bowey

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Get an early lead

    – As mentioned above, as great as the Banner Raising Cermony will be, it is also a distraction. If the Capitals can get the first goal, let alone quickly into the game, then they can set the tone in their favor and truly get a focus on this game.

    2. Fresh legs

    – The Capitals for the first time is experiencing a short summer that was filled with celebration. They will need to get their legs moving in this one as they will be pushed hard by the Bruins.

    You can watch TXHT Live every Wednesday at 8p EST on both Twitch and Facebook Live.