via the NHL PR department,
THREE’S COMPANY IN NHL’S 800-GOAL CLUB
Mr. Hockey, The Great One, and now, The Great Eight.
For nearly 14 years, Gordie Howe held his place as the only player in NHL history with 800 regular-season goals. For almost 29 years more, it was only Howe and Wayne Gretzky. That changed Tuesday, when Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin scored goal No. 800 against Blackhawks goaltender Petr Mrazek to join the League’s most exclusive goals list.
Alex Ovechkin hits 800 career goals with a hat trick tonight.
One more goal and he catches Gordie Howe at #801.
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— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) December 14, 2022
from Sammi Silber of Washington Hockey Now,
After a significant shoulder injury and subsequent surgery interrupted his first full year as a member of the Capitals last season, he came into this season 100 percent healthy and ready to make an impact, something the team needed with top-6 forwards Nicklas Backstrom, Tom Wilson and Connor Brown all hitting the injured list. However, the year’s been inconsistent at best, as he has just six goals and six assists through all 27 games this season.
The Capitals don’t think they’ve seen the best of Mantha yet. And going forward, the team expects more from the 28-year-old, who came over at the 2021 NHL Trade Deadline from the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for Jakub Vrana and high picks.
“He should be a big part of our offense,” general manager Brian MacLellan said.
Mantha has just one goal in his last 11 games. And though he has gotten some good looks on the third line with Lars Eller and Marcus Johansson, he hasn’t been able to capitalize on some of those high-danger chances.
With 2 goals tonight, Alex Ovechkin passed Wayne Gretzky in career road goals with 403.
Below find the all-time list by adding one more goal for Ovechkin.
NEW YORK (Nov. 12, 2022) – Washington Capitals forward Nicolas Aube-Kubel has been suspended for three games, without pay, for an illegal check to the head of Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Cal Foote during NHL Game No. 222 in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Nov. 11, the National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety announced today.
The incident occurred at 1:52 of the second period. Aube-Kubel was assessed a match penalty.
Under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement and, based on his average annual salary, Aube-Kubel will forfeit $16,216.23. The money goes to the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund.
Watch the suspension video below.
Washington’s Nicolas Aube-Kubel will have a hearing today for an Illegal Check to the Head on Tampa Bay’s Cal Foote.
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) November 12, 2022
Watch the hit below.
from Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic,
The Penguins are winless in their past seven games. The Blues have lost six straight in regulation. The Capitals are playing .462 hockey.
Oy.
Three programs with lengthy histories of being winners, going back more than a dozen years, that have combined for four Stanley Cups since 2016, are fighting it big time. Which is not to say they won’t come out of it. There’s too much institutional knowledge to write any of them off yet. But there are clearly some question marks.
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Washington’s Evgeny Kuznetsov will have a hearing today for High-sticking Vancouver’s Kyle Burroughs.
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) October 18, 2022
Watch below.
added 1:44pm, One game suspension, explanation is below.