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Washington Capitals
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Latest News
Team-specific updates for the Washington Capitals.
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Capitals Acquire Forward Tyler Kopff From the Sabres for Zac Funk
Washington swapped minor-league forwards with Buffalo, adding the 6-foot-4 Brown University product in a one-for-one deal announced July 13.
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Capitals Sign First-Round Pick Oliver Suvanto to Entry-Level Deal, Loan Him to Tappara for 2026-27
The 18th overall pick signed a three-year entry-level contract Tuesday, and the Capitals officially loaned the 17-year-old Finnish center back to Tappara on Friday for a second full Liiga season.
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Alex Ovechkin Re-Signs With Capitals on One-Year Contract for 22nd NHL Season
Ovechkin returns to Washington on a one-year deal with a $4.25 million cap hit — and a bonus structure built to protect the Capitals’ books either way.
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Capitals Sign Sikora To Three-Year Entry-Level Contract
Capitals Sign Sikora To Three-Year Entry-Level Contract: sports scores, schedules, player pages, team hubs, news, and reference links.
Around the NHL
League-wide NHL coverage from the newsroom.
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Golden Knights trade Dorofeyev to Rangers, extend Andersson
Vegas dealt its 37-goal right wing to free cap space for defenseman Rasmus Andersson's extension.
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Sharks re-sign Graf to 3-year deal
San Jose locks in its 23-year-old right wing after a 21-goal, 46-point breakout season.
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Sharks Pursue Extension With Will Smith
San Jose looks to lock in its second young center after securing Celebrini long-term.
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Matt Rempe still working back from hand injury
The Rangers center missed most of 2025-26 with a hand injury requiring two surgeries and is not yet at full health.
Division Head-to-Head
| Philadelphia Flyers | 1-0 |
Team Snapshot
Standings
Eastern Conference
43-30-9
#9 in Eastern Conference
Upcoming Schedule
No upcoming games returned right now.
Rafters Player Value Leaders
- 1 Jakob Chychrun D · #6 · Holding 72 Needs 2 days
- 2 Tom Wilson RW · #43 · Holding 71 Needs 2 days
- 3 Logan Thompson G · #48 · Holding 66 Needs 2 days
- 4 Aliaksei Protas C · #21 · Holding 65 Needs 2 days
- 5 Alex Ovechkin LW · #8 · Holding 64 Needs 2 days
No upcoming game is currently attached to this team page, so these values lean on season context and roster evidence until the next scheduled matchup appears.
No verified team movers today. Risers and fallers appear once this roster has a prior day of scores to compare against.
Roster
Centers
- Ethen Frank — C, #53
- David Kampf — C, #64
- Aliaksei Protas — C, #21
- Dylan Strome — C, #17
Left Wings
- Anthony Beauvillier — LW, #72
- Pierre-Luc Dubois — LW, #80
- Ivan Miroshnichenko — LW, #63
- Alex Ovechkin — LW, #8
- Ilya Protas — LW, #62
Right Wings
- Ryan Leonard — RW, #9
- Justin Sourdif — RW, #34
- Tom Wilson — RW, #43
Defense
- Jakob Chychrun — D, #6
- Martin Fehervary — D, #42
- Cole Hutson — D, #44
- Timothy Liljegren — D, #37
- Dylan McIlrath — D, #52
- Matt Roy — D, #3
- Rasmus Sandin — D, #38
Goalies
- Charlie Lindgren — G, #79
- Clay Stevenson — G, #33
- Logan Thompson — G, #48
- Jesper Vikman — G, #32