Dmitry Orlov Bags Two More Points Tuesday Night

Washington Capitals defenseman Dmitry Orlov continued his hot scoring stretch with two assists in Tuesday's 5-4 loss to Florida. The Russian blue-liner now has 14 points for the season and half of them have come across the last five games. Orlov has been incredibly hot, but he remains available in a large chunk of fantasy […]

Aliaksei Protas Nets First Career Goal

Washington Capitals forward Aliaksei Protas celebrated his first career goal in Sunday's 4-2 win over the Hurricanes, putting his team up 2-0 in the second period less than a minute after Alex Ovechkin had started the scoring. Protas fired off four shots in the game and registered one hit in 17:27 of ice time. The […]

John Carlson Leads The Charge In Sunday's Win

Washington Capitals defenseman John Carlson factored in three goals during Sunday's 4-2 win over Carolina, delivering two assists and finishing off the scoring with an empty-netter. He logged nearly 27 minutes of ice time and finished with a plus-two rating, adding two shots, a block and a hit to his tally. Carlson is now averaging […]

Daniel Sprong Will Sit Sunday Afternoon Against Carolina

Washington Capitals right-winger Daniel Sprong will not be in the lineup on Sunday afternoon in Carolina. The forward had gone pointless in his previous three games and was a -5 on top of it. If that was not bad enough, Sprong just could not generate anything offensively as he was bumped from the middle-six into […]

Ilya Samsonov Sees Third Consecutive Start For Washington

Washington Capitals goaltender Ilya Samsonov gets the nod in net against the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday afternoon. The apparent plan for the Russian goaltender was to gradually increase his workload in waves. This will be his fifth start in the last six Washington contests. The goaltender has either yielded zero or three goals in his […]

Lars Eller Back In The Lineup Sunday For Washington

Washington Capitals center Lars Eller returns to the lineup on Sunday against the Carolina Hurricanes. Eller missed a half-dozen games in all due to COVID. He also had to quarantine for ten days in an Anaheim hotel room. It seemed to affect his mental health and outlook more than anything. The good news is he […]

Ilya Samsonov Wins Yet Again For Washington

Washington Capitals goaltender Ilya Samsonov won his seventh straight start on Friday as the Capitals outlasted the Florida Panthers 4-3. The Russian goalie allowed three goals on 22 shots but got the win nonetheless. That gives him eight wins in nine starts on the season. Samsonov has been a bit hit or miss this season […]

Tom Wilson Extends Goal Streak To Three Friday

Washington Capitals right-winger Tom Wilson opened the scoring on Friday with a short-handed goal versus the Florida Panthers. However, Wilson bumped right into Sergei Bobrovsky. That set off an odd series of events where Bobrovsky and Spencer Knight played merry-go-round in the net. Wilson then set up two of Alex Ovechkin's three goals as Washington […]

Alex Ovechkin Nets Hat Trick In Washington's Win

Washington Capitals left-winger Alex Ovechkin scored three times on two different goalies Friday. He started his scoring exploits early in the second period with a power-play goal 2:50 in. Then, less than a minute later, Ovechkin struck again. If that was not enough, Ovechkin completed the natural hat trick 4:04 into the third period. That […]

Ilya Samsonov Guards Washington's Cage On Friday

Washington Capitals goaltender Ilya Samsonov will be the team's starter for Friday's meeting with Florida. The Russian netminder sits on an outstanding 7-0-1 record ahead of the matchups. The 24-year-old posted back-to-back shutouts last week and already had three of them for the season. He's allowed 2.22 goals per game with a .920 save percentage. […]

Justin Schultz Won't Be Available Against Panthers

Washington Capitals defenseman Justin Schultz (lower body) isn't healthy enough to play on Friday against Florida. The 31-year-old rearguard was hurt in Wednesday's 6-3 win over Montreal and will be sitting out for the first time this season. Schultz hasn't had a lot of success this season, recording only two points in 20 games with […]

OwnersBox Week 8 NHL Lineup Picks: Contest of the Week - Weekly Fantasy Hockey

Welcome back RotoBallers! The NHL season heads into December with Week 8 and we have an excellent salary cap contest for you over at OwnersBox! For those who do not know, OwnersBox is a fantastic weekly fantasy sports platform that offers plenty of game setups to fulfill your desire to draft throughout the season. And […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (11/26): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks

The NHL season approaches the end of week number seven! Some hockey trends have established themselves but many are still to come. As always, I'll give you the best tools to succeed and the info you need to build the best lineups possible for your GPP and cash game NHL contests on both DraftKings and […]

John Carlson Gets A Power-Play Goal, Assist Wednesday Night

Washington Capitals defenseman John Carlson continues to collect points in bunches and picked up a power-play goal and assist in Wednesday's 6-3 victory over the Canadiens. He's now produced four multi-point performances in his last five outings. The recent surge has allowed Carlson to take over the second spot on the d-men scoring list, sitting […]

Alex Ovechkin Bags Three Assists Against Montreal

Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin recorded another hat trick in Wednesday's 6-3 win over Montreal, but this time with assists. He collected a power-play helper in the first period and went on to collect two even-strength assists in the next two periods. Ovi now has five games with at least three points the season. […]

Aliaksei Protas Gets A Look On The First Line

Washington Capitals forward Aliaksei Protas will have a special night on Wednesday against Montreal, joining Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov on the first line. This is a major opportunity for the young Belarusian, who's been sparingly used so far this season. The 20-year-old has picked up one assist in his first eight career appearances. Tom […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (11/24): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks

The NHL season has hit Thanksgiving week in full swing! Some hockey trends have established themselves but many are still to come. As always, I'll give you the best tools to succeed and the info you need to build the best lineups possible for your GPP and cash game NHL contests on both DraftKings and […]

Tom Wilson Nets Two Points For Washington On Sunday

Washington Capitals right-winger Tom Wilson netted a pair of points in the 5-2 loss to Seattle on Sunday night. It was the fourth such effort of the young season for Wilson. He is quite the physical complement to Alex Ovechkin on the top line. Wilson also delivered four shots on goal, three scoring chances, and […]

Alex Ovechkin Machine-Like In Losing Cause On Sunday

Washington Capitals left-winger Alex Ovechkin just kept playing on Sunday night. He scored a goal, had six shots on net, and even fired in five scoring chances. This was all while playing 24:01. Only John Carlson (25:16) was on the ice more than Ovechkin. For further perspective. Ovechkin played over half the third period on […]

Vitek Vanecek Has Tough Night In Washington Defeat

Washington Capitals goaltender Vitek Vanecek had a long night as he gave up four goals on 30 shots Sunday. The goalie had his second straight down performance after a previous loss to Anaheim in overtime. Vanecek allowed a power-play goal from Seattle and three even-strength goals on Sunday. His rebound control was a little bit […]

Vitek Vanecek Starts For Washington On Sunday

Washington Capitals goaltender Vitek Vanecek will be the team's starter for Sunday's matchup against the Kraken. He returns to action after watching Ilya Samsonov post shutouts in back-to-back games. The Capitals will hope that Samsonov's performances will inspire Vanecek, as the Czech netminder hasn't done too well this season, going 4-2-4 with a 2.39 goals-against […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (11/21): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks

Welcome back to hockey season, RotoBallers! For those first-time readers, my name is Brandon and I write both “The First-Serve” and “The Kick-Off” for Tennis and Soccer, respectively. If you have not checked those out then make sure you do! It is the return of the NHL which means it's time to sharpen our MLB […]

Ilya Samsonov Blanks San Jose Sharks on Saturday

Washington Capitals goaltender Ilya Samsonov posted his second shutout in as many games on Saturday night. In San Jose, the Russian goalie stopped all 22 shots faced. He did not face many dangerous chances but Samsonov was able to stop everything he saw. That is the hardest part. When the shot volume is not there, […]

Conor Sheary Two Goal Night Sinks San Jose

Washington Capitals left-winger Conor Sheary opened the scoring then tallied a nice rebound goal in the win on Saturday. Sheary racked up four shots on goal in 15:24 of ice time. Also, he had three scoring chances as Sheary and Alex Ovechkin had some night when on the ice together. It just seemed San Jose […]

Alex Ovechkin Scores Twice, Adds Assist in Win

Washington Capitals left-winger Alex Ovechkin scored twice on Saturday night and added an assist as well. Ovechkin is up to 743 goals all-time and 14 goals in 18 games this season. The left-winger scored on the power-play from his left side office and added an empty-net goal late. If that was not enough, Ovechkin assisted […]

Ilya Samsonov Starts Again for the Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals goalie Ilya Samsonov will try and build off the momentum gained from the shutout against the Los Angeles Kings. One figures the goaltender needed time to get back in a better form. The Russian goaltender now has four straight wins as he garners more and more starts away from Vitek Vanecek. Samsonov is […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (11/20): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks

The NHL season approaches the end of week number six! Some hockey trends have established themselves but many are still to come. As always, I'll give you the best tools to succeed and the info you need to build the best lineups possible for your GPP and cash game NHL contests on both DraftKings and […]

T.J. Oshie May Return Saturday For Washington

Washington Capitals right-winger T.J. Oshie suffered a lower-body injury a little more than three weeks ago. On Friday, he was a full participant in practice. Oshie looked rather well and Peter Laviolette announced he was a possibility against the San Jose Sharks. The forward started the season quite well with four goals and six points […]

OwnersBox Week 7 NHL Lineup Picks: Contest of the Week - Weekly Fantasy Hockey

Welcome back RotoBallers! The NHL season hits Thanksgiving Week (in the U.S.) for Week 7 and we have an excellent salary cap contest for you over at OwnersBox! For those who do not know, OwnersBox is a fantastic weekly fantasy sports platform that offers plenty of game setups to fulfill your desire to draft throughout […]

Evgeny Kuznetsov Gets Physical In Victory Wednesday

Washington Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov was quite the presence on Wednesday night in Los Angeles. One of the more underrated parts of his start this year has been the Russian's ability to deliver hits and stay engaged in plays. He had four hits in all and four shots on goal. His assist on the first […]