5/21/2026 4:02 PM UTC
Hours before the start of the Conference Finals round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Wednesday, the Caps signed unrestricted free agent defenseman Timothy Liljegren to a two-year, $6.5 million contract extension. The deal carries an annual salary cap hit of $3.25 million. Liljegren was originally a first-round pick (17th
5/21/2026 2:57 PM UTC
The Washington Capitals have named Ray Bennett as an assistant coach, senior vice president and general manager Chris Patrick announced today. Bennett joins assistant coaches Scott Allen and Patrick Wellar, assistant coach/skills Kenny McCudden, goaltending coach Scott Murray, assistant coach/video Brett Leonhardt, and video coach Emily Engel-Natzke on head coach
5/20/2026 8:25 PM UTC
The Washington Capitals have re-signed defenseman Timothy Liljegren to a two-year, $6.5 million contract extension, senior vice president and general manager Chris Patrick announced today. Liljegren's contract will carry an average annual value of $3.25 million. Liljegren, 27, recorded 11 points (1g, 10a) in 47 games with the Capitals and
5/7/2026 5:46 PM UTC
As the Stanley Cup playoffs move into the middle of the second round and the NHL continues to announce the finalists for its various 2025-26 awards, the Caps got a bit of their offseason business done on Thursday. Washington announced a pair of signings, inking 2024 sixth-rounder Petr Sikora to
5/7/2026 5:32 PM UTC
Washington Capitals forward Ryan Leonard will represent the United States at the 2026 IIHF World Championship in Switzerland, USA Hockey announced today. The 2026 IIHF World Championship will be held in Zurich and Fribourg from May 15-31. Leonard, 21, recorded 45 points (20g, 25a) in 75 games during his rookie
5/7/2026 3:00 PM UTC
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have signed forward Petr Sikora to a three-year entry-level contract, senior vice president and general manager Chris Patrick announced today. Sikora’s contract will carry an average annual value of $995,000. The Capitals selected Sikora in the sixth round (178th overall) of the 2024 NHL
5/7/2026 2:30 PM UTC
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have signed forward Theodor Niederbach to a one-year, two-way contract ($1.025 million/$85,000), senior vice president and general manager Chris Patrick announced today. Niederbach, 24, scored a career-high 13 goals in 52 regular-season games with Frölunda HC of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) in 2025-26.
5/4/2026 4:45 PM UTC
ARLINGTON, Va. – Washington Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery and goaltending coach Scott Murray have been named to Canada’s coaching staff for the 2026 IIHF World Championship in Switzerland, Hockey Canada announced today. Carbery will serve as an assistant coach and Murray will serve as goaltending consultant. The 2026 IIHF
| # | Name | POS | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | GWG | S | FO% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 82 | 32 | 32 | 64 | -5 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 244 | .500 | |
| Tom Wilson | R | 72 | 30 | 32 | 62 | +15 | 117 | 7 | 3 | 153 | .447 | |
| Sonny Milano | L | 31 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 34 | .667 | |
| Dylan Strome | C | 80 | 19 | 39 | 58 | +2 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 143 | .582 | |
| Anthony Beauvillier | R | 82 | 15 | 13 | 28 | +7 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 155 | .506 | |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois | C | 29 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -4 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 42 | .473 | |
| Brandon Duhaime | L | 82 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 64 | .326 | |
| David Kampf | C | 40 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 36 | .523 | |
| Brett Leason | R | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | |
| Connor McMichael | L | 78 | 14 | 32 | 46 | +8 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 142 | .429 | |
| Aliaksei Protas | L | 76 | 25 | 27 | 52 | +20 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 159 | .448 | |
| Justin Sourdif | C | 78 | 15 | 20 | 35 | +17 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 108 | .459 | |
| Hendrix Lapierre | C | 74 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 53 | .399 | |
| Bogdan Trineyev | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
| Ivan Miroshnichenko | L | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .000 | |
| Ethen Frank | R | 62 | 12 | 12 | 24 | +8 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 91 | .167 | |
| Ryan Leonard | R | 75 | 20 | 25 | 45 | +2 | 47 | 4 | 3 | 153 | .545 | |
| Ilya Protas | L | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .452 |
| # | Name | POS | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | GWG | S | FO% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan McIlrath | D | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | 68 | 3 | 11 | 14 | +6 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 44 | .000 | |
| Matt Roy | D | 79 | 2 | 17 | 19 | +18 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 94 | .000 | |
| Jakob Chychrun | D | 80 | 26 | 34 | 60 | +20 | 62 | 8 | 8 | 221 | .000 | |
| Timothy Liljegren | D | 47 | 1 | 10 | 11 | -7 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 40 | .000 | |
| Martin Fehérváry | D | 81 | 5 | 22 | 27 | +15 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 73 | .000 | |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | 73 | 5 | 24 | 29 | +4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 90 | .000 | |
| Declan Chisholm | D | 26 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .000 | |
| Cole Hutson | D | 14 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | .000 |
| # | Name | GP | W | L | OT | SA | SV | GA | SV% | GAA | SO | G | A | P | PIM | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Lindgren | 21 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 602 | 529 | 73 | .879 | 3.515 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1246:02 | |
| Logan Thompson | 58 | 31 | 21 | 6 | 1587 | 1447 | 140 | .912 | 2.438 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3445:03 | |
| Clay Stevenson | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 93 | 8 | .921 | 2.002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 239:44 |
| Date | Matchup | Result | Broadcasts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | WSH 5-2 BOS | NESNplus (H), MNMT (A) | ||
| W | PHI 1-5 WSH | MNMT (H), NBCSP+ (A) | ||
| SOW | WSH 3-2 NJD | NHLN (N), MNMT (A) | ||
| W | WSH 4-3 CBJ | FDSNOH (H), MNMT (A) | ||
| L | BOS 3-1 WSH | MNMT (H), NESN (A) | ||
| W | CBJ 1-2 WSH | MNMT (H) | ||
| L | BOS 3-1 WSH | TNT (N), HBO MAX (N) | ||
| W | WSH 4-2 NYI | MNMT (A), MSGSN (H) | ||
| W | WSH 1-0 NYR | NHLN (N), SN1 (N), TVAS (N), TVAS2 (N), MNMT (A), MSG (H) | ||
| OTW | TBL 2-3 WSH | ESPN (N), MNMT (H) | ||
| W | MIN 1-5 WSH | FDSNNO (A), MNMT (H), FDSNWI (A) | ||
| L | VAN 4-3 WSH | SNE (N), SNO (N), SNP (N), MNMT (H) | ||
| W | SEA 1-4 WSH | KHN/Prime (A), MNMT (H), KONG (A) | ||
| W | WSH 5-1 CBJ | FDSNOH (H), MNMT2 (A) | ||
| L | OTT 7-1 WSH | NHLN (N), SN360 (N), MNMT (H) | ||
| L | WSH 0-1 DAL | ESPN (N) | ||
| L | NYI 3-1 WSH | NHLN (N), SN1 (N), TVAS2 (N), MNMT (H), MSGSN (A) | ||
| SOL | WSH 3-4 BUF | MSG-B (H), MNMT2 (A) | ||
| W | STL 1-6 WSH | TNT (N), truTV (N), HBO MAX (N), MNMT (H) | ||
| L | WSH 3-5 PIT | ESPN+ (N), HULU (N), SN (N) | ||
| L | WSH 2-3 TBL | The Spot (H), MNMT2 (A) | ||
| W | WSH 4-1 CAR | SNE (N), SNO (N), SNP (N), FDSNSO (H), MNMT (A) | ||
| L | WSH 3-6 FLA | MNMT (A), SCRIPPS (H) | ||
| SOL | NJD 3-2 WSH | MNMT (H), MSGSN (A) | ||
| W | LAK 1-2 WSH | FDSNW (A), MNMT (H) | ||
| W | EDM 4-7 WSH | TNT (N), HBO MAX (N), SN (N), TVAS (N) | ||
| W | WSH 8-4 MTL | TSN2 (H), RDS (H), MNMT (A) | ||
| L | TBL 5-3 WSH | The Spot (A), MNMT (H) | ||
| W | CBJ 1-5 WSH | FDSNOH (A), MNMT (H) | ||
| W | WPG 3-4 WSH | SNW (N), MNMT (H) | ||
| W | TOR 2-4 WSH | TVAS (N), TSN4 (A), MNMT (H) | ||
| W | WSH 4-1 NYI | NHLN (N), SN (N), TVAS (N), MNMT (A), MSGSN (H) | ||
| W | WSH 3-1 LAK | FDSNW (H), MNMT (A) | ||
| W | WSH 7-1 SJS | SN1 (N), NBCSCA (H), MNMT (A) | ||
| SOL | WSH 3-4 ANA | SNE (N), SNO (N), SNW (N), TVAS (N), Victory+ (H), MNMT (A), KCOP-13 (H) | ||
| W | CBJ 0-2 WSH | FDSNOH (A), MNMT (H) | ||
| SOL | CAR 3-2 WSH | FDSNSO (A), MNMT (H) | ||
| L | WSH 1-5 WPG | SNW (N), MNMT (A) | ||
| L | WSH 0-5 MIN | FDSNNO (H), MNMT (A), FDSNWI (H) | ||
| W | TOR 0-4 WSH | SNO (A), MNMT (H) | ||
| L | DET 5-2 WSH | SNE (N), SNO (N), SNP (N), NHLN (N), FDSNDET (A), MNMT (H) | ||
| OTL | WSH 2-3 DET | NHLN (N), TVAS (N), FDSNDET (H), MNMT (A) | ||
| L | NYR 7-3 WSH | SNE (N), SNO (N), SNP (N), MSG 2 (A), MNMT2 (H) | ||
| OTW | WSH 4-3 NJD | MNMT (A), MSGSN2 (H) | ||
| L | WSH 3-5 FLA | TVAS (N), MNMT (A), SCRIPPS (H) | ||
| W | NYR 3-6 WSH | SN (N), TVAS (N), MNMT (H), MSG (A) | ||
| L | WSH 3-4 OTT | TSN5 (H), RDS (H), MNMT (A) | ||
| SOL | CHI 3-2 WSH | CHSN (A), MNMT (H) | ||
| W | ANA 4-7 WSH | Victory+ (A), MNMT (H), KCOP-13 (A) | ||
| L | DAL 4-1 WSH | TNT (N), HBO MAX (N), Victory+ (A) | ||
| W | WSH 5-1 CHI | SNP (N), NHLN (N), TVAS (N), CHSN (H), MNMT2 (A) | ||
| L | WSH 2-3 NSH | SNE (JIP) (N), SN360 (N), FDSNSO (H), MNMT (A) | ||
| OTW | MTL 2-3 WSH | TSN2 (A), RDS (A), MNMT (H) | ||
| L | SJS 3-2 WSH | NBCSCA (A), MNMT (H) | ||
| L | FLA 5-2 WSH | MNMT (H), SCRIPPS (A) | ||
| L | WSH 2-5 COL | TNT (N), truTV (N), HBO MAX (N), MNMT (A) | ||
| L | WSH 3-4 VAN | SNP (H), MNMT (A) | ||
| W | WSH 3-1 CGY | SN1 (N), MNMT (A) | ||
| OTL | WSH 5-6 EDM | CBC (N), SN (N), TVAS2 (N), CITY (N), MNMT (A) | ||
| L | WSH 1-5 SEA | SNE (N), SNO (N), SNW (N), TVAS (N), KHN/Prime (H), MNMT (A), KONG (H) | ||
| SOW | WSH 4-3 DET | ESPN+ (N), HULU (N) | ||
| OTW | CAR 3-4 WSH | FDSNSO (A), MNMT (H) | ||
| W | NYI 1-4 WSH | MNMT (H), MSGSN (A) | ||
| L | WSH 2-4 PHI | NBCSP (H), MNMT2 (A) | ||
| W | NSH 2-4 WSH | FDSNSO (A), MNMT (H) | ||
| W | PHI 1-3 WSH | NBCSP (A), MNMT (H) | ||
| W | VGK 2-3 WSH | SNP (N), SNW (N), NHLN (N), TVAS (N), MNMT (H), SCRIPPS (A) | ||
| L | WSH 2-6 MTL | SNE (N), TVAS (N), CITY (N), MNMT (A) | ||
| L | UTA 3-2 WSH | Utah16 (A), MNMT2 (H) | ||
| L | WSH 1-3 BOS | ABC (N), SN1 (N), TVAS (N) | ||
| W | CGY 3-7 WSH | SNW (A), MNMT (H) | ||
| L | WSH 1-4 PHI | TNT (N), truTV (N), HBO MAX (N), MNMT (A) | ||
| W | WSH 2-1 BUF | MSG-B (H), MNMT2 (A) | ||
| SOL | BOS 3-2 WSH | ABC (N), SN360 (N), TVAS (N) | ||
| W | OTT 1-4 WSH | SN (N), TVAS (N), MNMT (H) | ||
| W | NJD 1-2 WSH | SNE (N), SNP (N), MNMT (H), MSGSN (A) | ||
| OTL | COL 3-2 WSH | NHLN (N), SN1 (N), TVAS (N), ALT (A), MNMT (H) | ||
| L | WSH 0-3 STL | FDSNMW (H), MNMT (A) | ||
| W | WSH 7-4 UTA | Utah16 (H), MNMT (A) | ||
| SOW | WSH 5-4 VGK | MNMT (A), SCRIPPS (H) | ||
| W | PHI 4-6 WSH | NBCSP (A), MNMT (H) | ||
| L | WSH 3-7 NJD | ESPN+ (N), HULU (N) | ||
| W | BUF 2-6 WSH | MSG-B (A), MNMT (H) | ||
| L | WSH 1-8 NYR | ESPN (N), SN (N) | ||
| W | WSH 4-0 TOR | SN (N), TVAS (N), MNMT (A) | ||
| W | WSH 6-3 PIT | ABC (N), TVAS (N) | ||
| W | PIT 0-3 WSH | TNT (N), truTV (N), HBO MAX (N), SN360 (N), TVAS (N), MNMT (H) | ||
| W | WSH 2-1 CBJ | ESPN (N), SN360 (N), MNMT (A) | ||