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It is a good point of, 'Osh is one of the greatest to ever do it. Why wouldn't we utilize that asset and resource if we could?' And we've been down that road...We had him come in and talk. Not in a group setting; it was more individual. (Capitals goaltending coach) Scott Murray was trying to connect with each guy that was going to potentially do a shootout, talk to them about their moves. TJ Oshie was brought in to consult with that process.

The International Ice Hockey Federation confirmed Monday that the ice surface to be used in Milan, Italy, for the 2026 Winter Olympics will be shorter than NHL-regulation size. Games at the two arenas will be played on rinks measuring 196.85 by 85.3 feet, while regular NHL dimensions are 200 by 85 feet. News of the size difference came as a surprise to participating players and, perhaps more importantly, to the NHL commissioner's office,

Screenshot: @Capitals/X Spencer Carbery gave his tired players an early Christmas present after they defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-0 at Capital One Arena, Sunday. After giving shoutouts to the penalty killers; Rasmus Sandin and Connor McMichael for their huge shot blocks; Jakob Chychrun for scoring the game-winning goal; and Logan Thompson for reaching 100 victories - "Their guy was f***ing good, but our guy was f***ing better" - Carbery ended his speech with a reward that made the players absolutely lose their minds.

Gibson's call-up suggests that the Bears will soon see one of their netminders, Clay Stevenson or Garin Bjorklund, sent to the Washington Capitals. Gibson's recall comes after Charlie Lindgren was unable to dress for the Capitals against the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night due to an upper-body injury. Lindgren was a late scratch, forcing the Caps to use practice netminder Parker Milner as an emergency backup to Logan Thompson.

It feels good to do it, and then we can talk about it in the commies below, and then in a couple days we'll have the results to peruse together. The survey is very serious in the sense that you have to fill it out, but it is completely unserious as to how you fill it out. Just answer on a scale from 1 to 5 how HAPPY you are to have each player on the team.

"I can't give you a real detailed answer to that," he said. "Carlson took warmups, so that tells you something, that's it's hopefully not something that's going to be extremely long-term. And Sourdy, I'll have a better idea once we talk to Serbs (Capitals head athletic trainer Jason Serbus). Nothing long-term, but (he is) going to miss a little bit of time."

"Oh my god, Matt Hendricks is one of my favorite people of all time and a well-known Cap," Boudreau told Jeff Marek on a recent episode of the Hockey Lifers Podcast. "He played for me in Washington, he played for me in Minnesota - I'll tell you how we got him in Washington. That first year in Hershey - he was on an American League contract. He had come from the East Coast League to the American League.

The Caps kick off their road trip against the Isles, Chychrun's making a name for himself and more in today's Caps Clips.

Carbery has been particularly impressed with the recent play of his second line, featuring a rookie Justin Sourdif centering Aliaksei Protas and Tom Wilson. The Capitals have absolutely dominated their five-on-five minutes with the trio on the ice, seeing 74.9 percent of shot attempts, 89.8 percent of expected goals, 83.7 percent of scoring chances, and 86.2 percent of high-danger chances.

Carlson, 35, participated in the Capitals' morning skate ahead of the game, which he did not do against New Jersey. Head coach Spencer Carbery still ruled his top blueliner a game-time decision, though, when asked about his status during a pregame press conference at MedStar Capitals Iceplex. 'He'll be game-time tonight,' Carbery said. If Carlson does indeed dress, he'll play in his 1,106th career game for the Capitals.