Semyon Varlamov News

In his past six starts, Capitals goaltender Semyon Varlamov has a 4-0-2 record with a 1.48 goals against average a .949 save percentage.

Semyon Varlamov made 25 saves to post his first regular season shutout, as the Washington Capitals defeated the Buffalo Sabres, 2-0, at Verizon Center.

WASHINGTON 2, BUFFALO 0: Alex Ovechkin scored his 17th goal before being ejected for boarding in the third period, and Semyon Varlamov made 25 saves for his first regular-season shutout for the host Capitals on Wednesday.

Semyon Varlamov made 25 saves for his first regular-season shutout and Alex Ovechkin scored before drawing a third-period ejection as the Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-0 Wednesday night.

An opportunistic foe and an offense that got started too late led to only the second regulation loss at Verizon Center this season for the Washington Capitals .

Mike Fisher scored 1:14 into overtime, giving the Ottawa Senators a 4-3 victory over the Washington Capitals on Monday night.

Tonights Washington Capitals and Montreal Canadians show down will feature for the Caps a season debut and a NHL debut.

The numbers did not look promising. Prior to Saturday's game, the Toronto Maple Leafs had gone past regulation to settle six games this season.

Jose Theodore practiced with the Washington Capitals for the second straight day Thursday, but when he will return to game action remains to be determined.

Robert J. Spinrad, a computer designer who carried out pioneering work in scientific automation at Brookhaven National Laboratory and who later was director of Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center while the personal computing technology invented there in the 1970s was commercialized, died on Wednesday in Palo Alto, Calif.

Jose Theodore has left the Washington Capitals for personal reasons. Washington Capitals goaltender Jose Theodore has left the team for personal reasons and has returned to Washington.

But the shots kept coming, and eventually the Washington Capitals , rested and rolling despite not having , squeezed out just enough offense to secure their fourth straight victory.

Washington -- Brian Pothier scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the Washington Capitals won their fourth in a row without Alex Ovechkin, beating the Minnesota Wild 3-1 on Friday night.

Brian Pothier scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period as the Capitals won their fourth in a row without Alex Ovechkin, beating the Wild 3-1 at home.

Eds: APNewsNow. Capitals 3, Wild 1. AP Photo VZN101, VZN102 By JOSEPH WHITE AP Sports Writer Washington Brian Pothier scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the Washington Capitals won their fourth in a row without Alex Ovechkin, beating the Minnesota Wild 3-1 on Friday night.

Photos of the NY Islanders' loss to the Washington Capitals in a shootout thriller.

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Chris Clark scored the deciding goal in the 11th round of the shootout, and backup goalie Semyon Varlamov came on in relief and carried the Washington Capitals to a 5-4 comeback victory over the New York Islanders.

Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin is out for the weekend home-and-home against the Florida Panthers with an upper body injury.

Washington came into its game against the Florida Panthers without its star player and left with even more injuries.