... Washington Post's Tarik El Bashir is reporting that Capitals forwards Alexander Semin and Nicklas Backstrom did not skate in Thursday's practice, however are expected to play tomorrow. Fantasy Impact: Thursday morning's ... Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: NHL, Washington Capitals, Alexander Semin, Nicklas Bäckström

Alexander Semin showed no rust following a lengthy injury absence, and the Washington Capitals demonstrated they are just as dangerous without Alex Ovechkin in the lineup. Semin had two goals and two assists in his return from a right wrist injury and the Capitals hardly missed Ovechkin, their suspended superstar, in beating ...

... superior skating ability by him all the way into the zone and around the net while Semin went to the nt and got open for the setup. And in case you were pondering ... Tambellini nic move scored; For the Caps Semin, sick move puts a backhander into the roof ... ready to do it again tonight. One of my three favorite Capitals - Alexander Semin - was vindicated (take that you haters -yeah!). It was a two point ...

... AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Cam Ward probably won't be sending Alexander Semin a Christmas card anytime soon. ... We were playing at home in front of our own fans," Semin said, with Dmitry Chesnokov translating. "There was nothing else to do but just start playing great ... . "We won the game, and that's what matters," Semin told reporters afterwards when asked about Theodore's ...

... ;s game didn't quite go they way hockey fans were expecting. With Alexander Ovechkin and the Caps in town to play the last-place Leafs, ... to concentrate after suddenly getting that "Ovechkin-Laichs-Semin" joke. Didn't want to single-handedly humiliate ... quite adjusted to the NHL's brand new "Alexander Ovechkin can't just go around slewfooting everyone" rule. Had ...

... in-laws. I just landed and went through my texts and two sources, from different ends of the continent have told me that they are hearing that the Oilers are putting a huge package together to try and draw either Alexander Semin or Ilya Kovalchuk to Edmonton. The package would be some serious picks, prospects and 2 top six...

TORONTO – Sometimes statistics don’t tell the whole story and Saturday night’s tilt between the Washington Capitals and Toronto Maple Leafs is a perfect example. Washington’s top line of Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom and Alexander Semi… Original post by Canadian Press

... WILLIAMS(1)( TOMAS KABERLE, DAINIUS ZUBRUS ): 1st 5:31 2. BUF. CHRIS DRURY(20)( ALEXANDER SEMIN, JASON POMINVILLE ): 2nd 15:21 3. BUF. CHRIS DRURY(21)( BRIAN CAMPBELL ) (PP ... 2nd 19:50 4. FLA. STEVE MONTADOR - 2 Minutes: 3rd 4:21 5. BUF. ALEXANDER SEMIN - 2 Minutes: 3rd 7:22 6. BUF. ... A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS ALEXANDER SEMIN 0 6 0 1 2 0 0 1- ...

... , one of the teams that have blanked the Sabres, boosted by the return of Alexander Ovechkin but that's not the lone concern. Forget about Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Nicklas Backstrom and Mike Green for a minute ... Sabres, it's easy as stopping one (Ovechkin), two (Semin), three (Backstrom), four (Green), five (Laich), six (Fleischmann), seven (Fehr), eight (Morrison) ...

... season that opened the scoring midway through the second period. No. 3 Star: Alexander Semin(notes), Washington Capitals Back after missing seven games, Semin showed he's carrying no lingering wrist issues with a four ... performance in a 6-2 rout of the Florida Panthers. Semin tallied twice, scoring the first and last goal for the Capitals on the night. The win puts ...

... for Washington and finished with 19 saves.The Capitals were also missing Alexander Semin, who has nine goals on the season. He sat out a second straight game because of an injured right wrist.Washington took the early lead when Fehr beat ... Carlson is the youngest Capitals player to make his debut since Semin in the 2003-04 season. ... Washington played without LW Quintin ...

... out of a chance to win the game.” It was a moment of madness that did much to overshadow Alexander Semin’s conspicuous return to the Capitals’ lineup: the game’s first star put up two goals and two assists, his first tally a staple Semin wicked wrister that seemed to suggest he was functioning with a rather well healed shooting hand. The Capitals will play one ...

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... period. Gleason took a vicious knee-to-knee hit from the Caps' Alexander Ovechkin and had to be helped to the locker room. Ovechkin received a five-minute major for ... their composure — Gleason received a 10-minute misconduct in the third. It's not as if the Caps weren't missing players. On their injury list are Alexander Semin, Mike Knuble, Shaone Morrisonn and Tom Poti, but they ...

... , but the reality is, this building is not half full. And the truly sad part is that Alexander Ovechkin and a very good Washington Capitals team is playing a Lightning club that ... of the season on a one-timer after taking a great pass from Alexander Semin. Ovie is worth the price of admission and I can assure you that here in Tampa, the price of admission ain't much.) NOTE: There is only one ...