Ben Sumner

Ben Sumner is the editor of Capitals Outsider. He also works for The Washington Post and contributes there when he gets a scoop.

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Ben SumnerJanuary 18, 2020

Move Over Mario: Ovechkin Passes Lemieux in Goals

Alex Ovechkin both tied and passed Mario Lemieux for all-time goals on Saturday, scoring a hat trick - giving him 8…
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Recap

Ben SumnerJanuary 16, 2020

Blood of My Blood: Alex Ovechkin’s Hat Trick Beats Devils

Ovi scores twice and gets a mouthful of blood in a win against the Devils.
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Ben SumnerJanuary 13, 2020

Ilya Samsonov Gets First NHL Shutout

In his 15th career start, Ilya Samsonov made 23 saves for his first career shutout.
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Ben SumnerJanuary 13, 2020

Alex Ovechkin Passes Teemu Selanne for 11th on All-Time Goals List

With a goal against Carolina on Monday, Alex Ovechkin passed Teemu Selanne for 11th place on the all-time goals list with…
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Ben SumnerJanuary 11, 2020

Jakub Vrana Scores Only Caps Goal in Embarrassing Loss to Devils

In an otherwise awful 5-1 loss to the Devils on Saturday, the one 'good' stat was a goal scored by…
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Ben SumnerJanuary 4, 2020

Ten Years of Alex Ovechkin as Captain

On January 5, 2010, about a week after the Caps traded captain Chris Clark, the team named Alex Ovechkin as…
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Ben SumnerDecember 31, 2019

Kuznetsov Scores Twice in Mistake-Filled 4-3 Loss to Islanders

Evgeny Kuznetsov's goals look like slight-of-hand magic tricks by a street magician who wows you with dazzling card shuffles while…
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Ben SumnerDecember 28, 2019

Alex Ovechkin Passes Teemu Selanne on the All-Time Power Play Goal List

Alex Ovechkin inches closer to being the all-time greatest power play goal scorer.
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Players

Ben SumnerDecember 21, 2019

Nic Dowd: Call Him Al

Nic Dowd briefly forgot what his goal song was.
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