Orlov and Hathaway traded to Boston, a disappointing loss to Anaheim at home, and meet your new Washington Post Caps beat writer, Roman Stubbs.

Alex Ovechkin is back in Washington. Anaheim in town tonight, and Steve Whyno chats with Ben.

Losing streak reaches five after a 3-1 loss to Detroit, four games to the trade deadline, and Jakub Vrana returns to Washington.

Caps host the Wings tonight, a big lineup shakeup at practice, and a former Cap could return tonight for Detroit.

Commissioner Gary Bettman joins John from the Stadium Series, the losing streak hits four after an outdoor loss to Carolina, and the latest on the Eastern Conference playoff picture. Detroit in town tomorrow.

Caps losing streak hits three after a loss to Florida, Nick Jensen joins us as the team wakes up in Raleigh this morning. Stadium Series is tomorrow night at Carter-Finley Stadium.

The team mourns the loss of Mikhail Ovechkin. Tarik El-Bashir joins John as the Capitals support Alex and grieve alongside him.

A narrow loss to Carolina, Alex Ovechkin departs for family health reasons, T.J. Oshie gets emotional after his first period goal, and Florida up next tomorrow.

Carolina in tonight as a huge week starts for the Caps. Hurricanes TV play-by-play man Mike Maniscalco stops by, Stadium Series coming up Saturday.

A mixed-bag weekend ends with a loss to San Jose, and we review all that we missed during the break. Carolina in tomorrow night.