EDMONTON — With 19 games left in their season, the Washington Capitals still sit within striking distance of a playoff spot. Their odds of making it in remain low, but they aren’t quite out of the race yet.
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The Caps, focused on staying in the moment, try to avoid playoff math
That’s true of the Capitals, who are insistent upon that mentality heading down the stretch.
“We’re just going one, today,” Coach Spencer Carbery said Monday morning before Washington opened a five-game road trip in Winnipeg. “That’s kind of been our approach of late, just trying to — I get setting the tone, the travel, looking ahead, it’s five games, all this. ‘If you can get a certain amount of points out of this road trip,’ I understand that, and we’ll leave that for the outside world. We’re just trying to focus on winning one game and playing well in Winnipeg tonight. Then we’ll figure things out tomorrow.”
It didn’t work out that night. The Capitals were handed a 3-0 loss, marking the sixth time they’ve been shut out this season, and were a step behind the pace throughout the game.
“There’s a lot of things that we can learn from in this game,” winger Beck Malenstyn said afterward. “It’s obviously a top team in the league, and we want to be at that same level. Something for us to look at, go to practice tomorrow and iron some things out. … I think it was close tonight. It’s not maybe as bad as it seems, but there’s definitely some things we can fix.”
And when Washington took the ice for practice Tuesday, before playing the Oilers on Wednesday, the focus was exclusively on what needs to be better against Edmonton, without peeking ahead to Thursday’s game in Seattle.
As external discussions largely focus on the path to the playoffs and what it would take for the Capitals to get there, inside the dressing room, the players and coaching staff remain steadfast in their approach. That path, for what it’s worth, is a difficult one. Washington plays the majority of its remaining games against teams that currently hold a playoff spot.
“Of course,” winger Max Pacioretty said when asked if it’s really possible to only think about one game at a time. “I can’t speak for everyone, but you learn that as the years go on. Nothing’s guaranteed [about] tomorrow, whether it be playing another team or our health or even our lives. I don’t look at anything any other way, and especially with the position we’re in, it’s even more important to have that mind-set. We’re playing against a team that is — if you’re worried about tomorrow or a week from now, they’ll make you pay.
“ … I guarantee some young guys probably look at standings at night and other teams’ schedules and try to do the math as to what has to add up. But the difference between these games right now is that extra five, 10 percent, so if you’re going to go out there with the full intentions to win a hockey game, you’ve got to be fully invested in that one game itself.”
“We understand the ramifications of every game we go into, but honestly, I think with that pressure, it probably does make it a lot easier,” Malenstyn added. “You’re able to come into every game understanding the importance of those two points and what those are going to do for us moving forward. We’re not in a position where we’re by any means out of it, but we definitely want to keep working to stay in that fight.
“We’re right there on the cusp, so I think it definitely allows you to kind of stay in the moment and understand the importance of every night.”
In recent weeks, as Washington has started to string a solid run of form together, bad nights have become one-offs. The Capitals aren’t perfect every night — look no further than the 8-3 loss in Detroit two weeks ago or a 5-2 loss at home to the Arizona Coyotes on March 3 as proof — but they’ve rebounded from bad games with a good performance in the next one, without letting poor results turn into a downward spiral.
That ability to bounce back will be particularly important when Washington faces the Oilers, who feature two of the best players in the league in Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, on Wednesday. The Capitals may be taking things one game at a time, but they’re also running out of runway to make a strong push.
“I think we’ve taken that challenge on all year and really been able to put our best foot forward coming out of these situations,” Malenstyn said. “For us, obviously, it’s not bad game, regroup, have another one, regroup. We really do want to start putting those stretches of wins together, and it starts with [Wednesday] night. It’s going to be a great hockey team that we’re playing. But for us, we go back, we look through what we probably wanted to change [Monday] night in Winnipeg. And you know what? There’s a lot of things we could’ve done better.
“It was an uncharacteristic game from our group. I definitely think we’re going to get our best effort, and if we can continue to do that and build off that, I think we can put a good stretch together.”
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) – The Washington County Sheriff’s Office released video of deputies using a drone to track down a man wanted for damaging a car.
On Saturday, May 30, a 911 caller reported a man damaging a car outside their home on Southwest 179th Avenue in Aloha. The sheriff’s office said it was reported the suspect, 21-year-old Santos Paulino Castro-Ramirez, was punching the car.
Deputies used a drone to follow the suspect as he ran toward Southwest Barcelona Lane. The sheriff’s office said Castro-Ramirez then entered a white SUV that did not belong to him on SW Barcelona.
Deputies arrested Castro-Ramirez. He was booked into the Washington County Jail for first-degree burglary and attempt to commit a crime – second-degree theft.
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Beirut, Lebanon – On Tuesday, representatives from Lebanon and Israel met at the US Department of State in Washington, DC – the first session of a two-day round of negotiations that Lebanese negotiators hope will end an invasion of their country.
The negotiations, which started at 9am local time (13:00 GMT), come as Israel’s invasion of Lebanon pushes deeper than at any point since the year 2000 and as Hezbollah and Israel continue to trade attacks. Israel has killed 3,468 people in Lebanon since March 2, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health.
With the war raging on, what do Lebanon and Israel have to discuss and will the talks lead to an end of the Israeli assault?
Here’s everything you need to know.
What will Israel and Lebanon discuss?
Similar to past meetings, the two sides are ostensibly looking to come to some kind of deal following fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, with strong doubts it will be achieved.
Lebanon’s government is still pushing for a total ceasefire. However, as talks started, Israel was striking various parts of southern Lebanon. Lebanon is also trying to get Israel to withdraw from Lebanese territory in the south, so that more than 1.2 million displaced people can return home, and so the state can resume finding a way to disarm Hezbollah and rebuild areas devastated by Israeli attacks.
Israel is meanwhile looking to get assurances that Lebanon will disarm Hezbollah, a prospect analysts say Israel knows is complicated by the continuation of its military operations and occupation of swaths of southern Lebanon. Instead, Israel appears to be trying to fuel sectarian tensions inside Lebanon, leading to chaos and internal strife.
What has happened so far?
An initial meeting took place in April between Israel and Lebanon’s ambassadors to the United States. A second round took place in May with a larger delegation on both sides.
On Friday, a meeting took place with Lebanese and Israeli military representatives, while Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese group, is not involved in the meetings.
Israel claimed the two sides found common ground in that they both wanted to see Hezbollah disarmed. Some Israeli officials suggested there may soon be trade agreements and an exchange of tourists between the two countries. Lebanon, however, said it preferred to find a deal closer to the 1949 armistice agreement between the two countries.
In the last meeting, Beirut reportedly outlined the damage done by Israeli attacks since the 2024 ceasefire agreement and presented detailed maps showing homes destroyed or razed by Israel.
Is there a chance for a ceasefire?
That remains to be seen, but for now, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country’s military would continue attacking Lebanon.
On Monday, Netanyahu announced that attacks on Beirut’s southern suburbs would resume, despite a ceasefire. Apart from two targeted attacks, Israel has not struck the suburbs, known as Dahiyeh, since April.
Iran, which has attempted to include Lebanon in a wider ceasefire between themselves, on one side, and Israel and the US on the other, then intervened by threatening to attack northern Israel.
US President Donald Trump reportedly intervened to stop Israel’s attacks. He announced another ceasefire, after his previous announcement of one between Israel and Lebanon on April 16, after claiming he had gotten the approval of Netanyahu and spoken to Hezbollah.
“There will be no troops going to Beirut, and any troops that are on their way have already been turned back,” Trump announced on his social media platform, Truth Social.
But attacks from Israel and Hezbollah are continuing.
How do Lebanese people feel about the talks?
Not everyone is on the same page.
Some Lebanese support the talks and say they are the only option the state, which has little leverage, has. Among those who believe direct talks are the best way forward are Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam.
“There is no option other than negotiation,” Aoun said in a statement on Tuesday.
Others, however, oppose direct talks. Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and his allies, Hezbollah, have said indirect talks are preferred and that negotiations cannot be conducted while attacks are ongoing.
How are Iran and the US connected?
Israel and the US attacked Iran on February 28, killing the country’s longtime leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iran is Hezbollah’s primary benefactor, and two days after Khamenei’s assassination, Hezbollah fired six rockets towards Israel on 2 March.
Hezbollah’s response brought a huge response from Israel, who have crossed the Litani River – the supposed buzzer zone in southern Lebanon it had created – towards the Zahrani River.
Despite a 2024 ceasefire, Israel had never stopped attacking Lebanon, while Hezbollah had only responded once in December 2024.
Iran has attempted to include Lebanon in the ceasefire deal it has with the United States and Israel, who say this theatre is not part of the agreement.
Although Trump has now announced a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel twice, the invasion of southern Lebanon continues.
Are there other actors involved?
Gulf states have also intervened. Saudi Arabia has been working behind the scenes to get Lebanon’s leadership – Aoun, Salam and Berri – on the same page. Meanwhile, analysts say Saudi Arabia and Qatar engaged the Trump administration to stop an escalation in Lebanon.
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