{"id":383872,"date":"2026-01-01T02:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T02:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/383872\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T02:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T02:54:09","slug":"capitals-teammates-wilson-thompson-are-new-additions-to-team-canada-for-winter-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/383872\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitals teammates Wilson, Thompson are new additions to Team Canada for Winter Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wilson and Thompson are two of six players on the Olympic roster who did not play for Canada at the 4 Nationals Face-Off this past February. They join forward Macklin Celebrini<\/a> of the San Jose Sharks, forward Bo Horvat<\/a> of the New York Islanders, forward Nick Suzuki<\/a> of the Montreal Canadiens, and goalie Darcy Kuemper<\/a> of the Los Angeles Kings as new additions to Team Canada.<\/p>\n

Wilson, 31, has recorded 40 points (21 goals, 19 assists) in 39 games this season. The Toronto, Ontario native leads the Capitals in goals, points, power-play goals (seven), points-per-game (1.03) and hits (105).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe production helps,\u201d Capitals coach Spencer Carbery said of Wilson\u2019s rise from dark horse to selection. \u201cThere\u2019s so much more to what he does. But it helps when you\u2019re talking about the outside world watching. So, when he\u2019s leading our team in scoring, when he has the most power play goals on our team and he\u2019s known for the physicality and the penalty killing and the 200-foot player\u2026and then you\u2019re going \u2018Geez, this guy\u2019s leading the Capitals in goals and assists. Wow.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Thompson, 28, has a 15-10-3 record with a 2.33 goals-against average, .915 save percentage and two shutouts in 28 games this season. Thompson, a native of Calgary, Alberta, is tied for third in the NHL in save percentage and is fourth in goals-against average among goaltenders with at least 20 games played.<\/p>\n

He has a record of 46-16-9 with a 2.42 goals-against average, .912 save percentage and four shutouts in 71 games since joining the Capitals ahead of the 2024-25 season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI obviously wouldn\u2019t be here today getting that call if it wasn\u2019t for [goaltending coach] Scott Murray and the Washington Capitals bringing me in last year and the group of guys in that dressing room,\u201d Thompson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wilson and Thompson are two of six players on the Olympic roster who did not play for Canada…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-383872","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}