{"id":452483,"date":"2026-02-01T23:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T23:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/452483\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T23:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T23:05:07","slug":"thompson-roy-monahan-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/452483\/","title":{"rendered":"Thompson, Roy, Monahan \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n By Ethan Hetu<\/a> |
\n at February 1, 2026 3:50 pm <\/p>\n

Washington Capitals starting goalie Logan Thompson<\/a> has missed two straight games as he deals with an upper-body injury, but could be getting closer to a return. Bailey Johnson of The Washington Post reported that Thompson was on the ice this morning in what was a \u201cvery optional\u201d practice for the Capitals. Per NHL.com\u2019s Tom Gulitti, it\u2019ll likely take until tomorrow to hear more firm word on Thompson\u2019s availability, as Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery didn\u2019t speak to the media.<\/p>\n

Should Thompson be nearing a quick return to the ice after his injury, both the Capitals and Hockey Canada, stand to benefit. The Capitals need every standings point they can get their hands on to make a push for one of the Eastern Conference playoff spots, and getting Thompson back between the pipes would greatly help in their efforts to pick up wins. Thompson has a .912 save percentage and 2.46 goals against average in 38 games this season. Canada also stands to benefit if Thompson returns to health, as he\u2019s a contender to be the team\u2019s starter at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Italy. While Jordan Binnington<\/a> brought Canada to victory at the 4-Nations Face-Off, he\u2019s performed considerably worse than Thompson in NHL action so far in 2025-26.<\/p>\n

Other notes from the Metropolitan Division:<\/p>\n

Injured Capitals defenseman Matt Roy<\/a> also skated this morning, despite being moved to injured reserve yesterday. Roy has missed three straight games with a lower-body injury, though he could end up returning to the roster relatively quickly after his mandated week-long stay on IR concludes. Roy has been Washington\u2019s No. 3 defenseman this season, averaging 20:46 time on ice per game, including 2:27 per game on the penalty kill. As is the case with Thompson, getting Roy back quickly would be extremely beneficial as the Capitals look to enter the playoff picture.
\nColumbus Blue Jackets center Sean Monahan<\/a> left the team\u2019s victory yesterday as a result of an illness, not as a result of a hit he took in the first period of the game, according to The Athletic\u2019s Aaron Portzline<\/a>. Portzline added that the Blue Jackets\u2019 locker room has been somewhat under the weather recently, as Mathieu Olivier<\/a> played through an illness on Friday. While leaving a game due to an illness is certainly serious, given Monahan\u2019s past injury history, it\u2019s undoubtedly a relief that the veteran center\u2019s absence is likely to be very limited. Monahan has nine goals and 26 points in 50 games this season, and scored 19 goals, 57 points in just 54 games in 2024-25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Ethan Hetu | at February 1, 2026 3:50 pm Washington Capitals starting goalie Logan Thompson has missed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,3936,233725,233726,575,202645,85,4791],"class_list":["post-452483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-columbus-blue-jackets","tag-logan-thompson","tag-matt-roy","tag-nhl","tag-sean-monahan","tag-sports","tag-washington-capitals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452483","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=452483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}