Overview
- The Capitals, in a Monday team statement, said Muller will depart when his contract expires in June 2026 as he looks for another NHL role.
- The power play he oversaw ranked 25th at 17.8 percent and gave up 11 shorthanded goals, producing a 29th-place net rate that hurt Washington’s postseason hopes.
- Head coach Spencer Carbery had defended Muller during the season and said the entire staff shared responsibility for the man-advantage issues.
- Muller has coached in the NHL since 2006 with assistant roles and brief head-coach stints in Montreal and Carolina, and Washington will hire a new assistant this summer.
- In a separate Eastern Conference note, the NHL fined Bruins defenseman Nikita Zadorov $5,000 for a post-whistle cross‑check, and The Boston Herald reported Zadorov and Viktor Arvidsson are questionable for Game 5.