Washington Capitals: 1st in Metropolitan Division, 111 points, def. MTL in Round 1 (4-1) Carolina Hurricanes: 2nd in ...

Washington Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes, longtime division rivals, will square off in a second-round playoff series ...

The last time the Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals tangled in the Stanley ... veteran defenseman John Carlson, Nic Dowd, Lars Eller and Wilson. The Canes have Jaccob Slavin, Jordan ...

The 34-year-old Dowd continues to be an important depth forward for the Capitals, functioning as a shutdown center. This was his first point to go with five shots on net, 10 hits, nine blocked ...

Protas helped the Capitals close out the series, playing 16:48 at right wing on the fourth line with Brandon Duhaime and ...

In the regular season, the Capitals were fifth in the league with an 82.0 success rate. Protas was a major part of that, finishing third only to Nic Dowd and Wilson among Washington’s forwards ...

Carbery has heavily relied upon the Capitals’ Brandon Duhaime, Nic Dowd, and Taylor Raddysh trio in this series. The trio has a minus-1 rating at 5-on-5 over the series’ first three games ...

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Aliaksei Protas is likely to return for the Washington Capitals when they try to advance past the Montreal Canadiens in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference First Round at Capital One ...