Connor McMichael and Dylan Strome scored a minute apart early in the second period, Logan Thompson made some spectacular ...

If the answer is “no,” that’s OK. Montreal nearly backed its way into the playoffs and the Washington Capitals hit a rough ...

The Capitals lost a reliable member of one of the NHL's best group of defensemen to knee surgery. Their coach is undaunted.

Alex Ovechkin scored twice, including the first playoff overtime goal of his career, as the Capitals beat the Canadiens, 3-2, ...

Friday was a scheduled day off for the Capitals, who reconvened with purpose ... Montreal’s top line of Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki and Juraj Slafkovsky is one of the most potent units in the ...

A couple dozen Capitals, give or take ... and the in-betweeners like Nic Dowd, Trevor van Riemsdyk, Dylan Strome and Charlie Lindgren, and the emerging young talents like Connor McMichael ...

All Ovechkin, the leading scorer in NHL history, did Monday night was score two goals — including the overtime winner — along with one assist, as the Washington Capitals edged the Canadiens 3 ...

Credit: AP/Nick ... The Capitals are built for this brand of hockey. The physicality was not a coincidence. “It’s going to pay dividends in the end," said fourth-line center Nic Dowd, who ...

Up front, Nick Suzuki and ... and the Capitals got quite a head of things by re-signing a number of pending free agents like Jakob Chychrun, Nic Dowd and both of their goaltenders.

Hockey returns to Capital One Arena on Wednesday night for Game 2 of the First-Round series between the Washington Capitals ...

For the second straight contest, Montreal controlled play in the last frame but could not overcome the deficit they faced.