Dowd notched an assist, two PIM and a plus-2 rating in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Canadiens in Game 4. Dowd snapped a four-game point drought with the helper on a Brandon Duhaime empty-netter in the ...

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

Washington can advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a win over Montreal on Wednesday night.

Protas, as Dowd and Carbery both alluded to, was top-10 in the league in shorthanded shots per 60 and, according to Natural Stat Trick, seventh in individual shorthanded scoring chances per 60 among ...

Most fans want rugged defenceman to be inserted in the Habs lineup just so he can beat up Capitals’ tough guys, but he can actually play.

Aliaksei Protas made his series debut Wednesday as the Washington Capitals looked to eliminate the Montreal Canadiens in Game ...

Caufield and the kids are going to play for the veterans who may not get a better chance to do it, and the Capitals will have to counter Montreal’s will to survive with a killer instinct.

Aliaksei Protas, Washington Capitals (Jess Starr/The Hockey Writers ... has heavily relied upon the Capitals’ Brandon Duhaime, Nic Dowd, and Taylor Raddysh trio in this series.