Winning this game really did not matter for the Pittsburgh Penguins. The two points they earned by defeating Washington, 5-2, ...

Ovechkin vs. Crosby, again. The Washington Capitals play the Pittsburgh Penguins in the final regular season game of the NHL season. Puck drop is slated for 7 p.m. Eastern on ESPN. No cable? No ...

The Washington Capitals will play the Montreal Canadiens in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin scored his 891st career goal Tuesday to pull closer to Wayne Gretzky's goal record. He needs four goals in the team's final eight regular-season games to ...

Two of the NHL’s best are set to do battle in Raleigh Wednesday night, as the Washington Capitals pay a visit to the Carolina Hurricanes. The game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. ET with TV ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is back at it again. He did not waste much time Tuesday night against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden in Beantown to find the back of the net, as the 39-year ...

BOSTON — Alex Ovechkin is a hat trick away. The Washington Capitals forward scored goal No. 891 of his career on Tuesday night, leaving him three away from tying Wayne Gretzky's NHL record and ...

The Washington Capitals look to snap a three-game losing streak and Alex Ovechkin continues his chase of Wayne Gretzky's scoring record when Washington visits the Boston Bruins Tuesday evening.

In a surprising twist, the Washington Capitals suffered a loss against the ... Those two lines over the last two games, we’ve been okay, but no production from them. The minutes in the second ...

March 30 - The Washington Capitals will look to get back on track after losing their last two games when they host the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday afternoon. Washington (47-16-9, 103 points ...

(AP) — Matt Boldy had the go-ahead goal and an assist in the second period for the Minnesota Wild in a 4-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on ... to securing the No. 1 seed in the East ...

The Washington Capitals signed defenseman Dylan McIlrath to a two-year, $1.6 million extension Thursday. McIlrath, 32, has recorded two assists and 14 penalty minutes in 11 games this season.