The No. 8 Canadiens were going to be little more than cannon fodder in the No. 1 Capitals’ march to their 2010 coronation, ...

The die is now cast; the Montreal Canadiens will take on the Washington Capitals in the first round of the Stanley Cup ...

After falling to the Dallas Stars in the second round one year ago, the Colorado Avalanche will look to use that experience ...

ELMONT, N.Y. – Washington Capitals fan Brad Victor woke up and decided to witness history. Victor, originally from D.C. but ...

The Avalanche’s Cale Makar scored against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night to become the NHL’s ninth defenseman, and the first with Colorado, to ...

On the day after Ovechkin actually turned 22, he and several teammates took a ride to Shaw Junior High in DC for a service project in honor of Ovechkin’s birthday. The project – a beautification of ...

WASHINGTON (AP ... the first time in his career with another multigoal outing. He's the first Capitals defenseman to record at least 20 goals in a season since Mike Green in 2008-09. After playing for ...

Center Nicklas Backstrom, defenseman Mike Green and winger Alexander ... who played his first seven NHL seasons with Washington and had another stint with the Capitals, said Ovechkin has ...

“What year did Mike Green do it? And Cale is a ‘98 (birthday ... Green was the last NHL defenseman to do it, scoring 31 times ...

WASHINGTON (AP ... He's the first Capitals defenseman to record at least 20 goals in a season since Mike Green in 2008-09. After playing for just under three minutes in the second period ...

"The Washington Capitals got the right players around him ... Center Nicklas Backstrom, defenseman Mike Green and winger Alexander Semin joined and made hockey in the nation's capital must-see ...

Born Sept. 17, 1985, and coming of age just as the Soviet Union was giving way to a new Russia, Alex Ovechkin was drawn to ...