BOSTON -- Ryan Leonard was in the Boston College locker room, moments from signing with the Washington Capitals, when a text ...

The Panthers are 20th in the NHL in 5-on-5 scoring and while they've piled up goals on the power play this year (seventh most ...

In this edition, former Buffalo Sabres coach Don Granato writes about Alex Ovechkin, who is five goals from breaking Wayne ...

The Washington Capitals signed Boston College forward Ryan Leonard, and the New York Rangers signed his linemate, Gabe ...

Plus a look at regular-season goalie splits to see whether the past might hint at Washington's postseason plans in net.

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin continues ... with 20 consecutive 20-goal seasons and set a record for number of goalies scored against in his career. He tied records for game-winning ...

BOTTOM LINE: The Washington Capitals will try to keep their four-game home win streak intact when they play the Philadelphia Flyers. Washington has a 45-15-8 record overall and a 14-4-0 record in ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin, who wears No. 8, has 888 career goals and needs seven in the team's final 12 regular season games to break Wayne Gretzky's record of 894. That's a pace of 0 ...

Thompson has the stronger of the stat lines for Washington, going 29-4-5 this season with a .916 save percentage and 2.32 GAA. Lindgren is 15-11-3 with a .899 save percentage and 2.65 GAA. However ...

SAN JOSE – Former San Jose Sharks goaltender Evgeni Nabokov knew Washington ... Capitals a handful of times. Nabokov said that Ovechkin liked to talk trash, but the Calder Trophy-winning goalie ...

So, he contacted the Capitals, and following that Ovechkin sent him the jersey. “My daughters didn’t believe me that I had faced Ovi. So, I contacted Washington, and they were very fine.